Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
United States Geological Survey Yearbook
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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The Stanislaus and Lake Tahoe Forest Reserves and Adjacent Territory
Author: George Bishop SudworthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Coal-mining Safety in the Progressive Period
Author: William GraebnerPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813113395
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1905. Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, Charles D. Walcott, Director
Author: Volcanoes
Author: John P. LockwoodPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118687949
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 677
Book Description
Volcanoes are essential elements in the delicate global balance of elemental forces that govern both the dynamic evolution of the Earth and the nature of Life itself. Without volcanic activity, life as we know it would not exist on our planet. Although beautiful to behold, volcanoes are also potentially destructive, and understanding their nature is critical to prevent major loss of life in the future. Richly illustrated with over 300 original color photographs and diagrams the book is written in an informal manner, with minimum use of jargon, and relies heavily on first-person, eye-witness accounts of eruptive activity at both "red" (effusive) and "grey" (explosive) volcanoes to illustrate the full spectrum of volcanic processes and their products. Decades of teaching in university classrooms and fieldwork on active volcanoes throughout the world have provided the authors with unique experiences that they have distilled into a highly readable textbook of lasting value. Questions for Thought, Study, and Discussion, Suggestions for Further Reading, and a comprehensive list of source references make this work a major resource for further study of volcanology. Volcanoes maintains three core foci: Global perspectives explain volcanoes in terms of their tectonic positions on Earth and their roles in earth history Environmental perspectives describe the essential role of volcanism in the moderation of terrestrial climate and atmosphere Humanitarian perspectives discuss the major influences of volcanoes on human societies. This latter is especially important as resource scarcities and environmental issues loom over our world, and as increasing numbers of people are threatened by volcanic hazards Readership Volcanologists, advanced undergraduate, and graduate students in earth science and related degree courses, and volcano enthusiasts worldwide. A companion website is also available for this title at www.wiley.com/go/lockwood/volcanoes
Years of adventure, 1874-1920
Author: Herbert HooverPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
The Huntington Family in America
Author: Huntington Family AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1232
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The Big Sandy
Author: Carol Crowe-CarracoPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813188989
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
The Big Sandy River and its two main tributaries, the Tug and Levisa forks, drain nearly two million mountainous acres in the easternmost part of Kentucky. For generations, the only practical means of transportation and contact with the outside world was the river, and, as The Big Sandy demonstrates, steamboats did much to shape the culture of the region. Carol Crowe-Carraco offers an intriguing and readable account of this region's history from the days of the venturesome Long Hunters of the eighteenth century, through the bitter struggles of the Civil War and its aftermath, up to the 1970s, with their uncertain promise of a new prosperity. The Big Sandy pictures these changes vividly while showing how the turbulent past of the valley lives on in the region's present.
A Reconnaissance In Northern Alaska, Across The Rocky Mountains, Along Koyukuk, John, Anaktuvuk, And Colville Rivers, And The Arctic Coast To Cape Lisburne, In 1901,
Author: Frank Charles SchraderPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781017766165
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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The History of Large Federal Dams
Author: David BillingtonPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781483966137
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
This history explores the story of federal contributions to dam planning, design, and construction by carefully selecting those dams and river systems that seem particularly critical to the story. The history also addresses some of the negative environmental consequences of dam-building, a series of problems that today both Reclamation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seek to resolve.