Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere

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 book, first published in 1982, forms the proceedings volume of the 11th Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium.

This book guides readers through the most iconic, geologically significant scenery in South America, points out features of interest, and describes how these features came to be.

This collection gives broad and up-to-date results in the research and development of materials characterization and processing.

Indian Shield: Precambrian Evolution and Phanerozoic Reconstitution highlights unique evolutionary trends covering a period of over 3,500 million years, from the oldest crust to the most recent geological activity of the Indian Subcontinent.

Air Pollution presents the fundamental mechanisms whereby pollution is diffused and transported in the atmosphere.

There are approximately 500 different soil varieties in Malaysia, most is residual soil and coastal alluvial soil.

This monograph addresses the legal and policy issues relating to the commercial exploitation of natural resources in outer space.

This collection presents papers from a symposium on extraction of rare metals from primary and secondary materials and residues as well as rare extraction processing techniques used in metal production.

Desertification offers a comprehensive overview of the subject and clearly emphasizes the link between local and global desertification processes and how past and current policy has affected arid environments and their populations.

The material in this book is based upon a two-day workshop on solid state physical sensors for biomedical applications held in Huron, Ohio, December 8-9, 1977.

In the present era, rapid industrialization and urbanization has resulted in unwanted physiological, chemical, and biological changes in the environment that have harmful effects on crop quality and productivity.

This book is a condensed summary of a broad spectrum of the geological heritage of the Middle Atlas.

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.

Tidal deposits have been a specific research topic for about 40 years, and whilst this has resulted in a proliferation of papers in scientific journals, there have only been a few book-length syntheses.

The Advanced Science Institute on which this publication is based took the somewhat unusual form of a geological field symposium held during late August 1984.

Satellite images acquired at night provide a visually arresting perspective of the Earth and the human activities that light up the otherwise mostly dark Earth.

This informative book offers a comprehensive exploration of critical reservoir parameters, including quantification techniques and interpretations for evaluating these reservoirs.

Environmental and Low-Temperature Geochemistry presents conceptual and quantitative principles of geochemistry in order to foster understanding of natural processes at and near the earth s surface, as well as anthropogenic impacts on the natural environment.

Developments in Geotectonics, 3: Island Arcs: Japan and its Environs focuses on geophysical and geological characteristics of island arcs.

The Southern Forest: Geography, Ecology, and Silviculture examines the forests of the South, providing a comprehensive description of the region from which most of the nation's wood for housing and paper will be grown and harvested in the future.

Interweaving the human aspects of river control with analysis of hydro-physical data, including historical data over the last few centuries, this monograph is a comprehensive evaluation of the Damodar's lower reaches.

Petroleum has remained an important aspect of our lives and will do so for the next four or five decades.

This book explores globalization through a historical and anthropological study of how familiar soft drinks such as Coke and Pepsi became valued as more than mere commodities.

This book presents the theories and methods for geology intelligent interpretation based on deep learning and remote sensing technologies.

Conservation agriculture is a sustainable production model that not only optimizes crop yields, but also reaps economic and environmental benefits as well.

A step-by-step user guide to geostatistical modeling for Earth Science graduates and researchers, and professional practitioners.

Yale's Reports, published in 1828, is a seminalpublication for understanding the development of American higher education.

Scientific research often starts with data collection.

Evolution and Mineralization of the Arabian-Nubian Shield, Volume 2 documents the proceedings of a Symposium on the Arabian-Nubian Shield.

This book covers Martian Aeolian Geomorphology and is organized around three main foci.

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

Nanotechnology has received tremendous interest over the last decade, not only from the scientific community but also from a business perspective and from the general public.

Weather Forecasting for Aeronautics provides forecasters and pilots wanting to study more about the art and science of predicting weather with the essential aids and methods for making practical application of their knowledge of the fundamentals of the science of meteorology.

This volume examines the complex interaction between the English language and the construction of ethnicity in the global English-speaking world.

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of the development of concepts and methodology of hydrological sys- tems analysis and its wide range of practical applications.

Tsunamis like the Indian Ocean tsunami caused by the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake in 2004 or the Chilean earthquake in the Pacific Ocean in 1960 motivate international collaborations for the development of tsunami warning systems.

This textbook is a step-by-step tutorial on the applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in environmental and water resource issues.

The revised second edition updates and expands the discussion, and incorporates additional figures and illustrative problems.

This title was originally published in 1977.

As we transition into the 21st century, it is apparent that this is an exciting time for environmental engineers and scientists studying remediation technologies.

Applied Salt-Rock Mechanics, 1: The In-Situ Behavior of Salt Rocks considers the principles of the inelastic in-situ behavior of rock salts.

This book charts and explains how human activities have shaped and altered the development of soils in many parts of the world, taking advantage of five decades of soil analytical work in many archaeological landscapes from around the globe.

Oribatid mites, also called beetle or moss mites, include more than 10,000 named species representing 172 families worldwide.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Ein graphisches Hilfsmittel zur gravimetrischen Verbesserung astronomischer Nivellements" verfügbar.

This book focuses on the geological evolution of Southwest (SW) Gondwana and presents state-of-the-art insights into its evolution.

This volume presents information on mineral resources of non-ferrous metals, with a particular emphasis on practices in the former USSR.