Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere

Low-Grade Metamorphism explores processes and transformations in rocks during the early stages of metamorphic recrystallization.

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

Developments in Geotectonics, 7: East African Rifts focuses on the movements, structure, and behavior of the East African rift system.

Who ever has enjoyed following the legendary duel between the Egyptian Pharaoh and his magicians (Alchemists) on one side, and Moses and his brother Aaron on the other, as it is vividly narrated by the Bible, must have realised, that people (at least those living at, or near the eternal battle fields of the middle East) have al- ways had knowledge about the terrible consequences of soil pollution by chemi- cals.

Subduction zones, one of the three types of plate boundaries, return Earth's surface to its deep interior.

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.

This book gathers the peer-reviewed papers presented at the 17th International Conference on Alkali-Aggregate Reaction in Concrete (ICAAR), held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on May 19-24, 2024.

This book provides an informative and intriguing overview of the most scenic landscapes of Belgium and Luxembourg.

Textbook on the chemistry of the environment using fundamental physical and chemical principles and modern notation and terminology.

As atmospheric CO2 increases there will almost certainly be alterations in soil carbon fluxes.

A comprehensive, richly illustrated guide to Japan's astonishing animals and plants-and the natural forces that have shaped themThis richly illustrated guide is the first comprehensive and accessible introduction to the extraordinary natural history of the Japanese archipelago.

The term Fennoscandia is used to denote Finland and the Scandinavian peninsula, which comprises Norway and Sweden and sometimes also neigh- bouring districts of the USSR.

Geochemistry of Earth Surface Systems offers an interdisciplinary reference for scientists, researchers and upper undergraduate and graduate level geochemistry students a sampling of articles on earth surface processes from The Treatise on Geochemistry that is more affordable than the full Treatise.

An updated fourth edition of this practical, step-by-step guide for undergraduate students to solving geometric problems in structural geology.

Seismic Data Analysis Techniques in Hydrocarbon Exploration explains the fundamental concepts and skills used to acquire seismic data in the oil industry and the step-by-step techniques necessary to extract the sections that trap hydrocarbons as well as seismic data interpretation skills.

This book focuses on neotectonic movements and river channel evolution of the Indian subcontinent, with special reference to the Himalayan Neotectonics.

The first symposium on sediment/freshwater interactions was held in Amsterdam, in 1976, and the second was held at Kingston, Ontario, Canada, in 1981.

The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP: 2000-2013) has provided crucial records of past and present processes and interactions within and between the biosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere.

Part I: Introduction: Definition of a Discipline: Emergence of Landscape Ecology in the History of Ecology; Recognition of Heterogeneity in Ecological Systems; Taking Human Activities into Account in Ecological Systems; Explicit Accounting for Space and Time; Landscape Ecology is based on Scientific Theories Linked to Ecology and Related Discipline

The last fifteen years have witnessed an amazing development of petrology.

Many coastal areas of the United States are at risk for tsunamis.

A practical and fascinating guidebook covering the fishes, invertebrates and other marine life of the North Sea and English Channel.

This book is devoted to the ichnology of insects, and associated trace fossils, in soils and paleosols.

With the help of this guide, you can use obtained test results to evaluate the fertility status of soils and the nutrient element status of plants for crop production purposes.

30% discount for members of The Mineralogical Society of Britain and IrelandThis text covers the range of microanalytical techniques available for the analysis of geological samples, principally in research applications.

Written for the practicing analyst, Analytical Methods for Geochemical Exploration offers thoroughly tested chemical analysis methods for determining what base or precious metals are in geochemical exploration samples, such as rocks, soil, or sediment.

We review using iodine incorporated in calcium carbonate (including biogenic) minerals as a proxy for dissolved oxygen in seawater.

The second edition of Ecological Forest Management Handbook continues to provide forestry professionals and students with basic principles of ecological forest management and their applications at regional and site-specific levels.

Nine essays that provide detailed information about the early geological exploration of the southeastern United States Originally presented under the aegis of the Geological Society of America, these essays cover observations and studies made between 1796 and the 1850s.

Recent biodiversity studies, reported here for the first time, have shown that the molluscan fauna of the Gulf of Mexico is far richer and more complex than previously thought.

Collapsing engineering soils are a formidable hazard around the world.

The ihsan Ketin NATO Advanced Study Institute on the Tectonic Evolution of the Tethyan Region was conceived in 1982 in Veszprem, Hungary, when three of the organizers (B.

One of the problems of using plants in environmental studies is finding current information.

How fossilized reefs hold clues to the survival of corals in the AnthropoceneWith rising global temperatures, pollution, overfishing, ocean acidification, and other problems caused by humans, there's no question that today's coral reefs are in trouble.

This book analyzes the formation and evolution of the giant hydrocarbon reservoirs based on major basins onshore China.

This collection brings together fifteen essays from practitioners of a variety of disciplines that concern themselves with the past, not only historians, but scholars from other branches of the humanities and social sciences (including theology, art history, public history, and archival science) and natural sciences (including geology, paleontology, astronomy, and paleoanthropology).

This book is for undergraduates, postgraduates and research workers who wish to gain an insight into present ideas and speculations on the origin of granite batholiths.

Mining and geological survey work in Jamaica goes back several hundred years and was initiated by the Europeans when they colonized the Island.

The world is changing.

More and more clinicians as well as researchers realize thatanorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa often are extremelydifficult to treat and that the short-term outcome can bevery misleading.

This book demonstrates different stages of hydrocarbon deposit localization in a tectonically complex region-the South Caspian Mega-Basin (SCMB).

This book is a unified presentation of waves and flows occurring in the atmosphere, oceans, rivers, volcanoes and the mantle, for graduate students and researchers.

Shallow water marine molluscan faunas are distributed in a pattern of distinct, geographically definable areas.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the nature of manifestation and general aspects of thermal springs of Odisha.

Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is a rapidly developing field that has seen tremendous progress over the past 15 years.

This publication introduces the latest achievements of remote sensing technology to the readers, emphasis of which is exclusively on the analyses of the data acquired using synthetic aperture radar (SAR).

This volume provides a global treatment of historical and regional geomorphic work as it developed from the end of the nineteenth century to the hiatus of the Second World War.