@article{379b7fd2758249399716e8b3b192b76f,
title = "Preface",
author = "Jan, {Chyan Deng}",
note = "Funding Information: The author is especially indebted to Prof. C. L. Chen who introduced the author to the subject of GVF profiles as presented in this book, as well as to the subject of debris flow when the author was a graduate student in the University of California, Berkeley between 1988 and 1992, and when the author was a visiting scholar at the U.S. Geological Survey at Menlo Park, California, in 1999. The author also acknowledges Prof. Y. C. Tai and Miss C. C. Shen for their help in the transformation of the manuscript typed in the form of Microsoft Word to that in the form of LaTex. Thanks are due to Prof. K. Hutter and Dr. A. Siviglia for their reviews and valuable suggestions. The author appreciates the supports and resources provided by the National Cheng Kung University, and the National Science Council, Taiwan. Finally, the author would like to express his sincere thanks to all those who have directly or indirectly helped him in writing this book, and to Springer Verlag and its personnel for their help in the production of the book.",
year = "2014",
language = "English",
pages = "vii--viii",
journal = "Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics",
issn = "1866-8348",
}