Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere

Perspectives on the future directions of research in geomorphology form the major theme of this volume.

Water scarcity and the need for ecological sustainability have led to the introduction of treated waste water as an additional water resource in the national water resource management plans of Mediterranean countries.

Interdisciplinary Teaching about the Earth and Environment for a Sustainable Future presents the outcomes of the InTeGrate project, a community effort funded by the National Science Foundation to improve Earth literacy and build a workforce prepared to tackle environmental and resource issues.

The rhizosphere in soil environments refers to the narrow zone of soil influenced by the root and exudates.

A systematic tutorial introduction to the finite-difference (FD) numerical modelling technique for professionals, academic researchers, and graduate students in seismology.

This is an analytical assessment of how the government can accelerate development and deployment of energy technologies, for researchers and policy makers.

The Mexican -- United States border represents much more than the meeting place of two nations.

The Asian Monsoon describes the causes, evolution and far-reaching effects of this dramatic climatic phenomenon.

"e;Today, over two billion people in developing countries live without any electricity.

This is the first book to cover actinide nano research.

Lunar Science: A Post-Apollo View: Scientific Results and Insights from the Lunar Samples explains the scientific results and discoveries of the manned Apollo lunar missions as they are understood.

BASIC Hydrology offers a wide discussion on hydrology.

Mountain Ice and Water: Investigations of the Hydrologic Cycle in Alpine Environments is a new volume of papers reviewed and edited by John Shroder, Emeritus Professor of Geography and Geology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA, and Greg Greenwood, Director of the Mountain Research Initiative from Bern, Switzerland.

A comprehensive review of recent advances and new directions in high pressure mineral research using static and dynamic compression methods.

Finding Time for the Old Stone Age explores a century of colourful debate over the age of our earliest ancestors.

Investigating Groundwater provides an integrated approach to the challenges associated with locating groundwater.

This edited book is based on the best papers accepted for presentation during the 2nd Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-2), Tunisia, in 2019.

The application of multibeam and sediment transport measurement technologies and the adoption of multi-faceted research methodologies have greatly advanced our understanding of the sedimentary processes on continental shelves in the last decade.

The volume consists of modern researches on the Himalayan Mountain Geology by eminent and active geoscientists of India and abroad.

This book records the geoheritage values of globally significant, yet little-known, volcanic geosites in Saudi Arabia.

Geographic information, spatial analysis and geospatial technologies play an important role in understanding changes in planetary health and in defining the drivers contributing to different health outcomes both locally and globally.

This book represents a detailed introduction to the geology, structure, and stratigraphy of Kutch Basin, known for its rich fossilized megafauna and the wide range of condensed sections exposing Bathonian to Pleistocene.

Soils, invaluable indicators of the nature and history of the physical and human landscape, have strongly influenced the cultural record left to archaeologists.

Water stagnation and submergence are major factors in rice growing.

Dust storms, produced by the removal of surface materials from the world's drylands, are a vital component of the environment.

The living soil is crucial to photosynthesis, biogeochemical cycles, global food production, climate change, biodiversity, and plant and animal health.

Although considera bIe efforts are now being made to find new sources of energy, alI the experts are agreed that hydrocarbons will have to provide the greater part of our energy needs for a generation ahead.

Key biogeochemical events in the ocean take place in less than a second, are studied in experiments lasting a few hours, and determine cycles that last over seasons or even years.

The completion of this collection took many months, and, for a variety of reason, required the assistance and/or indulgence of a number of individuals.

Advances in Hydroscience, Volume 10-1975 covers articles on the evergrowing scientific knowledge on water.

This book offers readers a comprehensive overview, and an in-depth understanding, of suitable methods for quantifying and characterizing saline aquifers for the geological storage of CO2.

Problems and Solutions in Structural Geology and Tectonics, Volume 5, in the series Developments in Structural Geology and Tectonics, presents students, researchers and practitioners with an all-new set of problems and solutions that structural geologists and tectonics researchers commonly face.

The quality of agricultural soils are always under threat from chemical contaminants, which ultimately affect the productivity and safety of crops.

Neoliberal logics of government shaping childhood today produce market-based frameworks for understanding childhood risks.

Geomorphology, the discipline which analyzes the history and nature of the earth's surface, deals with the landforms produced by erosion, weathering, deposition, transport and tectonic processes.

The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the Year 1800, Volume II by Henry R.

This book presents findings from research into the Precambrian history of the Indian shield obtained using state-of-the-art technology.

Sedimentary structures, their character and physical basis Volume 1

Karst aquifers are important sources of drinking water worldwide.

A research summary of the causes and effects of megaflooding on Earth and Mars, for hydrologists, planetary scientists and engineers.

An excellent book for professional crystallographers!

Increasing awareness of the irreversible and long-lasting impacts of deterioration and pollution of soils and sediments has had an important influence on environmental policies and research in the last decade.

Developments in Economic Geology, 15: Geochemical Exploration 1980 focuses on practices, processes, methodologies, and principles involved in geochemical exploration.

This volume examines the impact of and responses to historic earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in the Azores.

This book includes an analysis of the Jehoash Inscription Tablet, which describes renovations made to the First Temple and is considered the only written evidence of its existence.

In geomorphology, landform inheritance refers to the inherited relationship of different landform morphologies in a certain area during the evolutionary process.

Written expressly for undergraduate and graduate geologists, this book focuses on how geochemical principles can be used to solve practical problems.

There are three types of rock-igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.

One of the most interesting results obtained in the last two decades in the study of crustal deformation has been the recognition that large regions of continental crust undergo rotations about vertical axis during deformation.