Readings in earth sciences.
Series: Van Nostrand Reinhold readers on the environment and man
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Earth sciences -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Man's view of the earth: Arctic walk, by J. P. Milton. The fight for America's Alps, by P. Brooks. A wind-storm in the forests, by J. Muir. Escalante Canyon, by E. Abbey. Earth resource satellites, by G. K. C. Pardoe. The nature of geology and its place among the natural sciences, by E. M. Spieker.; title: pt. 2. Dynamics of crustal change and earth modifications: The building blocks of the clouds, by J. A. Day. Rivers in the making, by H. F. Garner. Erosion of the land; or, What's happening to our continents, by S. Judson. The Alaska earthquake of 1964, by W. R. Hansen. Iceland's thermal geology, by J. Kane. Permafrost, by R. F. Leggett. Continental  drift and a dynamic earth, by J. C. Maxwell.; title: pt. 3. Man's confrontations with the earth: The vanishing tidelands, by P. Redford. Alaska and its pipe dream, by B. Moulton. Will there be enough water? by J. C. Maxwell. Geological influence on regional health problems, by J. M. Spencer. The ecological hazards of making a lake, by T. Scudder. Los Angeles smog, by J. R. Goldsmith. Man-materials-midden, by D. F. Othmer.