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1	Our plundered planet. more books like this by Fairfield Osborn add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $194.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Against the Tide: The Battle for America's Beaches more books like this by Cornelia Dean add to wishlist Through accessible scientific explanations, Dean demonstrates how natural disasters affect beaches and how, by developing and protecting beachfront property, Americans destroy the very beaches they treasure. A New York Times Notable Book for 1999. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations more books like this by David R Montgomery add to wishlist Dirt, soil, call it what you want - it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern ... see all copies from $8.95! new only from $10.24! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood more books like this by John Soennichsen add to wishlist Conventional geologic thinking always said that the landscape between Idaho and the Cascade Mountains -- a unique place characterized by gullies, coulees, and deserts -- was created over millions of years by rivers that had long since gone dry. Science professor J Harlen Bretz (who made up his own name and intentionally didn't use a period after J ... see all copies from $10.16! new only from $10.16! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Soil Erosion in the Tropics: Principles and Management more books like this by Lal Rattan, R Lal add to wishlist Filling a need for all soil scientists, this comprehensive, volume on the problem of soil erosion, covers the principles and processes of wind and water erosion, with emphasis on the tropics. Because soil erosion is the single largest problem in maintaining food production worldwide, management practices advocated in this volume will be of ... see all copies from $143.13!
6	Cataclysms on the Columbia more books like this by John Eliot Allen, Marjorie Burns, Sam Sargent add to wishlist "Cataclysms on the Columbia" chronicles the geological research that led to the discovery of powerful prehistoric floods that shaped the Pacific Northwest. see all copies from $6.35! new only from $18.07! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook more books like this by Steven J Goldman, K C Jackson, Taras A Bursztynsky (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $21.99!
8	Soil and Water Conservation for Productivity and Environmental Protection more books like this by Frederick R Troeh add to wishlist For sophomore/senior-level courses in Soil Conservation and Water Conservation in Agronomy or Soil Science Departments. Written from an agronomic rather than an engineering perspective, this introduction to soil and water conservation text explores a full range of topics and environmental issues, including some ignored or overlooked in other ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $55.10! \| SVS
9	Physics and Modelling of Wind Erosion more books like this by Yaping Shao add to wishlist This book provides a comprehensive summary of the recent developments in wind erosion research and a clear outline of its future directions. The physics of wind erosion, from particle entrainment to transport and deposition, is described with rigor from the viewpoints of fluid dynamics and soil physics. The techniques for quantitative wind-erosion ... see all copies from $106.68! new only from $149.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Soil Erosion Research Methods more books like this by R Lal add to wishlist This new edition of "Soil Erosion Research Methods" retains the themes and layout of the first edition. However, most chapters have been revised and some additional chapters have been added. There are new chapters on modeling wind and water erosion. Extensive revisions and updating have been done in chapters dealing with assessment of erosivity ... see all copies from $23.75! new only from $99.00!
11	Future Flooding and Coastal Erosion Risks more books like this by Colin R Thorne (Editor) add to wishlist "Over GBP 200 billion worth of assets are at risk around British rivers and coasts and those risks are likely to increase over the next 100 years due to changes in climate and in society." - Sir David King, Government Chief Scientific Adviser. This book presents a comprehensive insight into the flooding system, spanning multiple disciplines across ... see all copies from $147.45! new only from $160.82!
12	Tooth Wear and Sensitivity: Clinical Advances in Restorative Dentistry more books like this by Martin Addy add to wishlist see all copies from $119.21! new only from $120.36!
13	World soil erosion and conservation more books like this by David Pimentel, PhD (Editor) add to wishlist Land degradation from soil erosion has been considered by many to be a problem of significant proportion, affecting some 30-50% of the earth's land surface. At the time of the first publication of this book in 1993, estimates indicated that 10-15 million hectares of land were being lost each year through erosion and salinisation from irrigation ... see all copies from $34.95! new only from $44.75! \| SVS
14 view cover	Soil Erosion at Multiple Scales: Principles and Methods for Assessing Causes and Impacts more books like this by F W T de Vries, F W T Penning De Vries (Editor), F Agus (Editor) add to wishlist Approaches to research on the causes and impacts of soil erosion have changed significantly over recent years. Whereas biophysical research traditionally utilized small carefully managed erosion plots, models and other techniques are now available to study impacts of broad scale management on the hydrology and water quality of catchments and even ... see all copies from $89.09! new only from $89.09!
15 view cover	Solid Particle Erosion: Occurrence, Prediction and Control more books like this by Ilmar Kleis add to wishlist "Solid Particle Erosion: Occurrence, Prediction and Control" collects together the work of more than 130 industrially-supported research projects conducted over 50 years on erosion at the Tallinn Technical University, Estonia (now the Tallinn University of Technology), much of which is previously unpublished in English.Providing a systematic ... see all copies from $47.23! new only from $47.23! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Darkening Peaks: Glacier Retreat, Science, and Society more books like this by Ben Orlove (Editor), Ellen Wiegandt (Editor), Brian H Luckman (Editor) add to wishlist Looking up at mountains, people now see bare, dark rock where white snow and ice once stood - dramatic evidence of the accelerating pace of glacier retreat due to climate change. This groundbreaking work is the first to provide an integrated, multidisciplinary, global exploration of the scientific, social, and economic dimensions of this ... see all copies from $27.95! new only from $36.00! \| SVS
17 view cover	Soil Erosion and Sediment Redistribution in River Catchments: Measurement, Modelling and Management more books like this by Philip N Owens, A J Collins (Editor) add to wishlist This book reviews the major achievements that have been made in soil erosion and sediment redistribution research and management. It presents work from key players in river basin soil erosion and sediment redistribution, from sources to sinks, from field to riverbank, and from academia to policy and industry. It examines the developments made in ... see all copies from $122.87! new only from $122.87!
18 view cover	Erosion and Sedimentation more books like this by Pierre Y Julien add to wishlist In this book the author stresses physical understanding based on Newtonian mechanics, and explains fundamental concepts pertaining to the hydrodynamic forces exerted on solid particles, with a lucid treatment of potential flow, viscous flow, turbulent flow, and boundary layers. Students, researchers, and practitioners in civil, environmental and ... see all copies from $27.93! new only from $36.22! \| SVS
19 view cover	Landscape Erosion and Evolution Modeling more books like this by Russell S Harmon (Editor), William W Doe III (Editor) add to wishlist Landscapes are characterized by a wide variation, both spatially and temporally, of tolerance and response to natural processes and anthropogenic stress. These tolerances and responses can be analyzed through individual landscape parameters, such as soils, vegetation, water, etc, or holistically through ecosystem or watershed studies. However, ... see all copies from $104.99! new only from $128.58! \| first editions \| SVS
20	Far from paradise : the story of man's impact on the environment more books like this by John Seymour, Herbert Girardet add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21 view cover	Soil Erosion and Carbon Dynamics more books like this by Eric J Roose, Lal Rattan, Feller Christian add to wishlist In addition to depleting nutrients necessary for healthy crops, soil erosion processes can affect the carbon balance of agroecosystems, and thus influence global warming.. While the magnitude and severity of soil erosion are well documented, fluxes of eroded carbon are rarely quantified. The most complete, nonpartisan source of information ... see all copies from $88.95! new only from $133.39!
22 view cover	Handbook for the Assessment of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Using Environmental Radionuclides more books like this by F Zapata (Editor) add to wishlist This Handbook is a new comprehensive reference of the methodologies (field, laboratory and desk work) for using radionuclides, primarily 137Cs and210Pb, to establish rates and spatial patterns of soil redistribution within the landscape and determine the geochronology of sediment deposits. It is based on the recent developments made by a global ... see all copies from $85.00! new only from $117.46! \| SVS
23 view cover	Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes more books like this by Ralph A Bagnold add to wishlist This book should be of interest to sedimentologists, physical geographers. see all copies from $10.22! new only from $10.22! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Soil Quality and Soil Erosion Sment and Treatment more books like this by Rattan Lal, Lal Rattan (Editor) add to wishlist This work examines the issue of accelerated soil erosion, which has become an increasingly serious concern in the twentieth century. Aspects considered in this title include on-site impact of erosion; application of soil science to problems of non-agricultural uses of soil, such as mineland restoration, urban uses and disposal of urban wastes; ... see all copies from $19.99! new only from $98.52!
25	Soil Erosion, Conservation, and Rehabilitation more books like this by Menachem Agassi add to wishlist Discusses the latest information regarding the processes and mechanisms responsible for runoff and erosion by water in arable lands--detailing state-of-the-art water and soil conservation methods. Elucidates the rehabilitation of agricultural lands depleted by human activity. see all copies from $144.60! new only from $180.70! \| SVS

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