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Table of Contents - Reviews in Engineering Geology (REG016)

Humans as Geologic Agents

edited by Judy Ehlen, William C. Haneberg, and Robert A. Larson

Preface v
1. George A. Kiersch: Engineering geology applied to anthropomorphic problems
Allen W. Hatheway		 1
2. Effects of human activity on lineation analysis
Judy Ehlen		 7
3. Disconnected rivers: Human impacts to rivers in the United States
Ellen Wohl		 19
4. The history of the use and effectiveness of instream structures in the United States
Douglas M. Thompson		 35
5. Impact of military activities on local and regional geologic conditions
Edward P.F. Rose		 51
6. Human influence on the Columbia River littoral cell
Richard W. Galster		 67
7. Impacts of coal mining
Robert J. Turka and Richard E. Gray		 79
8. Impacts of land subsidence caused by withdrawal of underground fluids in the United States
Thomas L. Holzer and Devin L. Galloway		 87
9. Salt dissolution and subsidence or collapse caused by human activities
Kenneth S. Johnson		 101
10. The Glen Creek Landslide: A case study in the misuse of the Jahnsian steps during hillside development
Philip L. Johnson		 111
11. Hydrogeologic considerations of urban development: Urban-induced recharge
Beatriz Garcia-Fresca and John M. Sharp Jr.		 123
12. The relative influence of humans on barrier islands: Humans versus geomorphology
Matthew L. Stutz and Orrin H. Pilkey		 137
13. Anthropogenic contribution to gully initiation and propagation in southeastern Nigeria
Peter P. Hudec, Frank Simpson, Enuvie G. Akpokodje, and Meschak O. Umenweke		 149