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Recent additions and price changes noted in this color Books Axelsson, V. / THE LAITAURE DELTA: A STUDY OF DELTAIC MORPHOLOGY AND PROCESSES, Reprint from Geografiska Annaler, Volume 49, Ser. A, 1967, pb, 127 pages, 2 plates (in pocket), 99 figs., - 3 -, $ 45 Barrows, H. K. / FLOODS, THEIR HYDROLOGY AND CONTROL, New York, 1948, cl, 439 pages, 106 figs., 81 tables, - 3 -, $ 38 [ Book contains detailed drawings of gates, levees, river walls, pumping stations; this is a progress report on flood control projects investigated or undertaken by the U.S. Corps of Engineers] Benke, A. C. and Cushing, C. E. / RIVERS OF NORTH AMERICA, Amsterdam, 2005, cl, 1144 pages, - 1 -, $ 125 Berendsen, H. J. A. and Stouthamer, E. / PALAEOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE RHINE-MEUSE DELTA, Assen, 2001, pb, 268 pages, 3 maps, a CD is noted, but not in the box containing the book and maps (a website is provided in the package where you can download this material and more), - 2 -, $ 75 Blee, C. E. / GEOLOGY AND FOUNDATION TREATMENT, TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY PROJECTS, Washington, 1949, cl, 548 pages, - 3 -, $ 20Broussard, M. L. / DELTAS, Houston, 1975, cl, 555 pages, - 2 -, $ 35 Born, S. M. / LATE QUATERNARY HISTORY, DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION, AND MUDLUMP FORMATION AT PYRAMID LAKE, NEVADA, Reno, 1972, pb, 97 pages, - 2 -, $ 29 Bridge, J. L. / RIVERS AND FLOODPLAINS, Oxford, 2003, pb, 491 pages, - 1 -, $ 75 Broussard, M. L. / DELTAS, Houston, 1975, cl, 555 pages, - 3 -, $ 30 Brush, L. M., Wolman, M. G., and Bing-Wei, H., Ed. / TAMING THE YELLOW RIVER: SILT AND FLOODS, Dordrecht, 1989, cl, 690 pages, - 1 -, $ 295 Bureau of Reclamation / DESIGN OF SMALL DAMS, A Water Resources Technical Bulletin, 2nd Edition, Washington, D. C., 1973, cl, 816 pages, 37 tables (additional tables in appendices), 343 figs., (additional figs. in appendices), - 3 -, $ 40 [contents: planning, flood studies, selection of types of dam, foundations and construction materials, earthfill dams, rockfill dams, concrete gravity dams, spillway outlet works, diversion under construction, maintenance and operation, 9 appendices, more] Burkham, D. E. / USGS OFR / CHANNEL CHANGES OF THE GILA RIVER IN SAFFORD VALLEY, ARIZONA, 1846- 1970, 1971, 3-ring binder, 118 pages, 11 plates (in pocket), $ 15 Cole, W. S. / THE INTERPRETATION OF INTRENCHED MEANDERS, Reprint from the Journal of Geology, Volume 38, # 5, 1930, pb, pages 423 - 436, - 3 -, $ 6 Coleman, J. M. and Wright, L. D. / ANALYSIS OF MAJOR RIVER SYSTEMS AND THEIR DELTAS: PROCEDURES AND RATIONALE, WITH TWO EXAMPLES, Coastal Studies Series No. 28, Baton Rouge, 1971, pb, 125 pages, 24 figs., 1 table, - 2 -, $ 25 Coleman, J. M. / DELTAS: PROCESSES OF DEPOSITION AND MODELS FOR EXPLORATION, Champaign, 1976, pb, 102 pages, - 3 -, $ 29 Collins, B. and Dunne, T. / FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY AND RIVER-GRAVEL MINING: A Guide for Planners, Case Studies Included, California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology, Sacramento, 1990, pb, 29 pages, - 1 -, $ 20 Dury, G. H., Ed. / RIVERS AND RIVER TERRACES, Edinburgh, 1970, cl, 283 pages, - 2 -, $ 29 Dury, G. H., Ed. / RIVERS AND RIVER TERRACES, Edinburgh, 1970, cl, 283 pages, - 3 -, $ 19 Falkner, F. H. / STUDIES OF RIVER BED MATERIALS AND THEIR MOVEMENT, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER, U.S. Waterways Experiment Station Paper 17, St. Louis, 1935, pb, 161 pages, - 2 -, $ 28 Fiering, M. B. and Jackson, B. B. / SYNTHETIC STREAM FLOWS, Washington, D. C., 1971, pb in plastic binding, 98 pages, - 5 -, $ 25 Fisk, H. N. / GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE ALLUVIAL VALLEY OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER, War Department Report, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baton Rouge, 1944, pb, 77 pages, 74 pages, - 3 -, $ 100 Fradkin, P. L. / A RIVER NO MORE: THE COLORADO RIVER AND THE WEST, Expaned and Updated, Berkeley, 1996, pb, 360 pages, -2 -, slight crease in cover, ovg, $ 29 Friedkin, J. F. / A LABORATORY STUDY OF THE MEANDERING OF ALLUVIAL RIVERS, War Department, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, 1945, pb, 40 pages, 45 plates, - 1 -, $ 33 Glueck, N. / RIVERS IN THE DESERT: A HISTORY OF THE NEGEV, New York, 1960, pb, 303 pages, - 3 -, $ 15 Gupta, A., Ed. / LARGE RIVERS: GEOMORPHOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, Chichester, 2007, cl, 689 pages, -1 -, $ 239 Harvey, M. D., et.al. / HOLOCENE BRAIDED RIVERS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND THE SEDIMENTOLOGIC EFFECTS OF LAWN DAM FAILURE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, SEPM Field Trip No. 13, Golden, 1985, spiral bound, - 2 -, $ 15 Johnson, L. R. / MEN, MOUNTAINS, AND RIVERS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE HUNTINGTON DISTRICT, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1954 - 1974, Washington, 1977, pb, 322 pages, - 3 -, $ 60 Jones, S. J. and Frostick, L. E. / SEDIMENT FLUX TO BASINS: CAUSES, CONTROLS AND CONSEQUENCES, Geological Society SP 191, London, 2002, cl, 284 pages, - 1 -, $ 189 [Contains 18 sections on various topics including the impact of periodicity; river-capture-induced base-level changes; tracer pebble entrainment; more....][locations include Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana; Mediterranean Sea; Borneo; Spain; Italy; England, more... Kolb, C. R. and Mabrey, P. R. / REVIEW OF PETROGRAPHIC STUDIES OF BED MATERIAL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, ITS TRIBUTARIES, AND OFFSHORE AREAS OF DEPOSITION, Corps of Engineers Technical Report # 3-436, Vicksburg, 1956, 79 pages, 12 figs., 4 tables, - 5 -, $ 22 Kondrat’ev, N. E., et.al. / RIVER FLOW AND RIVER CHANNEL FORMATION, Translated from Russian by Y. Prushansky, Jerusalem, 1962, 172 pages, - 3 -, $ 30 Lamb, H. / HYDRODYNAMICS, New York, 1945, pb, 738 pages, - 5 -, $18 [book is considered a 6th edition of a Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of the Motion of Fluids, first published in 1879] Leopold, L. B. / A VIEW OF THE RIVER, Cambridge, 1994, cl, 298 pages, - 2 -, $ 27 Lewin, J., Macklin, M. G., and Woodward, J. C., Ed. / MEDITERRANEAN QUATERNARY RIVER ENVIRONMENTS, Rotterdam. 1995, cl, 292 pages, - 2 -, $ 155 Merriman, M., et.al. / GEOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF THE COLORADO - BIG THOMPSON PROJECT, Bureau of Reclamation Region 7, Denver, 1956, pb, 41 pages, 13 plates, index, - 3 -, $ 20 Miller, G. W., et.al. / DAM REMOVAL, SCIENCE AND DECISION MAKING, The Heinz Center, Washington, 2002, pb, 221 pages, - 1 -, $ 28 Miller, G. W., et.al. / DAM REMOVAL, SCIENCE AND DECISION MAKING, The Heinz Center, Washington, 2002, pb, 221 pages, - 3 -, $ 22 Morisawa, M. / STREAMS, THEIR DYNAMICS AND MORPHOLOGY, New York, 1968, pb, 175 pages, - 3 -, $ 20 Mosley, M. P. / A PROCEDURE FOR CHARACTERISING RIVER CHANNELS, Water and Soil Miscellaneous Publication No. 32, Wellington, 1982, pb, 69 pages, 4 appendices, - 3 -, $ 24 Mosley, M. P. / GRAVEL-BED RIVERS V, Edited for the New Zealand Hydrological Society, Christchurch, 2001, cl, 642 pages, - 1 -, $ 225 Pant, Y. P. / EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION IN THE NEPAL HIMALAYA: AN ASSESSMENT OF RIVER PROCESSES, Revised soft cover edition, Singapore, 1989, 10 chapters, - 2 -, $ 100 Potter, P. E. , et.al. / TEACHING AND FIELD GUIDE TO ALLUVIAL PROCESSES AND SEDIMENTATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, 1984 Annual Field Conference of the Geological Society of Kentucky, Lexington, 1988, pb, 46 pages, 30 figs., 3 appendices, - 3 -, $ 20 Schumm, S. A. and Winkley, B. R. / THE VARIABILITY OF LARGE ALLUVIAL RIVERS, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, 1994, pb, 467 pages, - 1 -, $ 85 Schumm, S. A. / RIVER VARIABILITY AND COMPLEXITY, Cambridge, 2005, cl, 220 pages, - 1 -, $ 95 Schumm, S. A., Ed. / RIVER MORPHOLOGY, Stroudsburg, 1972, cl, 429 pages, - 3 -, $ 59 Schwartz, M. C. / SPITS AND BARS, Benchmark Papers in Geology, Stroudsburg, 1972, cl, 452 pages, - 3 -, $ 30 Shen, H. W., Ed. / ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON RIVERS (RIVER MECHANICS III), Ft. Collins, 1973, cl, 20 chapters, 3 appendices, - 2 -, $ 59 Shiyang, G. and Zhiyao, W. / FLOOD PREVENTION ON THE LOWER REACHES OF THE YELLOW RIVER, Zhengzhou, 1980, cl 94 pages, - 2 -, $ 125 [Entirely in English] Strarkel, L. and Kalicki, T., Ed. / EVOLUTION OF THE VISTULA RIVER VALLEY (POLAND) DURING THE LAST 15000 YEARS, Part VI: Hydrological Changes of Valley Floor in the Upper Vistula Basin during Late Vistulian and Holocene, Wroclaw, 1966, pb, 158 pages, - 3 -, $ 90 Sykes, G. / THE COLORADO DELTA, Port Washington, 1970, cl, 193 pages, - 1 -, $ 25 Thompson, R., W. / TIDAL FLAT ZSEDIMENTATION ON THE COLORADO RIVER DELTA, NORTHWESTERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA, GSA M 107, Boulder, 1968, cl, 133 pages, 35 figs., 25 plates, 16 tables, - 2 -, $ 35 U. S. Army Corps of Engineers / MISSOURI RIVER NAVIGATION CHARTS, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI TO THE MOUTH, Omaha, spiral bound, 28 pages, 72 charts, - 3 -, $ 55 Van Heerden, I. L. / DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION IN EASTERN ATCHAFALAYA BAY, LOUISIANA, Baton Rouge, 1983, pb, 117 pages, - 3 -, $ 25 Walker, R. G., Ed. / FACIES MODELS, 1st Edition, St. Johns, 1979, pb, 211 pages, - 3 -, $ 20 Walker, R. G., Ed. / FACIES MODELS, 2nd Edition, St. Johns, 1984, pb, 317 pages, - 3 -, $ 38 Wilson, M. / ONCE UPON A RIVER: ARCHAEOLOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE BOW RIVER VALLEY AT CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA, Archaeological Survey of Canada Paper No. 114, Ottawa, 1983, pb, 465 pages, - 2 -, $ 45 Wohl, E. E. / VIRTUAL RIVERS: LESSONS FROM THE MOUNTAIN RIVERS OF THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE, New Haven, 2001, cl, 210 pages, - 2 -, $ 45 Wohl, E. E., Ed. / INLAND FLOOD HAZARDS: HUMAN, RIPARIAN AND AQUATIC COMMUNITIES, Cambridge, 2000, cl, 498 pages, - 2 -, $ 49 Wohl, E. / MOUNTAIN RIVERS, AGU Water Resources Monograph 14, Washington, 2000, pb, 320 pages, - 3 -, ink marks on two pages,, $ 100 Wohl, E. / DISCONNECTED RIVERS: LINKING RIVERS TO LANDSCAPES, New Haven, 2004, cl, 301 pages, - 2 -, $ 39 Wright, J., Colling, A., and Park, D. / WAVES, TIDES AND SHALLOW-WATER PROCESSES, 2nd Edition, Oxford, 1999, pb, 227 pages, - 1 -, $ 38 Zarbin, E. A. / ROOSEVELT DAM: A History to 1911, Salt River Valley, Arizona, Phoenix, 1984, cl 250 pages, - 2 -, $ 25 Reprints Bradley, W. C. / EFFECT OF WEATHERING ON ABRASION OF GRANITIC GRAVEL, COLORADO RIVER (TEXAS), GSA Bulletin, Volume 81, pages 61 - 80, 15 figs., $ 5 Harms, J. C. and Fahnestowk, R. K. / STRATIFICATION, BED FORMS, AND FLOW PHENOMENA (with an example from the Rio Grande), PRIMARY SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES AND THEIR HYDRODYNAMIC INTERPRETATION, AAPG SP 12, pages 84 - 115, $ 5 Lane, E. W., et.al. / RIVER-BED SCOUR DURING FLOODS, American Society of Civil Engineers, Paper No. 2712, Transactions, Volume 119, 1954, pages 1069 - 1087, $ 5 Lane, E. W. / DESIGN OF STABLE CHANNELS, American Socity of Civil Engineers, Paper No. 2776, Transactions, Volume 120, 1955, pages 1234 - 1278, $ 7 Malott, C. A. / LOST RIVER AT WESLEY CHAPEL GULF, ORANGE COUNTY, INDIANA, Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, Volume 41, 1932, pages 285 - 316, $ 10 Malott, C. A. / THE SWALLOW HOLES OF LOST RIVER, ORANGE COUNTY, INDIANA, Proceedings of Indiana Academy of Science, Volume 61, 1952, pages 187 - 231, $ 10 Neill, C. R. and Galay, V. J. / SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION OF RIVER REGIME, ASCE Water Resources Engineering Conference Preprint 332, 1966, 32 pages, 14 figs., $ 5 Smith, D. G. and Putnam, R. E. / ANASTOMOSED RIVER DEPOSITS: MODERN AND ANCIENT EXAMPLES IN ALBERTA, CANADA, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 17, # 10, pages 1396 - 1406, 1980, $ 5 Smith, N. D. / THE BRAIDED STREAM DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT: COMPARISON OF THE PLATTE RIVER WITH SOME SILURIAN CLASTIC ROCKS, NORTH-CENTRAL APPALACHIANS, GSA Bulletin Voluem 81, pages 2993 - 3014, 24 figs., 1970, $ 5 Smith, N. D. / TRANSVERSE BARS AND BRAIDING IN THE LOWER PLATTE RIVER, NEBRASKA, GSA Bulletin Volum 82, pages 3407 - 3420, 9 figs., 1971, $ 5 Stricklin, F. L., Jr. / DEGRADATION STREAM DEPOSITS OF THE BRAZOS RIVER, CENTRAL TEXAS, GSA Bulletin Volume 72, pages 19 - 36, 9 figs., 1961, $ 5 Rahn, P. H. / SHEETFLOODS, STREAMFLOODS, AND THE FORMATION OF PEDIMENTS, Annuals of the Association of American Geographers, Volume 57, No. 3, 1967, pages 593 - 604, $ 5

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