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Cataract Canyon : a human and environmental history of the rivers in Canyonlands / Robert H. Webb, Jayne Belnap, John S. Weisheit.
- Title
- Cataract Canyon : a human and environmental history of the rivers in Canyonlands / Robert H. Webb, Jayne Belnap, John S. Weisheit.
- Author
- Webb, Robert H.
- Publication
- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | F832.C37 W43 2004 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 268 p. : ill., maps; 27 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Geography and prehistory: the plethora of names and the first inhabitants of canyon country -- "We decide to name this Cataract Canyon": a brief river running history of Canyonlands -- The twisted rocks and the river: geology and hydrology of Cataract Canyon -- A hard place to make a living: the plants and animals of Canyonlands -- Very flat water: the approaches to Cataract Canyon -- The center of the universe: the confluence of the green and the grand -- Sliding slopes and running rapids: the first twelve rapids and Tilted Park -- Hell to pay: Mile Long Rapid and the Big Drops -- Cathedrals in mud: an elegy to drowned cataracts and impressive side canyons -- "The strange and impressive scenery": common threads among the canyons of the Colorado River.
- ISBN
- 0874807816 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0874807824 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2003023050
- OCLC
- 53324874
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library