Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere

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What would alien visitors in the far future, piecing together the history of earth, find of our brief reign?

This book outlines a generic set of procedures, termed the River Styles Framework, which provides a set of tools for interpreting river character, behavior, condition, and recovery potential.

The book represents a collection of papers presented at VI International Symposium "e;Biogenic - abiogenic interactions in natural and anthropogenic systems"e; that was held on 24-27 September 2018 in Saint Petersburg (Russia).

In The Book of Tides, William Thomson took the reader on a mesmerising journey round the coast of Britain.

The papers contained in this volume were presented orally at the seventh POLYMODEL conference, held at Sunderland Polytechnic in the United King- dom in May 1984 and sponsored by Barclays Bank PLC and Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd.

Focusses on the systematics of the Ce anomaly proxy, the preservation and extraction of signal in sedimentary rocks, and applications.

By the year 2050, the world's population is expected to reach nine billion.

The book reviews and summarizes the Indian Mesozoic geological evolution in an innovative alternative perspective of sequence stratigraphy.

This novel book bridges the gap between the energetic and species approaches to studying food webs, addressing many important topics in ecology.

Uniting the foundations of physics and biology, this groundbreaking multidisciplinary and integrative book explores life as a planetary process.

together with contributions by invited geoscientists The Central Andes, whose orogenic activity is so impressively documented by recent volcanism and and counterparts from other countries, during a workshop held in Berlin, 23-25 May 1990.

This volume is an integrated overview and synthesis of available data relating to the Quaternary evolution of the River Trent.

Biggest of all fish and the best equipped for hunting, sharks live in every ocean.

Ecological restoration is a rapidly evolving discipline that is engaged with developing both methodologies and strategies for repairing damaged and polluted ecosystems and environments.

Written by some of the world's most renowned petroleum and environmental engineers, Fundamentals of the Petrophysics of Oil and Gas Reservoirs is the first book to offer the practicing engineer and engineering student these new cutting-edge techniques for prediction and forecasting in petroleum engineering and environmental management.

This encyclopedia volume comprehensively reflects the basic knowledge and latest research results in the field of mining and metallurgy technology, as well as the latest characteristics of the development in this field.

If you have an interest in geohazards and the repercussions of human intervention, this book will provide you with fresh insights into exciting challenges.

Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry of Light Gas-Forming Elements explores different methods of isotope analysis, including spark, secondary ion, laser, glow discharge, and isotope ratio mass spectrometry.

Teaches Students How to Perform Spatio-Temporal Analyses within Epidemiological StudiesSpatio-Temporal Methods in Environmental Epidemiology is the first book of its kind to specifically address the interface between environmental epidemiology and spatio-temporal modeling.

This is an analytical assessment of how the government can accelerate development and deployment of energy technologies, for researchers and policy makers.

This book provides a groundbreaking exploration of satellite remote sensing's role in tracking the mobility and spread of COVID-19, focusing on its origin in Wuhan City.

This volume brings together essays that measure the life history of stone tools relative to retouch values, raw material constraints and evolutionary processes.

Biogeochemistry of Trace Metals is a compendium of the most recent information available on the effects of trace metals in soil quality and its potential threat on the transfer of these contaminants to consumers.

This volume presents the results on contemporary geodynamic model, crustal stress field, active faults, folds and volcanoes.

Principles of Meteoritics examines the significance of meteorites in relation to cosmogony and to the origin of the planetary system.

The plate tectonics revolution in the earth sciences has provided a valuable new framework for understanding long-term landform development.

Skyrocketing energy costs have spurred renewed interest in coal gasification.

Land Reclamation in Ecological Fragile Areas contains the proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Land Reclamation and Ecological Restoration (LRER 2017, Xi'an, China, 20-23 October 2017).

Evolution of the Earth focuses on the formation of Earth.

First published in 1967, this book explores the theme of geographical generalization, or model building.

This is an in-depth practical examination of the newly developed Lightweight Treated Soil Method, based on the extensive research and experience of two leading recognized experts.

Atmospheric Water Vapor contains the technical proceedings of the International Workshop on Atmospheric Water Vapor held in Vail, Colorado, on September 11-13, 1979.

The reuse of wastewater in irrigation is being practiced only recently to solve water scarcity problems in agriculture.

This book describes the complex interplay between Earth's surface processes (erosion and sedimentation) and human interactions.

Offers an integrated presentation of the microbial, agronomic and recycling aspects of soil faunal potentials, emphasizing agricultural ecosystems and furnishing methods for modelling food webs.

This volume offers detailed comparisons and validations of different methods of assessing groundwater vulnerability (DRASTIC, GOD, PI, RTt, AVI, SINTACS, COP).

This book investigates in detail the theory and method of automatically formed mining roadway (AFR).

This cutting-edge summary combines ideas from several sub-disciplines to provide an understanding of sediment routing systems and Earth surface dynamics.

At the start of the 18th century there were no maps, anywhere in the world.

Mendip - Its Swallet Caves and Rock Shelters, Second Edition provides detailed descriptions of caves and rock shelters of the Mendip Hills.

'Brilliantly written and genuinely one of the most important books I have ever read' - Ellie Mae O'Hagan An engrossing exploration of the science, history and politics of the Anthropocene, one of the most important scientific ideas of our time, from two world-renowned expertsMeteorites, methane, mega-volcanoes and now human beings; the old forces of nature that transformed Earth many millions of years ago are joined by another: us.

Neville Price presents a major breakthrough in our understanding of the subject of plate tectonics in this new book.

Currently there are major challenges in data mining applications in the geosciences.

Black intellectuals in the US have long thought of racism as a global phenomenon.

The increasing awareness of the effects of pollutants in the eco-system and on the development of suitable methods of analysis has stimulated a lot of research recently.