California Rivers and Streams : The Conflict between Fluvial Process and Land Use /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mount, Jeffrey F. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Fong, Janice C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1995]
Edición:Reprint 2019
Temas:
Land use > California > California.
Land use > California.
Rivers > California.
NON-CLASSIFIABLE.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • PART I. How Rivers Work
  • 1. Introduction to the Rivers of California: The First 4 Billion Years
  • 2. Water in Motion
  • 3. A River at Work: Sediment Entrainment, Transport, and Deposition
  • 4. The Shape of a River
  • 5. Origins of River Discharge
  • 6. Sediment Supply
  • 7. River Network and Profile
  • 8. Climate and the Rivers of California
  • 9. Tectonics and Geology of California's Rivers
  • PART II. Learning the Lessons: Land Use and the Rivers of California
  • 10. Rivers of California: The Last 200 Years
  • 11. Mining and the Rivers of California
  • 12. Logging California's Watersheds
  • 13. Food Production and the Rivers of California
  • 14. A Primer on Flood Frequency: How Much and How Often?
  • 15. The Urbanization of California's Rivers
  • 16. The Damming of California's Rivers
  • 17. The Future: Changing Climate, Changing Rivers
  • CONVERSIONS AND EQUIVALENTS
  • INDEX

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