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Books by Luna Bergere Leopold






A View of the River(Updated)
by Luna Bergere Leopold, Lb Leopold
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2006 by Harvard University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-674-01845-7, ISBN: 0-674-01845-1

" With the Midwest under water, America had a chance to see how effectively it had "improved" its rivers. We've straightened and dredged them, revetted and rerouted them, made massive efforts to control them, yet our actions have been less than successful. Too often, physical changes made to a river conflict with natural processes, resulting in--rather than alleviating--damage. Applying available knowledge on how rivers form and act cou ..."






Hydrology, Geomorphology, and Environmental Policy
U.S. Geological Survey, 1950-1972 and Uc Berkeley, 1972-1987: Oral History Transcript / 199 (Hardback Or Cased Book)
by Ann Lage, Luna Bergere Leopold, Thomas Dunne
Hardcover, 370 Pages, Published 2015 by Palala Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-347-58225-1, ISBN: 1-347-58225-8

"This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work ..."






The Colorado River Region and John Wesley Powell
by Mary C. Rabbitt, Edwin D. Mckee, Luna Bergere Leopold, Charles Butler Hunt
Paperback, 172 Pages, Published 2001 by University Press Of The Pacific
ISBN-13: 978-0-89875-556-5, ISBN: 0-89875-556-5

"He also helped to found the National Geographic Society.This collection of papers was originally published as a U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper in 1969 to honor Powell on the 100th anniversary of his exploration of the Colorado ..."






Water, Rivers and Creeks(1st Edition)
by Luna Bergere Leopold
Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 1997 by University Science Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-935702-98-9, ISBN: 0-935702-98-9

"Concerned with water resources throughout his career, Luna B. Leopold has at last brought together over forty years of experience to produce Water, Rivers and Creeks, a nontechnical primer on hydrology and water resources. As an expert engineer, meteorologist, environmentalist and geologist, few individuals could provide the breadth of coverage with the insightful brevity that characterize this introduction to water. By integrating the ..."






A Life for Water
A Memoir
by Luna Bergere Leopold, Penelope Vita-Finzi, Claudio Vita-Finzi, Madelyn Leopold
Paperback, Published 2020 by American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia
ISBN-13: 978-1-60618-084-6, ISBN: 1-60618-084-3

""This is a memoir by Luna Leopold, chief hydraulic engineer and later chief hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey"--"






Relation of Watershed Condition to Flood Discharge
a Theoretical Analysis (Classic Reprint)
by Luna Bergere Leopold
Paperback, Published 2018 by Forgotten Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-390-46366-8, ISBN: 1-390-46366-4






A View of the River
by Luna Bergere Leopold
Hardcover, 312 Pages, Published 1994 by Harvard University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-674-93732-1, ISBN: 0-674-93732-5

" With the Midwest under water, America had a chance to see how effectively it had "improved" its rivers. We've straightened and dredged them, revetted and rerouted them, made massive efforts to control them, yet our actions have been less than successful. Too often, physical changes made to a river conflict with natural processes, resulting in--rather than alleviating--damage. Applying available knowledge on how rivers form and act coul ..."






Water(Updated)
(Life science library)
by Luna Bergere Leopold, Kenneth Sydney Davis, Kenneth S. David, Time-Life Books
Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 1980 by Time-Life Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8094-0448-3, ISBN: 0-8094-0448-6

"Discusses the nature and uses of water, the effect of water in absorbing energy and moderating the climate, erosion, the importance of the water supply, water treatment and pollution."






Water(Illustrated)
A Primer (A Series of books in geology)
by Luna Bergere Leopold
Hardcover, 172 Pages, Published 1974 by W H Freeman & Co (Sd)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7167-0264-1, ISBN: 0-7167-0264-9

"An expansion of the work, A primer on water, published in 1960, prepared by the author and W. B. Langbein."






Water(Illustrated)
A Primer
by Luna Bergere Leopold
Paperback, 172 Pages, Published 1974 by W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-7167-0263-4, ISBN: 0-7167-0263-0

"This text is an expansion of a manuscript that I wrote some years ago, with the assistance of Walter B. Langbein, for the United States Geological Survey. It was entitled, A Primer on Water. That brief pamphlet, although it was widely read, did not deal with some of the topics that presently are important in teaching the elements of hydrology to students who are interested in a variety of environmental problems. Most books on hydrology ..."






U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper Ser.
Channel and Hillslope Processes Revisited in the Arroyo de Los Frijoles Watershed near Santa Fe, New Mexico
by Allen C. Gellis, Luna Bergere Leopold, William W. Emmett
53 Pages, Published 2005 by Geological Survey (Usgs)
ISBN-13: 978-0-607-98419-4, ISBN: 0-607-98419-8

"Allen C. Gellis, William W. Emmett, Luna Bergere Leopold ... increased base level did not extend beyond 30.5 m upstream, and channel slope remained at 0.033 (Leopold and Bull, 1979, p. ... New Mexico Water-Data Reports Rio Santa Cruz at Santa Cruz Reservoir 1929–41 238 354 Brown, 1945 Gallinas River at Storrie Reservoir near 1918–4() 386 144 Brown, 1945 Las Vegas Jemez Creek at San Ysidro 1936–4 | 2,212 254 Brown, 1945 Rio (Arroyo) ..."






The Flood Control Controversy
Big Dams, Little Dams, and Land Management,
by Luna Bergere Leopold
278 Pages, Published 2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-7581-4645-8, ISBN: 0-7581-4645-0






Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology
(Dover Earth Science)
by Luna Bergere Leopold, John Preston Miller, Markley Gordon Wolman
Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 1995 by Dover Publications
ISBN-13: 978-0-486-68588-5, ISBN: 0-486-68588-8

"This excellent text is a pioneering work in the study of landform development under processes associated with running water. Its primary emphasis is on subjects that were the focus of the authors' studies in both field and laboratory. Part I deals with the process of change in the evolving landscape. Part II explores process and form, and Part III, the effects of time.In Part I, the relation of geomorphology to field problems is analyze ..."






The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem(Updated)
Redefining America`s Wilderness Heritage
by Robert B. Keiter, Professor Mark S. Boyce, Luna Bergere Leopold, Professor Robert B. Keiter
Paperback, 442 Pages, Published 1994 by Yale University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-05927-4, ISBN: 0-300-05927-2

"In 1872 Congress designated Yellowstone National Park as the world's first national park; nineteen years later, the land adjacent to Yellowstone became America's first national forest reserve. Since that time, the entire Yellowstone region has been the scene of major battles over resource management--debates between those who would use the land for extraction of national resources (mining, lumbering, and hunting, for example) and those ..."






Reference Reach Field Book
by Luna Bergere Leopold, Hilton L. Silvey, David L. Rosgen
Hardcover, Published 1998 by Wildland Hydrology
ISBN-13: 978-0-9653289-2-0, ISBN: 0-9653289-2-9






Hydrology, Geomorphology, and Environmental Policy
U.S. Geological Survey, 1950-1972 and UC Berkeley, 1972-1987: Oral History Transcript / 199
by Lage, Ann, Leopold, Luna Bergere, Dunne, Thomas
Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2023 by Legare Street Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-02-146790-4, ISBN: 1-02-146790-1






A Life for Water
A Memoir
by Luna Bergere Leopold
Published 2019
ISBN-13: 978-1-60618-089-1, ISBN: 1-60618-089-4

""This is a memoir by Luna Leopold, chief hydraulic engineer and later chief hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey"--"






U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Petroleum Geology of the State of Washington Vol. 1582
by Samuel Y. Johnson, Jeff V. Phillips, Luna Bergere Leopold, Geological Survey, Todd L. Ingersoll, William W. Emmett
Paperback, 40 Pages, Published 1997 by U S Geological Survey
ISBN-13: 978-0-607-88760-0, ISBN: 0-607-88760-5






U. S. Geological Survey Professional Papers
Bedload and River Hydraulics : Inferences from the East Fork River, Wyoming Vol. 1583
by Luna Bergere Leopold, William W. Emmett
Paperback, 52 Pages, Published 1997 by Geological Survey (Usgs)
ISBN-13: 978-0-607-88893-5, ISBN: 0-607-88893-8






Sand, Wind, and War
Memoirs of a Desert Explorer
by Ralph Alger Bagnold, Luna Bergere Leopold, Paul D. Komar, Vance Haynes
Hardcover, 209 Pages, Published 1991 by University Of Arizona Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-1211-9, ISBN: 0-8165-1211-6

"A record of the work, travels and adventures of one of the last of the great British explorers, a man who served in both world wars and carved out a special niche in science through his studies of desert sands. Ralph Alger Bagnold was born in 1896 into a military family and educated as an engineer. Posted to Egypt in 1926, he was one of a group of officers who adapted Model T Fords to desert travel and in 1932 made the first east-west c ..."



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