Author: Claudia C. FauntPublisher: Geological Survey
ISBN: 9781411325159
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dividing the Waters
Author: William Andrew BlomquistPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Not only are these water supplies not depleted, they are in fact relatively healthy despite California's recent six-year drought.
Groundwater Availability of the Central Valley Aquifer, California
Author: Claudia C. FauntPublisher: Geological Survey
ISBN: 9781411325159
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Production and Use of Petroleum in California
Author: Paul Wyckoff PrutzmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Recent Trends in Hydrogeology
Author: Thiruppudaimarudhur N. NarasimhanPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 081372189X
Category : Hydrogeology
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Fundamentals of Geomorphology
Author: Richard John HuggettPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135281130
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 909
Book Description
This extensively revised, restructured, and updated edition continues to present an engaging and comprehensive introduction to the subject, exploring the world’s landforms from a broad systems perspective. It covers the basics of Earth surface forms and processes, while reflecting on the latest developments in the field. Fundamentals of Geomorphology begins with a consideration of the nature of geomorphology, process and form, history, and geomorphic systems, and moves on to discuss: structure: structural landforms associated with plate tectonics and those associated with volcanoes, impact craters, and folds, faults, and joints process and form: landforms resulting from, or influenced by, the exogenic agencies of weathering, running water, flowing ice and meltwater, ground ice and frost, the wind, and the sea; landforms developed on limestone; and landscape evolution, a discussion of ancient landforms, including palaeosurfaces, stagnant landscape features, and evolutionary aspects of landscape change. This third edition has been fully updated to include a clearer initial explanation of the nature of geomorphology, of land surface process and form, and of land-surface change over different timescales. The text has been restructured to incorporate information on geomorphic materials and processes at more suitable points in the book. Finally, historical geomorphology has been integrated throughout the text to reflect the importance of history in all aspects of geomorphology. Fundamentals of Geomorphology provides a stimulating and innovative perspective on the key topics and debates within the field of geomorphology. Written in an accessible and lively manner, it includes guides to further reading, chapter summaries, and an extensive glossary of key terms. The book is also illustrated throughout with over 200 informative diagrams and attractive photographs, all in colour.
Guide to Reprints
Author: Classic Cordilleran Concepts
Author: Eldridge M. MooresPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813723388
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
The West Without Water
Author: B. Lynn IngramPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520268555
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
"Documents the tumultuous climate of the American West over twenty thousand years, with tales of past droughts and deluges and predictions about the impacts of future climate change on water resources."--Back cover.
Water and Los Angeles
Author: William DeverellPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520292421
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Los Angeles rose to significance in the first half of the twentieth century by way of its complex relationship to three rivers: the Los Angeles, the Owens, and the Colorado. The remarkable urban and suburban trajectory of southern California since then cannot be fully understood without reference to the ways in which each of these three river systems came to be connected to the future of the metropolitan region. This history of growth must be understood in full consideration of all three rivers and the challenges and opportunities they presented to those who would come to make Los Angeles a global power. Full of primary sources and original documents, Water and Los Angeles will be of interest to both students of Los Angeles and general readers interested in the origins of the city.