California rivers and streams : the conflict between fluvial process and land use /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mount, Jeffrey F., 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1995.
Temas:
Rivers > California.
Land use > California.
Cours d'eau > Californie.
Utilisation du sol > Californie.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Land use.
Rivers.
NATURE / Ecology
California.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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.

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