Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere

Expert petroleum geologists David Roberts and Albert Bally bring you Regional Geology and Tectonics: Principles of Geologic Analysis, volume one in a three-volume series covering Phanerozoic regional geology and tectonics.

This text gives an overview of the main landslide field sites.

The chapters in this book will cover the paleontology and geology of some important rock formations (Paleozoic and Paleogene) in the northeastern United States.

Despite the connections between soils and human health, there has not been a great amount of attention focused on this area when compared to many other fields of scientific and medical study.

Advanced textbook outlining the physical, chemical, and biological properties of sedimentary rocks through petrographic microscopy, geochemical techniques, and field study.

The Development Potential of Precambrian Mineral Deposits covers several aspects of Precambrian mineral resource potential and assessment towards mineral exploration and mineral reserves.

The understanding of the in vivo performance of synthetic materials is largely dependent upon a profound knowledge of the properties of the materials in question.

This second edition of the original volume adds significant new innovations for revolutionizing the processes and methods used in petroleum reservoir simulations.

This book introduces aqueous geochemistry applied to geothermal systems.

Graphics Gems IV contains practical techniques for 2D and 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and image processing.

Diagenesis in Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Volume 2

A discussion and description of prehistoric fish within an international series Material of six osteolepiform genera is described in Morphology, Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Osteolepiform Fish.

This book provides an overview of newly gathered material focusing on the opening and closure of The Neuquen Basin.

Expansion and privatization have created new concerns over the quality of education throughout the Asia/Pacific region.

Organisms, both aquatic and terrestrial, are sources of a wide variety of substances, many of which have already been shown to be bioactive.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Authored by one of the world's hydrocarbon exploration experts, Geophysical Exploration Technology: Applications in Lithological and Stratigraphic Reservoirs presents the latest technological advancements and cutting edge techniques in reservoir theory, research and exploration.

This holistic book covers the richest area in North East India in terms of both explored and foreseen reserves of fossil fuels and other natural resources.

Most major recent advances in understanding the history of life on Earth have been through the study of exceptionally well preserved biotas (Fossil-Lagerstatten).

This volume focuses on the engineering geological and environmental problems of major engineering works, rock and soil properties, and protection of the geoenvironment and reduction of geohazards, reflecting the major achievements and advancement of engineering geological science and technology.

A definitive natural history of the Wye Valley covering the geology, geomorphology, conservation and ecological history of this diverse area of outstanding natural beauty.

This book details the forum that was held by the National Materials Advisory Board at the National Academy of Sciences.

Palygorskite-Sepiolite

This book presents the most condensed information about the theory of distortion theory developed by N.

This book describes the widely different concepts that have been developed about the general structure and origin of the Guiana shield during the last one hundred years.

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

Sediments and Environmental Geochemistry is dedicated to Professor German Muller on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

As a final product of the International Geological Correlation Program (IGCP) Project 217, this volume brings together significant advances in the understanding of Proterozoic crustal evolution.

Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle beckon curious beachcombers with miles of wave-swept Gulf coastline.

Learn the secrets of soil chemistry and its role in agriculture and the environment.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the parameters and factors that cause heterogeneity in carbonate reservoirs, and examines how they interact with one another.

A holistic overview of soil fauna, their contributions to ecosystem function, and implications of global change belowground.

When Darwin wrote his Origin of Species, one of his main concerns was with the perceived shortness of the fossil record of life.

This book, first published in 1981, provides an excellent introductory analysis to plate tectonic theory.

On the Nature of Continental Shelves discusses continental margins using techniques of systems analysis applied on minicomputers.

While organic soils have the potential to contribute greatly to agricultural production, the irreversible processes that occur from draining organic soils need to be managed with caution.

An expert review of recent progress in the study of turbulent flows with a focus on recently identified organized structures.

This textbook is intended to be used in a lecture course for college students majoring in Earth Sciences.

Developments in Geotectonics, 6: Plate Tectonics focuses on the exposition of the plate-tectonics hypothesis, as well as plate boundaries, stratification, and kinematics.

Pictures of Time Beneath examines three celebrated heritage landscapes: Adelaide’s Hallett Cove, Lake Callabonna in the far north of South Australia, and the World Heritage listed Willandra Lakes Region of New South Wales.

Earth has become a huge mine, with a greater quantity and variety of fundamental mineral resources being extracted year after year.

Global Change and Forest Soils: Cultivating Stewardship of a Finite Natural Resource, Volume 36, provides a state-of-the-science summary and synthesis of global forest soils that identifies concerns, issues and opportunities for soil adaptation and mitigation as external pressures from global changes arise.

Providing an introduction, the scientific background, case studies and future perspectives of in-situ arsenic remediation technologies for soils, soil water and groundwater at geogenic and anthropogenic contaminated sites.

A broad, clear introductory textbook on chemical oceanography for undergraduate and graduate students and a reference text for researchers.

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.

This book employs a political ecology lens to unravel how industrial crops catalyse ecological, agrarian, socioeconomic, and institutional transformation.

Digital signal processing has become an integral part of observational seismology.

A study on the Bellingwe Greenstone Belt, presenting the stratigraphy of the belt, its structure and tectonic setting, the sedimentology of what may be a rift basin, the geochemistry of the freshest Archaean komatiites yet found, and models of the evolution of the region.