The University Of Kansas Science Bulletin Vol 39 Classic Reprint

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Download or read book University of Kansas Science Bulletin, Vol. 30 written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from University of Kansas Science Bulletin, Vol. 30: Devoted to the Publication of the Results of Research by Members of the University of Kansas Abstract: A study of Castle Rock and Monument Rock, two prominent landmarks in Gove county, Kansas, based on their present condition, and on photographs taken in 1889, 1892 and 1894, demonstrates the amount of erosion during the past fifty years. This gives a measure for estimating total erosion under similar climatic conditions. Introduction To The geologist, it is axiomatic that the minor features of a landscape are ephemeral and ever-changing, and to all who have seen the work of rivers in flood the evidence for this is clear. The building and destruction of bars and islands, the undercutting of banks, the widening, deepening, or shifting of channels (of. Smith, 1940), all these may be effected literally overnight. Although attesting to the efficacy of gradational processes, however, these more striking phenomena do not afford a direct basis for appraising the over-all modification of the land surface, and, indeed, may be misleading. They represent localized and intensified effects along comparatively narrow zones, bordering the stream channels, small in proportion to the total area of the drainage basins. Furthermore, erosion and deposition go hand in hand along rivers; the balance between the two is sometimes difficult to ascertain, and in fact is frequently shifted, even reversed, from time to time. And it may be added that the sedimentary materials directly involved in the work of streams are, to a large extent, undergoing a secondary reworking, having first been prepared and launched on their downward course by other less spectacular but more all-pervasive processes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.