A Study Of The Torrents In The Department Of The Upper Alps
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Traces on the Rhodian Shore
Author | : Clarence J. Glacken |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 806 |
Release | : 1976-08-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520032163 |
In the history of Western thought, men have persistently asked three questions concerning the habitable earth and their relationships to it. Is the earth, which is obviously a fit environment for man and other organic life, a purposefully made creation? Have its climates, its relief, the configuration of its continents influenced the moral and social nature of individuals, and have they had an influence in molding the character and nature of human culture? In his long tenure of the earth, in what manner has man changed it from its hypothetical pristine condition? From the time of the Greeks to our own, answers to these questions have been and are being given so frequently and so continually that we may restate them in the form of general ideas: the idea of a designed earth; the idea of environmental influence; and the idea of man as a geographic agent. These ideas have come from the general thought and experience of men, but the first owes much to mythology, theology, and philosophy; the second, to pharmaceutical lore, medicine, and weather observation; the third, to the plans, activities, and skills of everyday life such as cultivation, carpentry, and weaving. The first two ideas were expressed frequently in antiquity, the third less so, although it was implicit in many discussions which recognized the obvious fact that men through their arts, sciences, and techniques had changed the physical environment about them. This magnum opus of Clarence Glacken explores all of these questions from Ancient Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century.
Dirt
Author | : David R. Montgomery |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2007-05-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520248708 |
A rich mix of history, archaeology and geology, this engaging cultural history traces the role of soil's use and abuse and explores the compelling idea that people around the world are--and have long been--using up Earth's soil.
Sedimentary Crisis at the Global Scale 1
Author | : Jean-Paul Bravard |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2019-03-07 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1119579856 |
The Earth’s oceans are currently undergoing unprecedented changes: rivers have suffered a severe reduction in their sediment transport, and as a result, sediment input to the oceans has dropped lower than ever before. These inputs have varied over millennia as a result of both natural occurrences and human actions, such as the building of dams and the extraction of materials from riverbeds. Sedimentary Crisis at the Global Scale 1 examines how river basins have been affected by the sedimentary crises of various historical epochs. By studying global balances, it provides insights into the profound disruption of the solid transport of fluvial bodies. The book also explores studies of various rivers, from the Amazon, which remains relatively unaffected, to dying rivers such as the Colorado and the Nile.
The Snowy Torrents
Author | : Dale Gallagher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Avalanches |
ISBN | : |
Summaries of accidents with analysis of causes and rescue efforts.