Geochemistry

Originally published in 1984 Natural Disasters shows how misleading the term "e;natural disaster"e; can be.

Introduces the fundamental principles of applied Earth science needed for engineering practice, with case studies, exercises, and online solutions.

During the Neogene - covering the last 23 Million years - the evolution of the environmental setting in Africa was subject to considerable changes.

This book is a collection of papers presented in the symposia, held in Beijing, on palaeontology and historical geology.

The discussion on arsenic in the environment is complex and must grasp the importance of very many, mostly unrelated works on individual aspects.

This book is both a review and a look to the future, highlighting challenges for better predicting quantitatively the impact of diagenesis on reservoir rocks.

Since 1980 a considerable amount of scientific research dealing with geochemical processes in marine sediments has been carried out.

The future of the Common Fisheries Policy depends on progress in the relevant areas of research.

International Kimberlite Conferences (IKCs) are special events that are held across the world once in four to five years.

Uniquely comprehensive and up to date, this book covers terrestrial as well as extraterrestrial drilling and excavation, combining the technology of drilling with the state of the art in robotics.

An overview of state-of-the-art research into properties and possible formation mechanisms of chondrules, by leading cosmochemists and astrophysicists.

Dieses Buch über europäische Fossillagerstätten richtet sich an eine breite Leserschaft.

The book starts with an overview of Climate Science.

In 2002, the Swedish Metal Information Task Force (MITF) engaged the Environmental Research Group (MFG) to update previous monographs on copper, zinc and major alloying metals (such as chromium, nickel and molybdenum) in society and in the environment.

The congress "e;Arsenic in the Environment"e; offers an international, multi- and interdisciplinary discussion platform for arsenic research aimed at short-term solutions of problems with considerable social impact, rather than only focusing on cutting edge and breakthrough research in physical, chemical, toxicological, medical and other specific issue

This book unites studies in the fields of archaeometry, geoarchaeology, and ancient technologies, based on cases from northern Eurasia, and includes archaeometallurgy, stone tools investigation, exploitation of geological resources in the past, bioarchaeology, residue analysis, pottery and lithics investigation, and use of the GIS in archaeology.

Imagine a statistics book for bioassays written by a statistician.

Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala are both shield volcanoes in the southwest Indian Ocean.

Biometry for Forestry and Environmental Data with Examples in R focuses on statistical methods that are widely applicable in forestry and environmental sciences, but it also includes material that is of wider interest.

We introduce chromium isotopes as a tool to track earth''s long-term oxygenation and track deoxygenation during past warming events.

This book represents the proceedings of the 9th written by a very active group of physicists at Kongsberg seminar, held at the Norwegian Mining the University of Oslo - physicists interested in Museum located in the city of Kongsberg about complex systems in general and geo-like systems 70 km Southwest of Oslo.

When compared to classical sciences such as math, with roots in prehistory, and physics, with roots in antiquity, geographical information science (GISci) is the new kid on the block.

A review of the principles of the TEX86 proxy and developments made over the last two decades.

Since 1956 the author has been making extensive and detailed investigations of saline lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau.

When interpreting environmental data, scientists and engineers first must select the correct statistical tool to use for their analysis.

Knowledge of the basic interactions that take place between geological materials and different substances is the first step in understanding the effects of adsorption and other interfacial processes on the quality of rocks and soils, and on driving these processes towards a beneficial or neutral result.

The Indian Ocean Nodule Field: Geology and Resource Potential, Second Edition, provides a view of the most recent studies along with classical theories starting from the 1960s.

This is a textbook covering the transition from energy releasing reactions on the early Earth to energy releasing reactions that fueled growth in the first microbial cells.

This edited work contains the most recent advances related to the study of layered intrusions and cumulate rocks formation.

Computer simulation has become an important means for obtaining knowledge about nature.

This book presents the first overview of the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event in the southern Iberian paleomargin, in the western Tethys.

The Encyclopedia is a complete and authoritative reference work for this rapidly evolving field.

This book presents contributions devoted to the hydrogeochemical characterization of aquatic environments of Patagonia, including those of Ushuaia city, known as "e;The southernmost city in the world"e;.

Theory Instrumentation NIR analysis of sediment samples Uses of NIRS in palaeolimnology Future perspectives Summary References Fly-ash particles.

This book examines picroilmenites and their ferromagnetic behavior in the kimberlites from the Yakut diamondiferous province.

This book furnishes detailed information about Turkey's existing mineral resources, besides providing concepts and ideas which may help the search for potential mineral resources in the future.

Originally published in 1984 Natural Disasters shows how misleading the term "e;natural disaster"e; can be.

Following the long-standing tradition of the Seeheim-Workshops on Mossbauer Spectroscopy, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1994 always held in the same traditional place of the Lufthansa Training Center in Seeheim/Germany, the 5th workshop took place in 2002.

Marine geochemistry uses chemical elements and their isotopes to study how the ocean works in terms of ocean circulation, chemical composition, biological activity and atmospheric CO2 regulation.

Originally published in 1972.

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Few processes are as important for environmental geochemistry as the interplay between the oxidation and reduction of dissolved and solid species.

The critical zone is the thin outer veneer of continental Earth extending from the top of the vegetation canopy to subsurface depths where fresh groundwater circulates.

This book highlights climate as a complex physical, chemical, biological, and geological system, in perpetual change, under astronomical, predominantly, solar control.

A comprehensive and critical assessment of selenium levels in both natural and man-made materials and systems is presented in this publication.

Knowledge of the basic interactions that take place between geological materials and different substances is the first step in understanding the effects of adsorption and other interfacial processes on the quality of rocks and soils, and on driving these processes towards a beneficial or neutral result.

This book presents a translation and update of the classic German textbook of Mineralogy and Petrology that has been published for decades.

This volume provides essential information on the origin and evolution of Greek rivers, as well as their ecological and anthropogenic characteristics.