Life Zone Investigations in Wyoming

Life Zone Investigations in Wyoming
Author: Merritt Cary
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1917
Genre: Animals
ISBN:

Characterizes five transcontinental life zones in Wyoming; defines their extent and limits; lists mammal, breeding bird, reptile, amphibian, and plant species; and provides notes on distribution and abundance of trees observed during the survey.

Bulletin

Bulletin
Author: Sri Lanka Geographical Society
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1964
Genre:
ISBN:

Report

Report
Author: United States. National Bureau of Standards
Publisher:
Total Pages: 952
Release: 1963
Genre: Hydraulic engineering
ISBN:

Hydrogeology, Chemical Weathering, and Soil Formation

Hydrogeology, Chemical Weathering, and Soil Formation
Author: Allen Hunt
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2021-04-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1119563968

Explores soil as a nexus for water, chemicals, and biologically coupled nutrient cycling Soil is a narrow but critically important zone on Earth's surface. It is the interface for water and carbon recycling from above and part of the cycling of sediment and rock from below. Hydrogeology, Chemical Weathering, and Soil Formation places chemical weathering and soil formation in its geological, climatological, biological and hydrological perspective. Volume highlights include: The evolution of soils over 3.25 billion years Basic processes contributing to soil formation How chemical weathering and soil formation relate to water and energy fluxes The role of pedogenesis in geomorphology Relationships between climate soils and biota Soils, aeolian deposits, and crusts as geologic dating tools Impacts of land-use change on soils The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals. Find out more about this book from this Q&A with the Editors

Semi-quantitative Approaches for Landslide Assessment and Prediction

Semi-quantitative Approaches for Landslide Assessment and Prediction
Author: Sujit Mandal
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2014-11-07
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9812871462

In the present authors attempted to have a clear insight into the interworking of geotectonic, geomorphic, hydrologic and anthropogenic factors leading to landslide in the Shiv khola Watershed, the most worst affected region of Darjiling Himalaya. This book includes the parameters responsible for landslide events in mountainous areas. It provides knowledge and understanding to the local people, planners, and policy makers about the causes and consequences of landslides as well as provides a suitable method to mitigate the landslips. The book deals with the role of land, water and soil in landslide phenomena. These three attributes have been described in terms of critical rainfall, critical slope, critical height and changes and development of drainage network in landslides. Mitigations and site-specific management options are evaluated considering the roles of local govt., community and other organizations in both pre-slide and post-slide periods. Various scientific methods have been used to assess the landslides that will bring about tremendous help to researchers in the field. In particular, Researchers in Mountain Geomorphology and Geological and Geographical Society will get tremendous help from some topics such as 1-D slope stability model, SCS Curve Number Technique, Assessment of morphological parameters, application of RS & GIS, Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process. Semi-quantitative approach is followed for understanding spatial distribution of cohesion, friction angle slope, lithology and lineaments, drainage, upslope contributing area, land use and land cover types etc. This book also reveals some techniques and models for initiating slope instability.