Fluvial processes: theory, experiment, practice (to the 25th anniversary of the Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Channel P.recesses and to the 85th anniversary of birth of N.I. Makkaveev)

Abstract

The Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Channel Processes was established by N.I. Makkaveev in the beginning of 1969. The .work of the Laboratory generally follows the same lines of investigation as that of the earlier organized by N.I. Makkaveev Laboratory of Experimental Geomorphology; the lines are as follows: investigation of channel processes regularities in various environments, soil erosion studies; estimation of man-induced changes in channels; channel processes mapping and modeling, studies of river mouths. The results are being turned to practical use, such as: improvement of navigation conditions; search for placers and oil-bearing structures; development of erosion control measures, estimation of erosion hazard (including gully erosion) etc. The field studies covered* practically all the regions of the former USSR and some other countries.