This book provides a comprehensive overview of the recent developments in river, coastal and estuarine morphodynamics through a collection of review papers written by well-recognized experts in the field. Apart from geoscientists, it is also of special interest to people involved in fluid mechanics who want to understand near wall turbulence and the effects of coherent structures on the mechanisms of sediment transports. Though aimed at geomorphologists and sedimentologists, the terminology employed in the book makes it generally accessible to engineers, physicists and applied mathematicians...

This book collects review papers on most of the topics covered by the invited lecturers at the IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morpho dynamics, held in Genova (Italy) on September 6th-10th, 1999. The above meeting was conceived and organized with the aim to emphasize the unity of the subject of morphodynamics and the role played by cross-fertilization in its recent development. The publication of this book has been possible thanks to the efforts of sev eral scientists who have accepted to act as referees and helped us reviewing the submitted papers. Let us thank Aronne...