Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere

Geologists and civil engineers related to infrastructure planning, design and building describe professional practices and engineering geological methods in different European infrastructure projects.

This book focuses on the experimental determination of the physical properties of silicate melts and magmas close to glass transition.

The NE Pacific Ocean is considered the birthplace of many fundamental ideas for modern plate tectonics theory.

The book aims to enhance understanding of landslides by focusing on detection, prediction, and monitoring.

To meet the food requirements of the growing population worldwide, the agricultural domain is being technologically empowered to produce more with fewer resources and investments.

Featuring over 250 contributions from more than 100 earth scientists from 18 countries, The Encyclopedia of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology deals with the nature and genesis of igneous rocks that have crystallized from molten magma, and of metamorphic rocks that are the products of re-crystallization associated with increases in temperature and pressure, mainly at considerable depths in the Earth's crust.

This book contained the geological investigation condition of the territory of Mongolia for uranium, the geodynamic position of the uranium mineralization.

Storage in Excavated Rock Caverns: Rockstore 77, Volume 1 contains the proceedings of the First International Symposium on Storage in Excavated Rock Caverns held in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 5-8, 1977.

As the demand for healthy and sustainable food options increases, organic farming is becoming a viable alternative to conventional farming practices that traditionally rely heavily on synthetic inputs.

This selection of papers emphasizes the advances in the field and covers a wide range of topics in geophysics, geodynamics, and oceanography to which modern geodesy is contributing.

The Tank Cascade System (TCS) of Sri Lanka is a connected series of tanks organized within a micro-catchment of a dry zone landscape for storing, conveying, and utilizing water from a temporary stream.

This volume is the result of the dedicated effort undertaken by an international group of scientists and administrators, who have contemplated the challenge of the future of space-based earth science for the next decade.

This book is a comprehensive guide that explores the intricate relationship between chemistry and the environment.

This volume provides an overview of (1) the physical and chemical foundations of dating methods and (2) the applications of dating methods in the geological sciences, biology, and archaeology, in almost 200 articles from over 200 international authors.

The collection focuses on the advancements of characterization of minerals, metals, and materials and the applications of characterization results on the processing of these materials.

This volume 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.

The Tank Cascade System (TCS) of Sri Lanka is a connected series of tanks organized within a micro-catchment of a dry zone landscape for storing, conveying, and utilizing water from a temporary stream.

The Cycle of Erosion in Different Climates delves into the fascinating interplay between climatic factors and landform evolution, rooted in Professor Birots influential lectures in Brazil following the 1956 International Geographical Congress.

This richly illustrated book provides a regionally focused overview about the landscapes and landforms of France.

Periplatform slope sediments from the Bahamas serve as an example for a small-scale sedimentologic record of environmental changes.

The Sedimentology of Chalk describes processes that caused the rhythmic, vertical variation in grain size, structures and authigenic mineral concentrations.

The Cycle of Erosion in Different Climates delves into the fascinating interplay between climatic factors and landform evolution, rooted in Professor Birots influential lectures in Brazil following the 1956 International Geographical Congress.

This Encyclopedia comprises the current knowledge in marine geosciences whereby not only basic but also applied and technical sciences are covered.

This book discusses linkages between the natural and disturbed chemical composition of the earth's surface and ecological and human health.

As the demand for healthy and sustainable food options increases, organic farming is becoming a viable alternative to conventional farming practices that traditionally rely heavily on synthetic inputs.

This collection presents papers from the 154th Annual Meeting & Exhibition of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.

The book on deposition, diagenesis, and weathering oforganic matter-rich sediments is a summary of seven years ofresearch work of the author at the Institute of Petroleumand Organic Geochemistry in J}lich.

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1879 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

This book provides a general introduction to impact stratigraphy, with emphasis on the recognition of distal impact ejecta in the field, by focusing on the impactoclastic layers of the Umbria-Marche sequence in Central Italy, with an almost perfect stratigraphic record over the last 200 Million years.

This volume 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.

This collection presents papers from the 154th Annual Meeting & Exhibition of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.

The present study will help answer questions of tree type evolution, function, optimum, and tree construction types, using the approach of constructional morphology which to date has been widely neglected in palaeobotany and botany.

To meet the food requirements of the growing population worldwide, the agricultural domain is being technologically empowered to produce more with fewer resources and investments.

This volume provides an overview of (1) the physical and chemical foundations of dating methods and (2) the applications of dating methods in the geological sciences, biology, and archaeology, in almost 200 articles from over 200 international authors.

Take a deep dive intothe meaning and magic of the ocean's diverse and colorful treasures with The Wonder of Seashells.

Uranium Deposits of the World, in three volumes, comprises an unprecedented compilation of data and descriptions of the uranium regions in Asia, USA, Latin America and Europe structured by countries.