Damming Grand Canyon : the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition / / Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier.

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Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
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Physical Description:xiii, 289 p. :; ill., maps.
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245 1 0 |a Damming Grand Canyon  |h [electronic resource] :  |b the 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition /  |c Diane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier. 
260 |a Logan, Utah :  |b Utah State University Press,  |c c2007. 
300 |a xiii, 289 p. :  |b ill., maps. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
610 2 0 |a Geological Survey (U.S.)  |x History  |y 20th century. 
610 2 0 |a Geological Survey (U.S.)  |v Biography. 
650 0 |a River surveys  |z Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)  |x History  |y 20th century. 
650 0 |a Dams  |z Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)  |x History  |y 20th century. 
650 0 |a Water-supply  |x Political aspects  |z Arizona  |z Grand Canyon  |x History  |y 20th century. 
650 0 |a Water resources development  |z Arizona  |z Grand Canyon  |x History  |y 20th century. 
651 0 |a Grand Canyon (Ariz.)  |x Description and travel. 
651 0 |a Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)  |x Description and travel. 
651 0 |a Grand Canyon (Ariz.)  |x Environmental conditions. 
651 0 |a Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)  |x Environmental conditions. 
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