Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere

This book is about the more than 4,000 beach systems that form most of the 9000 km long Brazilian coast.

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.

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

The research papers presented in these proceedings volumes cover the latest developments and findings in the fields of mine health, safety, energy, waste management,reclamation and rehabilitation, mine closure and environmental protection.

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.

Atlas of Deformed and Metamorphosed Rocks from Proterozoic Orogens is a richly illustrated reference book featuring over 660 full-color field images of a range of lithologies from some Proterozoic terrains that were subjected to multiple events of magmatism, deformation, metamorphism, and metasomatism.

Develop a Greater Understanding of How and Why Surface Wave Testing WorksUsing examples and case studies directly drawn from the authors' experience, Surface Wave Methods for Near-Surface Site Characterization addresses both the experimental and theoretical aspects of surface wave propagation in both forward and inverse modeling.

With rapid changes in field development methods being created over the past few decades, there is a growing need for more information regarding energizing well production.

Magnetic Stratigraphy is the most comprehensive book written in the English language on the subject of magnetic polarity stratigraphy and time scales.

International experts from around the globe present a rich variety of intriguing developments in time series analysis in hydrology and environmental engineering.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Landscapes and Landforms of Switzerland.

This textbook is a translation of the German textbook "e;Rechnen fUr Lagerstattenkundler und Rohstoffwirtschaftler, Teil 1"e; published by the Ellen Pilger Publishing Company.

West Africa and the eastern Atlantic stretching from Mauritania in the north to Namibia in the south offer a large latitudinal stretch incorporating nearly symmetrical climatic gradients from the Equator.

This book will not serve as the "e;encyclopedia of cover crop management,"e; but it's close.

This book covers exploration and evaluation practices for various types of complex reservoirs, and summarizes a series of practical and effective techniques and methods.

This book integrates those critical geologic aspects of reservoir formation and occurrence with engineering aspects of reservoirs, and presents a comprehensive treatment of the geometry, porosity and permeability evolution, and producing characteristics of carbonate reservoirs.

"e;Unfold a map of North America,"e; Keith Heyer Meldahl writes, "e;and the first thing to grab your eye is the bold shift between the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains.

This volume combines 10 years of accomplished research at the Pilauco site.

This book provides an introduction to rocky landscapes through carefully selected images from Google Earth, discussing what they show and provides references to the sites portrayed so that readers can go deeper if they wish.

This handbook focuses on the enormous literature applying statistical methodology and modelling to environmental and ecological processes.

This book is a compilation of very personal approaches to mentoring and sponsoring, breaking the stereotypes of seniority, age or experience.

This book describes the Aguablanca Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposit, the first, and to date only, mineralization of this type in southwestern (SW) Europe.

Spatiotemporal Random Fields: Theory and Applications, Second Edition, provides readers with a new and updated edition of the text that explores the application of spatiotemporal random field models to problems in ocean, earth, and atmospheric sciences, spatiotemporal statistics, and geostatistics, among others.

Research Opportunities in Geography at the U.

Calcretes are an important component of many ancient fluvial, lacustrine and shallow-marine carbonate sequences, and they are widely developed in many parts of the world at the present time.

The future of the Common Fisheries Policy depends on progress in the relevant areas of research.

This book sheds valuable new light on the genetic mineralogy of lower-mantle diamonds and syngenetic minerals.

Plants often encounter abiotic stresses including drought, salinity, flooding, high/low temperatures, and metal toxicity, among others.

This book combines the results of the research activities in the assessment of water resources environment and an integrated water resource monitoring program to support preservation efforts of the aquatic environment of the Cradle of Humankind (COH), World Heritage Sites.

The research papers presented in these proceedings volumes cover the latest developments and findings in the fields of mine health, safety, energy, waste management,reclamation and rehabilitation, mine closure and environmental protection.

Several aspects of interpretation of geophysical data applied to the study of tectonics, geodynamics, metamorphism and magmatism are discussed.

Do we actually understand geologic processes?

This book presents a guide of optical mineralogy for beginners and microscopists who need to brush up their knowledge.

This exciting book describes the latest technology in non-invasive thermometry that measures temperature distribution, with discussions focusing on image-based techniques.

Numerical models have become much more efficient, making their application to problems increasingly widespread.

This book is focused on the basics of applying thermochronology to geological and tectonic problems, with the emphasis on fission-track thermochronology.

For introductory courses in physical geology.

Leading East European petroleum explorationists from Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, former East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania present a systematic view of petroleum geology, exploration history, production, reserves and potential in their countries which, until recently, have been closed to Western observers.

The Cauvery Basin is one of the most widely known and geologically important basins of India, and it has been for decades, and still is, the focus of study for both national and international researchers.