1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910704097703321

Autore

Lesure Frank Gardner <1927->

Titolo

Mineral resources of the Mill Creek, Mountain Lake, and Peters Mountain wilderness study areas, Craig and Giles Counties, Virginia, and Monroe County, West Virginia / / by Frank G. Lesure, Bradford B. Williams and Maynard L. Dunn, Jr. ; with a section on oil and gas potential by W. J. Perry, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Reston, Va.] : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1982

Washington : , : Government Printing Office

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 76 pages, 6 pages of plates) : illustrations

Collana

Studies related to wilderness--study areas

Geological Survey bulletin ; ; 1510

Soggetti

Mines and mineral resources - Virginia - Craig County

Mines and mineral resources - Virginia - Giles County

Mines and mineral resources - West Virginia - Monroe County

Mines and mineral resources

Virginia Craig County

Virginia Giles County

West Virginia Monroe County

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed August 4, 2014).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-76).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780928003321

Autore

Ortloff Charles R

Titolo

Water engineering in the ancient world [[electronic resource] ] : archaeological and climate perspectives on societies of ancient South America, the Middle East, and South-East Asia / / by Charles R. Ortloff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-191749-4

1-282-35462-0

9786612354625

0-19-155354-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

628.1093

Soggetti

Paleohydrology

Water resources development - History

Water-supply engineering - History

Naher Osten

Sùˆdostasien

Altamerika

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. Ancient pre-Columbian Peru, Bolivia and Mesoamerica; 2. The Ancient Middle East; 3. Ancient South-East Asia; 4. Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management Strategies of Ancient Societies; 5. Environmental and Climate Perspectives on New World, Old World, and South-East Asian Societies' Achievements in the Hydraulic Sciences; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A new perspective on archaeological studies of the urban and agricultural water supply and distribution systems of the major ancient civilizations of South America, the Middle East, and South-East Asia. Ortloff uses modern computer analysis methods to extract the true hydraulic/hydrological knowledge base available to these peoples.