Palaeohydrology and Environmental Change

Palaeohydrology and Environmental Change presents the most recent advances in the study of global changes in the hydrological regime during the last 20000 years. The book brings together new contributions; on regional palaeohydrology with case studies from all over the world; and on new methodologies and techniques used on palaeohydrological reconstructions. There are several key points that make this book an essential review to the international scientific community: * The major emphasis is on areas very sensitive to climate changes such as the Mediterranean, Tundra regions and the Tropical Zones of Asia, Africa and America. * New interdisciplinary methodologies in reconstructing palaeohydrological changes including palaeoecology, pollen and lichen analysis, identification of anthropogenic stressors and changes in climate circulation regimes. * Modelling studies; conceptual and mesoscale models for reconstructing palaeoenvironments during the Quaternary. This book will be a valuable reference work for all professionals and students interested in quaternary environmental, climatic and hydrological history including those in the fields of geology, geography, hydrology, biogeography, archaeology, and environmental sciences.

G. Benito is the editor of Palaeohydrology and Environmental Change, published by Wiley. Victor R. Baker is the editor of Palaeohydrology and Environmental Change, published by Wiley.

List of Contributors

ix

(4)

Preface

xiii

1. Paleohydrology and the Hydrological Sciences

1

(12)

V.R. Baker

PART I Palaeohydrological Research Strategies

13

(70)

2. Applications of Palaeohydrology

13

(14)

K.J. Gregory

3. Palaeohydrology, Palaeodischarges and Palaeochannel Dimensions: Research Strategies for Meandering Alluvial Rivers

27

(16)

I. Reinfelds

P. Bishop

4. Fluvial Evidence of the Medieval Warm Period and the Late Medieval Climatic Deterioration in Europe

43

(10)

A.G. Brown

5. Modelling Long-term Erosion and Sedimentation Processes in Fluvial Systems: A Case Study for the Allier/Loire System

53

(14)

A. Veldkamp

J.J. van Dijke

6. Arid Phases in the Western Mediterranean Region During the Last Glacial Cycle Reconstructed from Lacustrine Records

67

(16)

B. Valero-Garces

E. Zeroual

K. Kelts

PART II Palaeohydrological Interpretations from Depositional Sequences and Geomorphological Changes

83

(56)

7. Depositional Model for Cold-climate Tundra Rivers

83

(16)

C. Kasse

8. Tectonic versus Climatic Controls on the River Maas Dynamics During the Late Glacial

99

(12)

M. Huisink

9. Late Pleistocene and Holocene Siberian River Valley Geomorphogenesis as a Result of Palaeogeographical Cyclic Changes

111

(14)

A.F. Yamskikh

10. Palaeohydrological Changes in the Upper Dneper Valley, Belarus, During the Last 20 000 Years

125

(14)

T. Kalicki

A.F. Sanko

PART III Palaeohydrology and Environmental Changes

139

(60)

11. Palaeoenvironmental Changes in the Last Glacial Maximum around the Wakasa Bay Area, Central Japan

139

(14)

S. Miyamoto

Y. Yasuda

H. Kitagawa

12. Late Pleistocene and Holocene River Development in Mediterranean Steepland Environments, Southwest Crete, Greece

153

(14)

G.S. Maas

M.G. Macklin

M.J. Kirkby

13. Anthropogenic Influence on the Development of the Holocene Terraces of the River Lippe, Germany

167

(14)

J. Herget

14. Floods and Quaternary Sedimentation Style in a Bedrock-controlled Reach of the Bergantes River, Ebro Basin, Northeast Spain

181

(18)

A. Lopez-Aviles

P.J. Ashworth

M.G. Macklin

PART IV Late Pleistocene Palaeohydrology

199

(48)

15. New Approach to the Ice Age Paleohydrology of Northern Eurasia

199

(16)

M.G. Grosswald

16. Mountain Ice-dammed Lakes of Southern Siberia and their Influence on the Development and Regime of the Intracontinental Runoff Systems of North Asia in the Late Pleistocene

215

(20)

A. Rudoy

17. Simulation of the Caspian Sea Level Changes During Last 20 000 Years

235

(12)

A.V. Kislov

G.V. Surkova

PART V Tropical Zone Palaeohydrology

247

(42)

18. Late Quaternary Landscape Instability in the Humid and Sub-humid Tropics

247

(12)

M.F. Thomas

19. Late Quaternary Alluvial Sedimentation in the Upper Rio Negro Basin, Amazonia, Brazil: Palaeohydrological Implications

259

(14)

E.M. Latrubesse

E. Franzinelli

20. Palaeohydrological Changes in the Upper Parana River, Brazil, During the Late Quaternary: A Facies Approach

273

(16)

J.C. Stevaux

M.L. dos Santos

PART VI Response of Extreme Events to Climate Change

289

(60)

21. Extreme Events in the Last 200 Years in the Upper Vistula Basin: Their Palaeohydrological Implications

289

(18)

L. Starkel

22. Mid-Holocene Floods of the Syrian Euphrates Inferred from `Tell' Sediments

307

(10)

T. Oguchi

C.T. Oguchi

23. Palaeoflood Hydrology of the Tagus River, Central Spain

317

(18)

G. Benito

M.J. Machado

A. Perez-Gonzalez

A. Sopena

24. Regional Palaeoflood Databases Applied to Flood Hazards and Palaeoclimate Analysis

335

(14)

A. Diez-Herrero

G. Benito

L. Lain-Huerta

Index

349

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