California Rivers and Streams - The Conflict Between Fluvial Process and Land Use

Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey F. Mount is Professor of Geology at the University of California! Davis. Janice C. Fong is Principal Illustrator in the Department of Geology at the University of California! Davis. Klappentext "A thinking person's guide to the physical processes behind the problems of managing California's rivers in a flowing historical narrative style that's a pleasure to read."-Peter M. Sadler! University of California! Riverside Zusammenfassung Provides an overview of the physical and biological processes that shape California's rivers and watersheds. This title introduces relevant basic principles of hydrology and geomorphology and applies them to an understanding of the differences in character of the state's many rivers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey F. Mount, Jeffrey F. Fong Mount, Mount Jeffrey F.
• Assisted by: Janice C. Fong (Illustration)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.11.1995
• EAN: 9780520202504
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20250-4
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; USA, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Limnology, United States of America, USA, Physical geography & topography, Limnology (inland waters), Physical geography and topography, Limnology (Freshwater)