[PDF] Geologic And Environmental Dynamics Of The Pontchartrain Basin eBook

Author : Ned Randolph
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 24,93 MB
Release : 2024-02-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 0520397215

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta uses the story of mud to answer a deceptively simple question: How can a place uniquely vulnerable to sea level rise be one of the nation's most promiscuous producers and consumers of fossil fuels? Organized around New Orleans and South Louisiana as a case study, this book examines how the unruly Mississippi River and its muddy delta shaped the people, culture, and governance of the region. It proposes a framework of "muddy thinking" to gum the wheels of extractive capitalism and pollution that have brought us to the precipice of planetary collapse. Muddy Thinking calls upon our dirty, shared histories to address urgent questions of mutual survival and care in a rapidly changing world.

Author : Andrew Manning
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 11,29 MB
Release : 2013-03-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 953511039X

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Sediment Transport Processes and their Modelling Applications is a book which covers a wide range of topics. The effective management of many aquatic environments, requires a detailed understanding of sediment dynamics. This has both environmental and economic implications, especially where there is any anthropogenic involvement. Numerical models are often the tool used for predicting the transport and fate of sediment movement in these situations, as they can estimate the various spatial and temporal fluxes. However, the physical sedimentary processes can vary quite considerably depending upon whether the local sediments are fully cohesive, non-cohesive, or a mixture of both types. For this reason for more than half a century, scientists, engineers, hydrologists and mathematicians have all been continuing to conduct research into the many aspects which influence sediment transport. These issues range from processes such as scour, erosion and deposition, to how sediment process observations can be applied in sediment transport modelling frameworks. This book reports the findings from recent research in applied sediment transport which has been conducted in a wide range of aquatic environments. The research was carried out by researchers who specialise in the transport of sediments and related issues.

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File Size : 45,79 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Pontchartrain, Lake (La.)
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This presentation has two parts. One part provides new scientific research results and documentation, including a preliminary release of a comprehensive database and report on bottom sediments from Lake Pontchartrain and surrounding waterways. The second part provides background information on the area for a wide circle of users. This is highlighted by an in-depth school curriculum guide to environmental education based on Lake Pontchartrain.

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Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 28,4 MB
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Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780160867149

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"Provides a comprehensive assessment of the impacts of the 2005 hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico as well as the important role of science in landscape restoration and community recovery"--Provided by publisher.