While mapping landform units along a river channel we delineate old floodplain and new floodplain apart from other landform units. My query is concerned with the recurrence period and other criteria used in differentiating old and new floodplains. Please suggest some research papers (and if possible send the papers too).
Hi
I think "Geomorphology in Environmental Management by Cooke and Doornkamp(1993),Oxford Press" is one of the best in this case.
Bests,
Reza
The criteria depends on the size of alluvium. You can use many textbooks as:
Goudie, A. (2004). Encyclopedia of Geomorphology. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. England. 1156 pp.
Gupta, A. (2007).Large Rivers Geomorphology and Management. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. England. 730 pp.
Charlton, R. (2008). Fundamentals of fluvial geomorphology. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. England. 275 pp.
Hi
I think "A method for the assessment and analysis of the hydromorphological condition of Italian streams: The Morphological Quality Index (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X12004461)" is one of the best in this case.
With regards
Emre Özşahin
Dear Emre Özşahin,
The paper you have recommended does not answer my question. My query is related to criteria for differentiating older floodplain and newer floodplain.
Anyway, thank you very much for devoting your time.
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