Damming Grand Canyon [electronic resource] : the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition / Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier.
2007
F788 .B69 2007eb
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Damming Grand Canyon [electronic resource] : the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition / Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier.
Author
Boyer, Diane E.
ISBN
9780874216608 (cloth : alk. paper)
0874216605 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780874216653 (e-book)
0874216605 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780874216653 (e-book)
Publication Details
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, c2007.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 289 p. : ill., maps.
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F788 .B69 2007eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
917.91/320434
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Webb, Robert H.
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Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Table of Contents
Water and the Colorado desert
Where should the dams be? politics, the Colorado River Compact, and the Geological Survey's role
Prelude to an expedition : Washington and Flagstaff
A cumbersome journey : Flagstaff to Lee's Ferry to the Little Colorado River
Surveys and portages : Furnace Flats through the Inner Gorge
Of flips and floods : Bass Canyon to Diamond Creek
Feeling their oats : Diamond Creek to Needles
Aftermath : politics and the strident hydraulic engineer.
Where should the dams be? politics, the Colorado River Compact, and the Geological Survey's role
Prelude to an expedition : Washington and Flagstaff
A cumbersome journey : Flagstaff to Lee's Ferry to the Little Colorado River
Surveys and portages : Furnace Flats through the Inner Gorge
Of flips and floods : Bass Canyon to Diamond Creek
Feeling their oats : Diamond Creek to Needles
Aftermath : politics and the strident hydraulic engineer.