Author: G. K. Gilbert Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9781334738623 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 62
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Excerpt from Rate of Recession of Niagara Falls In 1875 the second survey of the crest line was made by the United States Lake Survey under the direction of Maj. C. B. Comstock, the field work being by F. M. Towar. The United States Geological Survey undertook the third survey, which was made by Robert S. Woodward in 1886. The fourth survey was made in 1890, by A. S. Kibbe, under the direction of John Bogart, State engineer of New York, and a very full report was published. In this report the maps Of the three preceding surveys are republished, and the crest lines given by those surveys are also placed on the new map! The fifth survey was made in the spring of 1905, by the United States Geologi cal Survey and the State engineer of New York, the work being done by W. Carvel Hall, and his report follows this paper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Grove Karl Gilbert Publisher: Legare Street Press ISBN: 9781018509877 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Author: Hugh J. Gayler Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP ISBN: 0886292328 Category : Niagara Peninsula (Ont.) Languages : en Pages : 392
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In this synthesis of urban geography and environmental studies, ten scholars explore the complex physical and human characteristics of Canada's best known region. They attempt to formulate a geopolitical blueprint for preservation of both the natural elements and future enterprise.
Author: Geological Society of America. Northeastern Section Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America ISBN: 9780813754055 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 516
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One of six volumes generated by each GSA section for the Decade of North American Geology (DNAG) project, this Centennial Field Guide contains descriptions of 100 sites or site clusters representing outstanding geologic locations in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, eastern Ontario, Quebec, and Washington, D.C.
Author: Stephen J. Pyne Publisher: University of Iowa Press ISBN: 158729754X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 321
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As Stephen Pyne reveals in his biography, few other scientists can match Grove Karl Gilbert’s range of talents. A premier explorer of the American West who made major contributions to the cascade of new discoveries about the earth, Gilbert described two novel forms of mountain building, invented the concept of the graded stream, inaugurated modern theories of lunar origin, helped found the science of geomorphology, and added to the canon of conservation literature. Gilbert knew most of geology's grand figures--including John Wesley Powell, Clarence Dutton, and Clarence King--and Pyne's chronicle of the imperturbable, quietly unconventional Gilbert is couterpointed with sketches of these prominent scientists. The man who wrote that "happiness is sitting under a tent with walls uplifted, just after a brief shower,", created answers to the larger questions of the earth in ways that have become classics of his science.
Author: Irving H. Tesmer Publisher: State University of New York Press ISBN: 1438421966 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 242
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In 1975 a group of distinguished American and Canadian geologists agreed to pool their knowledge to write about the geologically fascinating resource they shared. Colossal Cataract is the result of their five-year collaboration to provide both geologists and general readers with the first comprehensive geological history of Niagara Falls since 1914. How and why the Falls were formed and how the Niagara Frontier has evolved through natural processes and through man's efforts to benefit from the dynamic power of the Falls is described in a succinct history. A chapter forecasts the possible future of the Falls, taking the natural erosion rate and the technological options for directing it into account. The authors both correct some misconceptions about the geology of the Falls and offer a new interpretation of the structure of the bedrock. A chapter on paleontology describes the fossils that have been deposited and which might still be found. Attached to the book is a 25 x 32" four-color map, the only available detailed geological map of the Niagara area. The map shows the bedrock distribution and incorporates the latest geological data. Appendixes offer a glossary of geologic terms, Niagara statistics, stratigraphy, a road guide to points of interest, and a summary of museum exhibits in the Niagara region.
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