Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere

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While earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are shaking up the world, there are more exciting happenings in the diverse field of geological science.

Intertidal Deposits: River Mouths, Tidal Flats, and Coastal Lagoons combines the authors personal and professional experience with the mass of available literature to present a cohesive overview of intertidal deposits and the widely diverse conditions of their formation worldwide.

Intertidal Deposits: River Mouths, Tidal Flats, and Coastal Lagoons combines the authors personal and professional experience with the mass of available literature to present a cohesive overview of intertidal deposits and the widely diverse conditions of their formation worldwide.

Advanced Tools for Studying Soil Erosion Processes: Erosion Modelling, Soil Redistribution Rates, Advanced Analysis, and Artificial Intelligence presents the most recent technologies and methods in quantifying soil erosion, focusing on quantitative geomorphological assessment, soil erosion interaction with natural and man-made hazards using new methods, and technologies that employ GIS, remote sensing (RS), spatial modeling, and machine learning tools as an effective plan for decision-makers and land users.

This book, first published in 1983, incorporates a wealth of reference material - keys, nomograms, tables, charts - likely to be needed in the field for actual fieldwork.

Agricultural Soil Sustainability and Carbon Management presents long-term research in the field of sustainable soil use and management to guide in the prioritizing the multifunctional value of soil health and addressing interdisciplinary links between major issues such as biodiversity and climate change.

This volume covers various aspects of the fundamentals, synthesis, analysis, design, monitoring, and control of metals, materials, and metallurgical processes and phenomena.

Agricultural Soil Sustainability and Carbon Management presents long-term research in the field of sustainable soil use and management to guide in the prioritizing the multifunctional value of soil health and addressing interdisciplinary links between major issues such as biodiversity and climate change.

Formation Evaluation with Pre-Digital Well Logs covers the practical use of legacy materials for formation evaluation using wireline logging equipment from 1927 until the introduction of digital logging in the 1960s and '70s.

As debates about the effects of fossil fuels on our climate and foreign policy intensify, the question of just how much longer we can depend on this finite source of energy becomes more and more pressing.

Coastal wetlands are under a great deal of pressure from the dual forces of rising sea level and the intervention of human populations both along the estuary and in the river catchment.

This book examines picroilmenites and their ferromagnetic behavior in the kimberlites from the Yakut diamondiferous province.

Mountains as we know them were formed by a wide range of processes.

This practical guidebook provides a basic grounding in the principles of geology and explains how to apply them.

This book investigates the evolution process of rockburst based on the energy dissipation theory and proposes appropriate active prevention and control technologies.

Earth has become a huge mine, with a greater quantity and variety of fundamental mineral resources being extracted year after year.

This book gathers older and current knowledge of the evolution and functioning of cuesta landscapes to provide a better understanding of the Luxembourgian landscape.

​Der ideale Einstieg in die Welt der Fördertechnik flüssiger Rohstoffe

Die Erdkruste enthält viele fließfähige Schätze, ohne die unsere moderne Gesellschaft nicht funktioniert.

This book asserts that the albatross was the reason for the advance of the Japanese into the isolated islands in the Pacific after the abolition of the Japanese "e;closed-door"e; policy that had been in effect from the seventeenth century to the latter part of the nineteenth century.

This book focuses on the survey technology, post-processing technology, mapping technology and scientific application of the submarine topography and geomorphology in detail.

This book presents general problems in geoarchaeology, and discusses geophysical solutions, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry applications, X-ray and isotope analyses and GIS technologies.

The proceedings of the 30th International Geological Congress held in Beijing, China in August 1997.

Das Erdklima hat eine bewegte Vergangenheit hinter sich.

Sacramento, California, has grown literally at the edge of the Sacramento and American Rivers and for 150 years has struggled to protect itself from periodic floods by employing structural and land management measures.

The ocean has absorbed a significant portion of all human-made carbon dioxide emissions.

The ocean has absorbed a significant portion of all human-made carbon dioxide emissions.

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

There has been renewed interest in soil and soil science in recent years as the recognition that biogeochemical processes that occur at the Earth's surface influence global climate change, land degradation and remediation, the fate and transport of nutrients and contaminants, soil and water conservation, soil and water quality, food sufficiency and safety, and many other issues pertinent to the stewardship and conservation of land and water resources.

America is endowed with places that embody a rich geoheritage, from sites where indigenous people subsisted for millennia, to mines that furnished the raw materials that built U.

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

Iniciarse en el conocimiento del vino implica algo más que beber, degustar y emitir juicios de preferencias.

Many coastal communities have built structures at their beaches and added quantities of sand in contoured designs to combat erosion.

The 2001 National Research Council (NRC) report Basic Research Opportunities in Earth Science (BROES) described how basic research in the Earth sciences serves five national imperatives: (1) discovery, use, and conservation of natural resources; (2) characterization and mitigation of natural hazards; (3) geotechnical support of commercial and infrastructure development; (4) stewardship of the environment; and (5) terrestrial surveillance for global security and national defense.

Sacramento, California, has grown literally at the edge of the Sacramento and American Rivers and for 150 years has struggled to protect itself from periodic floods by employing structural and land management measures.

As environmental problems move upward on the public agenda, our knowledge of the earth's systems and how to sustain the habitability of our world becomes more critical.

There is little dispute within the scientific community that humans are changing Earth's climate on a decadal to century time-scale.

There has been renewed interest in soil and soil science in recent years as the recognition that biogeochemical processes that occur at the Earth's surface influence global climate change, land degradation and remediation, the fate and transport of nutrients and contaminants, soil and water conservation, soil and water quality, food sufficiency and safety, and many other issues pertinent to the stewardship and conservation of land and water resources.

More and more of the nation's vast coastlines are being filled with homes and vacation resorts.

Many coastal communities have built structures at their beaches and added quantities of sand in contoured designs to combat erosion.

Soil invertebrates make up diverse communities living in soil pores and on the soil surface, digging burrows and tunnels, processing organic matter and interacting with microbes.

Der Wein-Informant für unterwegs bietet nach einer kurzen Kulturgeschichte des Weins, Wissenswertes zum Weinanbau und den wichtigsten Rebsorten weltweit.

The proceedings of the 30th International Geological Congress held in Beijing, China in August 1997.

Rocks, Gems, and Minerals of the Southwest is a field guide to more than 100 of the most common and sought-after rocks, gems, and minerals hidden throughout the Southwest.

This book focuses on structural characterisation techniques for porous materials.

This state-of-the-art book clearly explains the basic principles of soil hydrology and the current knowledge in this field.

This volume provides a comprehensive academic review of both positive and negative effects of minerals on human health and quality of life.

Esta obra presenta una síntesis actualizada y ampliamente ilustrada del estado de conocimiento geológico de nuestro país.

This book reviews the hydrogeology of karst systems, starting with the classifications from the applied point of view, and then the hydraulic parameters (porosity, permeability, and transmissivity).