Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere

Every year that passes without a tsunami means that we're just that much closer to our next one.

Every year that passes without a tsunami means that we're just that much closer to our next one.

Phosphorus is essential to the production of our food, and it also triggers algal blooms in lakes, rivers, and oceans when it slips through our hands.

The dynamic, evolving Earth, and the mathematical representation of its geochemical changes are the subject of this timely, helpful handbook.

A loving portrayal of our precious planet that offers easy-to-grasp discussions of scientific concepts and detailed examinations of Earth's tectonic, biological, and paleontological forces.

A loving portrayal of our precious planet that offers easy-to-grasp discussions of scientific concepts and detailed examinations of Earth's tectonic, biological, and paleontological forces.

Focusing on the basic principles of mineral formation by organisms, this comprehensive volume explores questions that relate to a wide variety of fields, from biology and biochemistry, to paleontology, geology, and medical research.

This book is the first to detail the chemical changes that occur in deforming materials subjected to unequal compressions.

This work is based on the observation that further major advances in geochemistry, particularly in understanding the rules that govern the ways in which elements come together to form minerals and rocks, will require the application of the theories of quantum mechanics.

Biogeography is a diverse subject, traditionally focusing on the distribution of plants and animals at different taxonomic levels, past and present.

Fluid Physics in Geology is aimed at geology students who are interested in understanding fluid behavior and motion in the context of a wide variety of geological problems, and who wish to pursue related work in fluid physics.

This study explains the Greco-Roman urban form as it relates to the geological basis at selected sites in the Mediterranean basin.

This volume vividly demonstrates the importance and increasing breadth of quantitative methods in the earth sciences.

The story of the destruction of Sodom, Gomorrah, and Jericho--three cities situated along a major fault line extending 1,100 kilometers from the Red Sea to Turkey--is the oldest such description in human history.

Students of geology who may have only a modest background in mathematics need to become familiar with the theories of stress, strain, and other tensor quantities, so that they can follow, and apply to their own research, developments in modern, quantitative geology.

Millions of years ago, the North American continent was dragged over the world's largest continental hotspot, a huge column of hot and molten rock rising from the Earth's interior that traced a 50-mile wide, 500-mile-long path northeastward across Idaho.

Lectures on Geophysical Fluid Dynamics offers an introduction to several topics in geophysical fluid dynamics, including the theory of large-scale ocean circulation, geostrophic turbulence, and Hamiltonian fluid dynamics.

With a complex assemblage of largely intact ecosystems that support the earth's greatest diversity of life, the Amazon basin is a focal point of international scientific interest.

Agricultural ecology, or agroecology, deals in general with the structure and function of agroecosystems at different levels of resolution.

In the early twentieth century, American earth scientists were united in their opposition to the new--and highly radical--notion of continental drift, even going so far as to label the theory "e;unscientific.

This book presents a quantitative treatment of the theory and natural variations of light stable isotopes.

This is a completely revised edition of the previously titled Solute Movement in the Soil-Root System.

The Pleistocene epoch or Ice Age, an extended period of advancing and retreating ice sheets, is characterized by striking climatic oscillations and sea level fluctuations.

This text, written by a leading researcher in the field, describes the origin and formation of lakes in order to give context to the question of how lacustrine deposits form.

Soils, invaluable indicators of the nature and history of the physical and human landscape, have strongly influenced the cultural record left to archaeologists.

The term "e;carbon cycle"e; is normally thought to mean those processes that govern the present-day transfer of carbon between life, the atmosphere, and the oceans.

Chemists have been researching the potential of liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide for environmentally safe applications.

To this day, there is a great amount of controversy about where, when and how the so-called supercontinents--Pangea, Godwana, Rodinia, and Columbia--were made and broken.

Geology and Health is an integration of papers from geo-bio-chemical scientists on health issues of concern to humankind worldwide, demonstrating how the health and well-being of populations now and in the future can benefit through coordinated scientific efforts.

This textbook and reference outlines the fundamental principles of thermodynamics, emphasizing applications in geochemistry.

This book is a unique and integrated account of the history of North American vegetation and paleoenvironments over the past 70 million years.

This book presents a rigorous mathematical development of soil water and contaminant flow in variably saturated and saturated soils.

Geoecology is a fruitful interdisciplinary field, relating rocks to soils to plant and animal communities and studying the interactions between them.

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1855 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This book originates in the French classic "e;Principes de Tectonique"e; (Masson, 1983), written by professor Adolphe Nicolas, and the more recent "e;Principes de Tectonique"e; by J.

This new edition includes 10,000 entries which cover all areas of geoscience, including planetary science, oceanography, palaeontology, mineralogy and volcanology.

Learning to draw field sketches is an essential task for geologists, however it is often overlooked.

Marine sediments dominate the global seabed, creating the largest ecosystem on earth.

Ranging across the 4.

Ranging across the 4.

The crash of the Indian plate into Asia is the biggest known collision in geological history, and it continues today.

The crash of the Indian plate into Asia is the biggest known collision in geological history, and it continues today.

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

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

For much of history, soil has played a major, and often central, role in the lives of humans.

For much of history, soil has played a major, and often central, role in the lives of humans.

This book provides a systematic treatment of the geometrical and transport properties of fractures, fracture networks, and fractured porous media.

This book provides a systematic treatment of the geometrical and transport properties of fractures, fracture networks, and fractured porous media.

This multi-contributor, international volume synthesizes contributions from the world's leading soil scientists and ecologists, describing cutting-edge research that provides a basis for the maintenance of soil health and sustainability.

This multi-contributor, international volume synthesizes contributions from the world's leading soil scientists and ecologists, describing cutting-edge research that provides a basis for the maintenance of soil health and sustainability.