Sedimentology and pedology

Traditional reliance on chemical analysis to understand the direction and extent of treatment in a bioremediation process has been found to be inadequate.

This volume arises from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on 'North African Cretaceous rudist and coral formations and their contributions to carbonate platform development , which was held in Tunisia, on 13-18 May, 2002.

The topic of sediment diagenesis is of fundamental importance to industry in the evaluation of hydrocarbon and water reservoir rocks.

The origin, dispersal, deposition and burial of natural sediment grains is the central concern of sedimentology.

This volume presents the proceedings of the Second International Sym- posium on Genetic Aspects ofPlant Minerai Nutrition, held in Madison, Wisconsin in 1985.

Probably more than any other element, iron markedly influences the chemical and physical properties of soils and sediments in the earth.

Tarquin Teale, a sedimentology/stratigraphy postgraduate student at the Royal School of Mines, was killed in a road accident south of Rome on 17 October 1985.

stable or falling water levels, and permit differen- tiation between gradual and sudden transgression The level of Lake Ontario was long assumed to of the shoreline.

About four years ago Dr.

The ihsan Ketin NATO Advanced Study Institute on the Tectonic Evolution of the Tethyan Region was conceived in 1982 in Veszprem, Hungary, when three of the organizers (B.

Nitrogen Economy in Tropical Soils presents an authoritative and comprehensive state-of-the-art review on soil/plant nitrogen inter-relationships, with special reference to tropical soils and crops in aerobic and anaerobic environments.

This book is the published record of the papers presented at a conference of the Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF) held in Bergen, Norway, on 3-5 October, 1988.

The NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "e;Paleoclimatology and Paleometeorology: Modem and Past Patterns of Global Atmospheric Transport"e; (held at Oracle, Arizona, USA from November 17-19, 1987) brought together atmospheric chemists, physicists, and meteorologists who study the origin and transport of modem-day mineral and biological aerosols with geologists and paleobotanists who study the sedimentary record of eolian and hydrologic processes along with modelers who study and conceptualize the processes influencing atmospheric transport at present and in the past.

The first North Sea Oil and Gas Reservoirs Conference was held in Trondheim in 1985 as part of the Norwegian Institute of Technology's 75th anniversary celebrations.

Contains 21 papers on the petroleum geology of the Netherlands, combining work by the industry, the Geological Survey and universities.

This book is the result of ten years' of scientific research carried out by the authors on Isla de los Estados.

In the heart of Africa, a unique lake attracts the attention of scientists since the beginning of the 20th century.

Submarine mass movements represent major offshore geohazards due to their destructive and tsunami-generation potential.

This volume provides a detailed description of a wide range of numerical, statistical or modeling techniques and novel instrumentation separated into individual chapters written by paleontologists with expertise in the given methodology.

STROMATOLITES: Interaction of Microbes with Sediments provides an overview and latest information about the formation of Stromatolites as a result of interaction of microbes with sediments.

This book presents a comprehensive, contemporary review of tidal environments and deposits.

With more than 50% of the world's population already living in towns and cities, migration from rural areas continuing at an alarming rate in developing countries and suburbanisation using more and more land in developed countries, the urban environment has become supremely important with regard to human health and wellbeing.

This book is the first comprehensive documentation and interpretation of modern neritic carbonate sediments on the southern Australian continental margin, the largest cool-water carbonate depositional system on the globe.

Playing a critical role in both influencing climate change and mitigating its impacts, the world's diverse wetlands have become one of the world's most threatened ecosystems as unsustainable land-use practices coupled with irrational use of water have already resulted in large-scale wetlands loss and degradation.

Carbonate sediments are of increasing relevance for archives of past environmental conditions and for economical reasons in areas of geothermal energy and hydrocarbon reservoirs.

Accretionary prisms in convergent margins are natural laboratories for exploring initial orogenic processes and mountain building episodes.

Digital Soil Mapping is the creation and the population of a geographically referenced soil database.

This book reports on developments in Proximal Soil Sensing (PSS) and high resolution digital soil mapping.

Taphonomic bias is a pervasive feature of the fossil record.

SOIL: beneath our feet / food and fiber / ashes to ashes, dust to dust / dirt!

This book examines relationships between climate-hydrological changes and other phenomena including land use and natural disasters during the Holocene and recent past.

A multidisciplinary study of Bera Lake in Malaysia is presented here, focusing on natural resources throughout the lake's catchment area and assessing environmental impact.

Es ist kein Thema zum Naserümpfen, auch wenn das vielleicht die erste spontane Reaktion ist: Was unser Körper ausscheidet und über Kanalisation, Kläranlagen oder direkt in die Umwelt bringt, enthält wertvolle und gefragte Inhaltsstoffe.

Bananas are a key food source for millions, whilst their production supports the livelihood of farmers across the globe.

Green Technologies for Pollutants Remediation and Recovery from Water and Soil presents a comprehensive examination of sustainable and environmentally friendly methods for remediation and recovery from various types of pollutants in water bodies and soil.

This volume discusses important issues associated with agricultural disaster risk, resilient agriculture, and livelihood.

Bio-organic Amendments for Heavy Metal Remediation: Water, soil and plant focuses on these core continuum media to explore remediation options using microbial, organic and combined approached.

Smallholder farmers face relentless challenges from pests, diseases, and the severe impacts of climate change across developing countries.

Agriculture is facing unprecedented challenges due to climate change, resource depletion, and the growing global population.

This book systematically introduces the petroleum geological characteristics and exploration theory of marine strata in China.

Geotechnische Messungen liefern wichtige Werte über den Untergrund.

Die dritte Auflage dieses erfolgreichen Lehrbuchs der speziellen Mineralogie, Petrologie und Lagerstättenkunde wurde vom Autor unter Berücksichtigung der Anregungen seiner Fachkollegen jetzt überarbeitet und auf den neuesten Stand gebracht.

Man's understanding of how this planet is put together and how it evolved has changed radically during the last 30 years.

Origin and Mineralogy of Clays, the first of two volumes, lays the groundwork for a thorough study of clays in the environment.