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001 2006103108
003 DLC
005 20080306180124.0
008 061229s2007 utuab b s001 0deng
010 $a 2006103108
020 $a9780874216608 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0874216605 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm77821579
035 $a(OCoLC)77821579
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050 00 $aF788$b.B69 2007
082 00 $a917.91/320434$222
100 1 $aBoyer, Diane E.
245 10 $aDamming Grand Canyon :$bthe 1923 USGS Colorado River expedition /$cDiane E. Boyer and Robert H. Webb ; U.S. Geological Survey ; foreword by Michael Collier.
260 $aLogan, Utah :$bUtah State University Press,$cc2007.
300 $axiii, 289 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aWater 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.
651 0 $aGrand Canyon (Ariz.)$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)$xDescription and travel.
610 20 $aGeological Survey (U.S.)$xHistory$y20th century.
610 20 $aGeological Survey (U.S.)$vBiography.
650 0 $aRiver surveys$zColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aDams$zColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWater-supply$xPolitical aspects$zArizona$zGrand Canyon$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWater resources development$zArizona$zGrand Canyon$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aGrand Canyon (Ariz.)$xEnvironmental conditions.
651 0 $aColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)$xEnvironmental conditions.
700 1 $aWebb, Robert H.
710 2 $aGeological Survey (U.S.)
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip078/2006103108.html