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Box 6

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Canal del Dique, Colombia, 1992-1996

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 1-13
Identifier: Subseries 1.2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries consists of Nordin's consulting work in South America. Documents from projects on the Rio Orinoco (Venezuela), especially assessing the river's navigability, comprise the majority of this subseries. Files related to research on the Rio Caroni (Venezuela), Canal del Dique (Colombia), and Amazon River Basin (Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela) are also present. Materials include notes, correspondence, reports, reference material, photographs and slides, and maps. Topics include...
Dates: 1992-1996

Amazon River, 1963-1986

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 14-16
Identifier: Subseries 1.2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries consists of Nordin's consulting work in South America. Documents from projects on the Rio Orinoco (Venezuela), especially assessing the river's navigability, comprise the majority of this subseries. Files related to research on the Rio Caroni (Venezuela), Canal del Dique (Colombia), and Amazon River Basin (Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela) are also present. Materials include notes, correspondence, reports, reference material, photographs and slides, and maps. Topics include...
Dates: 1963-1986

Wadi Dayqah, Oman, 1964-1993, undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 17-22
Identifier: Subseries 1.3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This subseries contains six folders of reports, data, charts, and published reference material generated and collected while Nordin assessed the feasibility of constructing a dam on Wadi Dayquah (Wadi Dayqah), Oman. The Wadi Jizan, Saudi Arabia, is heavily represented in the material as well. Materials have no particular order.

Dates: 1964-1993, undated

Las Vegas Wash, 1957-1991

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 23-33
Identifier: Subseries 1.4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries contains documents from consulting work Nordin did for George V. Sabol Consulting Engineers in Arizona and Nevada during the 1990s. Materials present are correspondence, maps, notes, reports, and legal documents related to three channel studies: Las Vegas Wash, Pima Road Channel, and Gila River downstream of Gillespie Dam. All three projects concern the mitigation of sediment and drainage problems exacerbated by urban growth in arid environments. For the Gila River project,...
Dates: 1957-1991