Damming Grand Canyon the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition /

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Autor principal: Boyer, Diane E.
Autor corporatiu: Geological Survey (U.S.), ebrary, Inc
Altres autors: Webb, Robert H.
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, c2007.
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Taula de continguts:
  • 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.