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Rivers, Deltas, Meanders, Lagoons, Floods, Dams, Waves and Tides

This page was updated on 05 March 2008 .


When ordering from this catalog please refer to this catalog number:

Catalog:  # 1 / Rivers / 2008

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Baldwin, H. L. and McGuinness, C. L. / A PRIMER ON GROUND WATER, Washington, 1963, 26 pages, pb, - 2 -, $ 10

Barrows, H. K. / FLOODS, THEIR HYDROLOGY AND CONTROL, New York, 1948, cl, 439 pages, 106 figs., 81 tables, - 3 -, $ 38 [ Book contains detailed drawings of gates, levees, river walls, pumping stations; this is a progress report on flood control projects investigated or undertaken by the U.S. Corps of Engineers]

Bolander, R. J., et. al. / A STUDY OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA, Its Processes, Sediments, and Structures, New Orleans Geological Society Field Trip, 1970, New Orleans, pb, 48 pages, - 3 -, $ 15

Broussard, M. L. / DELTAS, Houston, 1975, cl, 555 pages, - 2 -, $ 35

Broussard, M. L. / DELTAS, Houston, 1975, cl, 555 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Bureau of Reclamation / DESIGN OF SMALL DAMS, A Water Resources Technical Bulletin, 1st Edition, Washington, D. C., 1965, cl, 611 pages, 34 tables (additional tables in appendices), 277 figs., (additional figs. in appendices), - 3 -, $ 20 [contents: planning, flood studies, selection of types of dam, foundations and construction materials, earthfill dams, rockfill dams, concrete gravity dams, spillway outlet works, diversion under construction, maintenance and operation, 8 appendices, more]

Bureau of Reclamation / DESIGN OF SMALL DAMS, A Water Resources Technical Bulletin, 2nd Edition, Washington, D. C., 1973, cl, 816 pages, 37 tables (additional tables in appendices), 343 figs., (additional figs. in appendices), - 3 -, $ 40 [contents: planning, flood studies, selection of types of dam, foundations and construction materials, earthfill dams, rockfill dams, concrete gravity dams, spillway outlet works, diversion under construction, maintenance and operation, 9 appendices, more]

Cole, W. S. / THE INTERPRETATION OF INTRENCHED MEANDERS, Reprint from the Journal of Geology, Volume 38, # 5, 1930, pb, pages 423 - 436, - 3 -, $ 6

Collins, B. and Dunne, T. / FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY AND RIVER-GRAVEL MINING: A Guide for Planners, Case Studies Included, California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology, Sacramento, 1990, pb, 29 pages, - 1 -, $ 20

Elam, W. E. / SPEEDING FLOODS TO THE SEA or the Evolution of Flood Control Engineering on the Mississippi River, New York, 1946, cl, 173 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Fiering, M. B. and Jackson, B. B. / SYNTHETIC STREAM FLOWS, Washington, D. C., 1971, pb in plastic binding, 98 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Harrison, J. C. / EARTH TIDES, New York, 1985, cl, 419 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Kolb, C. R. and Mabrey, P. R. / REVIEW OF PETROGRAPHIC STUDIES OF BED MATERIAL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, ITS TRIBUTARIES, AND OFFSHORE AREAS OF DEPOSITION, Corps of Engineers Technical Report # 3-436, Vicksburg, 1956, 79 pages, 12 figs., 4 tables, - 5 -, $ 22

Lamb, H. / HYDRODYNAMICS, New York, 1945, pb, 738 pages, - 5 -, $18 [book is considered a 6th edition of a Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of the Motion of Fluids, first published in 1879]

Munn, R. E. / DESCRIPTIVE MICROMETEROROLOGY, New York, 1966, cl, 245 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Nuzman, C. E. / GROUNDWATER AND WELL EFFICIENCY, Larned, 1978, pb, 61 pages, - 2 -, $ 5

Sawyer, C. N. and McCarty, P. L. / CHEMISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 3rd Edition, New York, cl, 532 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Van Heerden, I. L. / DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION IN EASTERN ATCHAFALAYA BAY, LOUISIANA, Baton Rouge, 1983, pb, 117 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Walker, R. G., Ed. / FACIES MODELS, 1st Edition, St. Johns, 1979, pb, 211 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Walker, R. G., Ed. / FACIES MODELS, 2nd Edition, St. Johns, 1984, pb, 317 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Walker, R. G. and James, N. P., Ed. / FACIES MODELS: Response to Sea Level Change, St. John’s, 1992, pb, 409 pages, - 3 - , $ 35 [Published by the Geological Association of Canada; covers principles, facies sequences, deltas, carbonate slopes, evaporites, subsurface facies, seismic-stratigraphic facies, and much more]  SOLD

Wright, J., Colling, A., and Park, D. / WAVES, TIDES AND SHALLOW-WATER PROCESSES, 2nd Edition, Oxford, 1999, pb, 227 pages, - 1 -, $ 38


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