Sedimentology and pedology

This book presents a comprehensive assessment of clastic sedimentology and its application to reservoir geology.

This book allows readers to grasp both the fundamentals and the latest technological advances in the field of mine drainage, which is increasingly crucial both environmentally and economically.

Since the 1992 Earth Summit, there have been increased efforts on an international scale to address global climate change.

The primary goal here is to present a treatise on the significance and value of coarse clastic carbonate sediments (i.

This book provides useful information and applications of biochar produced from agricultural waste for removal of contaminants from industrial effluent and reutilization of waste sludge in the production of biofuel/bioenergy.

This book provides examples applications of nanotechnology in addressing problems and challenges in agriculture as well as environmental sciences and provides an overview of innovations in nanopesticides, nanofertilizers, bionanosensors and nano-based delivery system for improving different aspects of plant productivity including pre-harvest and post-harvest strategies as well detection of contaminants that could be useful for enhancing soil health.

In April 2016, a series of earthquakes hit the Kumamoto area of Kyushu Island, southwest Japan.

This text, based on an international symposium held in 1994, covers geosynthetic clay liners (GCL), a type of geosynthetic material which blends natural soil and geosynthetics in the form of a composite barrier-system.

This new volume looks at the evolution and challenges of sustainable agriculture, a field that is growing in use and popularity, discussing some of the important ideas, practices, and policies that are essential to an effective sustainable agriculture strategy.

This book offers extensive information on the course of sedimentation in the Proterozoic Vindhyan Basin and the potential record of ancient life stored within the rocks.

Highlights the multi-disciplinary nature of probabilistic risk and hazard assessment procedures.

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Relying on the latest analytical techniques, this all-embracing new reference offers comprehensive coverage of the development, evolution, and morphology of both fossil and living cephalopods.

An authoritative review of the characteristics and dynamics of desert dunes and their sediments ideal for graduate students and researchers.

Sediments and Ecohyraulics is comprised of papers submitted to the 6th International Conference on Cohesive Sediments (INTERCOH 2005) held in Saga, Japan, September 2005.

A Comprehensive review of modern stratigraphic methods.

Agroecology is at the forefront of transforming our food systems.

This book is intended as a practical handbook for those engaged in the task of analyzing the paleogeographic evolution of ancient sedimentary basins.

Interacting Processes in Soil Science focuses on coupled processes in soil.

The fate of heavy metal particles in the environment is important because they tend to be reactive, mobile, and highly toxic.

This book reviews the research in various fields of oceanography on the responses of the East Japan Sea to climate change.

The monograph offers a comprehensive discussion of the role of evaporites in hydrocarbon generation and trapping.

How can the United States meet demands for agricultural production while solving the broader range of environmental problems attributed to farming practices?

Increase in global population, drastic changes in the environment, soil degradation and decrease in quality and quantity of agricultural productivity warranted us to adapt sustainable farming practices.

In the field of sedimentary research, ever increasing emphasis has been put on the investigations of carbonates and carbonate rocks during the past 30 years.

Recognized and advocated as a powerful tool, the role of remote sensing in identifying, mapping, and monitoring soil salinity and salinization will continue to expand.

The motivation for this volume came from the idea that the Precambrian is the key, both to the present, and to the understanding of the Earth as a whole.

Boundaries of a wetland must be identified and located in the field by examining three parameters: wetland plants, wetland hydrology, and hydric soils.

My auxiliaries are the dews and rains which water this dry soil, and what fertility is in the soil itself, which for the most part is lean and effete.

Conservation tillage systems have been adopted by farmers in many countries to solve the problem of land degradation and declining water productivity.

A lake, as a body of water, is in continuous interaction with the rocks and soils in its drainage basin, the atmosphere, and surface and groundwaters.

Soil and Water Contamination, Second Edition gives a structured overview of transport and fate processes of environmental contaminants.

This thesis adopts the relative back-projection method to dramatically reduce "e;swimming"e; artifacts by identifying the rupture fronts in the time window of a reference station; this led to a faster and more accurate image of the rupture processes of earthquakes.

An updated text exploring the properties of the soil microbial community Today, the environmentally oriented specialties of microbiology are shifting from considering a single or a few microbial species to focusing on the entire microbial community and its interactions.

The sections in this handbook series reflect the input of different editors and advisory boards, and as a consequence, there is considerable variation in both the depth and coverage offered within a given area.

The 1st International Congress on Stratigraphy (STRATI 2013), hold in Lisbon, 1-7 July 2013, follows the decision to internationalize the conferences previously organized by the French Committee of Stratigraphy (STRATI), the last one of which was held in Paris in 2010.

Phytoremediation is an exciting, new technology that utilizes metal-accumulating plants to rid soil of heavy metal and radionuclides.

Soil invertebrates make up diverse communities living in soil pores and on the soil surface, digging burrows and tunnels, processing organic matter and interacting with microbes.

Wetland ecosystems maintain a fragile balance of soil, water, plant, and atmospheric components in order to regulate water flow, flooding, and water quality.

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Management of Problem Soils in Arid Ecosystems examines the challenges of managing soils in arid and semiarid regions.

Judicious soil fertility management is crucial for sustainable crop production and food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

The first book devoted to the complex interactions between trace elements, soils, plants, and microorganisms in the rhizosphere, Trace Elements in the Rhizosphere brings together the experimental, investigative, and modeling branches of rhizosphere research.

Several studies have demonstrated that mycorrhizal associations play vital role in plant nutrition.

With the renewed current emphasis on agricultural production efficiency and environmental quality, the technology of soil and plant analysis has taken on even greater importance.

Microbes are the predominant form of life on the planet due to their broad range of adaptation and versatile nutritional behavior.

This book, first published in 1985, arises from the 14th Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium.

Forage crops are an essential component of livestock's diet.