Author: Sarah E. FalkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water quality
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Selected investigations and statistical summary of surface-water quality in the Rio Grande and the Rio Chama, north-central New Mexico, during water years 1985-2007
Author: Sarah E. FalkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water quality
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Santa Fe National Forest Plan
Author: Alluvial Fan Flooding
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309185491
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Alluvial fans are gently sloping, fan-shaped landforms common at the base of mountain ranges in arid and semiarid regions such as the American West. Floods on alluvial fans, although characterized by relatively shallow depths, strike with little if any warning, can travel at extremely high velocities, and can carry a tremendous amount of sediment and debris. Such flooding presents unique problems to federal and state planners in terms of quantifying flood hazards, predicting the magnitude at which those hazards can be expected at a particular location, and devising reliable mitigation strategies. Alluvial Fan Flooding attempts to improve our capability to determine whether areas are subject to alluvial fan flooding and provides a practical perspective on how to make such a determination. The book presents criteria for determining whether an area is subject to flooding and provides examples of applying the definition and criteria to real situations in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, and elsewhere. The volume also contains recommendations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is primarily responsible for floodplain mapping, and for state and local decisionmakers involved in flood hazard reduction.
Water, Watersheds, and Land Use in New Mexico
Author: Peggy Sue JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
6th International Conference on the Conservation of Earthen Architecture
Author: The Getty Conservation InstitutePublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892361816
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
On October 14-19, 1990, the 6th International Conference on the Conservation of Earthen Architecture was held in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Sponsored by the GCI, the Museum of New Mexico State Monuments, ICCROM, CRATerre-EAG, and the National Park Service, under the aegis of US/ICOMOS, the event was organized to promote the exchange of ideas, techniques, and research findings on the conservation of earthen architecture. Presentations at the conference covered a diversity of subjects, including the historic traditions of earthen architecture, conservation and restoration, site preservation, studies in consolidation and seismic mitigation, and examinations of moisture problems, clay chemistry, and microstructures. In discussions that focused on the future, the application of modern technologies and materials to site conservation was urged, as was using scientific knowledge of existing structures in the creation of new, low-cost, earthen architecture housing.
Men who Matched the Mountains
Author: Edwin A. TuckerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest rangers
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Repair and Rehabilitation of Dams
Author: James E. McDonaldPublisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center
ISBN:
Category : Arch dams Maintenance repair Case studies
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
This study was conducted to identify methods that have been used in the repair and rehabilitation of concrete dams. Information was obtained through literary searches, discussions with project personnel, and visits to project sites. Each case history includes a background of the project, the deficiency that necessitated repair or rehabilitation, and descriptions of materials and methods used in the repair or rehabilitation. When available, the cost of the repair project and the performance of the repair to date have been included. Case histories included in this report cover a range of deficiencies in concrete structures, including cracking, spalling, erosion, leakage, inadequate PMF capacity, expansion resulting from alkali-aggregate reaction, instability, and insufficient storage capacity.
Rio Grande Rift
Author: New Mexico Geological Society. Annual Field ConferencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Draft Land Management Plan: 1 Angeles National Forest strategy. 2 Cleveland National Forest strategy. 3 Los Padres National Forest strategy. 4 San Bernardino National Forest strategy
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Angeles National Forest (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Potters and Communities of Practice
Author: Linda S. CordellPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816529922
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The peoples of the American Southwest during the 13th through the 17th centuries witnessed dramatic changes in settlement size, exchange relationships, ideology, social organization, and migrations that included those of the first European settlers. Concomitant with these world-shaking events, communities of potters began producing new kinds of wares—particularly polychrome and glaze-paint decorated pottery—that entailed new technologies and new materials. The contributors to this volume present results of their collaborative research into the production and distribution of these new wares, including cutting-edge chemical and petrographic analyses. They use the insights gained to reflect on the changing nature of communities of potters as they participated in the dynamic social conditions of their world.