Research Catalog

Title

Plutonium and the Rio Grande : environmental change and contamination in the nuclear age / William L. Graf.

Author

Graf, William L., 1947-

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

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Description

xvi, 329 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subjects

• Radioactive pollution of soils > Rio Grande Watershed (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Radioactive pollution of water > Rio Grande Watershed (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
• Plutonium > Environmental aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-321) and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction and Related Research -- 2. Plutonium and Los Alamos -- 3. The Northern Rio Grande Basin -- 4. Fluvial Sediment, Forms, and Processes -- 5. Engineering Works -- 6. Reparian Vegetation -- 7. Plutonium in the Rio Grande System -- 8. Annual Plutonium Budget for the Rio Grande -- 9. Sediment and Plutonium Storage Upstream from Cochiti -- 10. Sediment and Plutonium Storage Downstream from Cochiti -- 11. Simulation of Sediment and Plutonium Dynamics -- 12. General Lessons and Conclusions -- App. A. Units of Measure -- App. B. Hydrologic and Sediment Transport Data -- App. C. Sediment Particle-Size Data -- App. D. Geomorphologic Data -- App. E. Plutonium Data -- App. F. Topographic Maps, U.S. Geological Survey Quadrangles, Showing the Rio Grande Between Espanola and Elephant Butte -- App. G. Sources of Aerial Photographs for the Northern Rio Grande -- App. H. Sources of Historical Ground Photographs for the Northern Rio Grande -- App. I. Contact Persons for Northern Rio Grande Data.
• App. J. Basic Formulas Used in the Riverine Accounting and Transport Program.

ISBN

0195089332

LCCN

93040028

OCLC

ocm29219275

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Columbia University Libraries