Geology and Hydrology of Selected Playas in Western United States
Author : Ward Sundt Motts
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 12,1 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Arid regions
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Author : Ward Sundt Motts
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 12,1 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Arid regions
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Page : 1324 pages
File Size : 47,48 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Geology
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Page : 598 pages
File Size : 12,77 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Hydrology
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Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Page : 1178 pages
File Size : 32,56 MB
Release : 1971-07
Category : Geology
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Author : John B. Czarnecki
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 12,20 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Evapotranspiration
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Author : Richard H. French
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 13,28 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9814355097
Alluvial fans are ubiquitous geomorphological features that occur throughout the world, regardless of climate, at the front of mountains as the result of erosion and deposition. They are more prominent in semi- and arid climates simply because of the lack of vegetative cover that masks their fan shapes in more humid areas. From both engineering and geological viewpoints, alluvial fans present particular fluvial and sedimentation hazards in semi- and arid regions because episodic rainfall-runoff events can result in debris, mud, and fluvial flows through complex and, in some cases, migratory channel systems. Further, in semi- and arid climates alluvial fans often end in terminal or playa lakes. Given the uniform topography of playa lakes, these features often present ideal locations for facilities such as airports; however, regardless of the engineering advantages of the topography, the episodic and often long-term flooding of these lakes attracts migratory birds. The purpose of this volume is to summarize the current state-of-the-art, from the viewpoint of engineering, in the identification and mitigation of flood hazard on alluvial fans; and to accomplish this a fundamental understanding of geology is required.
Author : J.L. Melvin
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 49,44 MB
Release : 1991-04-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080869645
This volume illustrates the expanding knowledge of evaporites as important reservoir seals, fluid aquitards, ore-hosting sediments, and economically viable sediments in their own right. Researchers, oil and gas professionals, minerals resource professionals, environmental specialists and others within geology and the other earth sciences shall utilize the information within this book in their understanding of the many recent discoveries and concepts involved in the field of evaporite sedimentology.
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Page : 644 pages
File Size : 31,62 MB
Release : 1993
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Author : Alan B. Prescott
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 18,1 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781604560381
Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. Many uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities. Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water. Only 2.7 percent of water on the Earth is fresh water, and over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps, leaving only 0.007 percent available for human use. Fresh water is a renewable resource, yet the world's supply of clean, fresh water is steadily decreasing. Water demand already exceeds supply in many parts of the world, and as world population continues to rise at an unprecedented rate, many more areas are expected to experience this imbalance in the near future. The framework for allocating water resources to water users (where such a framework exists) is known as water rights. This book presents new and important research on this urgent global issue.
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Page : 666 pages
File Size : 14,8 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Water
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