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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816789203321

Titolo

Water Resources of Canada / / edited by Claude E. Dolman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Toronto, Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1967

©1967

ISBN

1-4426-5386-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Collana

Studia Varia Series ; ; 11

Disciplina

333.9100971

Soggetti

Water resources development - Canada

Electronic books.

Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; Introduction; PART I: PROS AND CONS OF CANADIAN WATER EXPORT; Toward a North American Water Policy; A Monstrous Concept, a Diabolic Thesis; The McNaughton-Moss Confrontation; NAWAPA and Muskeg; PART II: WATER, AN INDISPENSABLE RESOURCE; L'eau, ressource indispensable; Water, a Physical Resource; Water Resources; PART III: THE ST. LAWRENCE, THEN AND NOW; That Great Street: The St. Lawrence; Le rôle du Quebec dans le trafic maritime au Canada; PART IV: THE GREAT LAKES: UNIQUE FEATURES AND PECULIAR PROBLEMS; The Uniqueness of the Great Lakes.

Unique Research Opportunities Afforded by the Great LakesEnvironmental Control in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region of North America; Thermal Regime and Circulation in the Great Lakes; Meteorological Problems on the Great Lakes; PART V: PHYSICO-MATHEMATICAL STUDIES OF WATER; Meteorology and Water Resources; L'aspect mathematique de l'oceanographie; Estimates of Groundwater Recharge on the Prairies; The Reverse Osmosis Membrane Separation Process and Its Application for Water Purification; PART VI: THE BIOLOGICAL NECESSITIES AND HAZARDS OF WATER; Biological Aspects of the Water Problem.

Aquatic Communities and Their Adaptations to Their EnvironmentPresence de bacteries reductrices du soufre dans les



rivieres polluees par les eaux residuaires des usines de preparation des pâtes à papier; Water-Borne Viral Infections; The Waters of Wide Agony.

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of twenty-three essays from The Royal Society of Canada's 1966 annual meeting on the chosen theme Water Resources.