Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere

Developments in Geotectonics, 12: Sedimentary Basins of Continental Margins and Cratons focuses on the formation, movements, characteristics, and evolution of sedimentary basins of continental margins and cratons.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Clays and Clay Minerals: Index to the Proceedings of the First to the Tenth National Conferences provides the lists of materials presented in the First up to the Tenth Conference on Clays and Clay Minerals.

Die Baugeologie ist gedacht für Studenten der Fachrichtung Bauingenieurwesen und der Ingenieurgeologie.

Marine biogeography, the study of the spatial distribution of organisms in the world's oceans, is one of the most fascinating branches of oceanography.

Mechanical properties and fluid transport in rocks are intimately linked as deformation of a solid rock matrix immediately affects the pore space and permeability.

To manage our environment sustainably, professionals must understand the quality and quantity of our natural resources.

The wealth of petroleum has made the Middle East one of the most actively explored regions of the world.

Aside from water the materials which are used by mankind in highest quantities arecementitious materials and concrete.

Digital Terrain Analysis in Soil Science and Geology, Second Edition, synthesizes the knowledge on methods and applications of digital terrain analysis and geomorphometry in the context of multi-scale problems in soil science and geology.

Growth of population, communication and interdependence among countries has sharpened the impact of natural disasters.

Tuzo is the never-before-told story of one of Canada's most influential scientists and the discovery of plate tectonics, a pivotal development that forever altered how we think of our planet.

Ocean Circulation Physics

This book examines the abilities of new machine learning models for predicting ore grade in mining engineering.

This undergraduate textbook presents a unique comprehensive overview on Mathematics in Earth Sciences and Geography.

In its classical sense "e;epigenesis"e; refers to all geological processes originating at or near the surface of the earth.

Originally published in 1984 Natural Disasters shows how misleading the term "e;natural disaster"e; can be.

One of the main problems confronting the world of the 21st Century is a shortage of water.

The constant growth of the world's population and the decline of the availability of land and soil resources are global concerns for food security.

Healthcare Emergency Incident Management Operations Guide offers healthcare personnel a quick and intuitive guide to preparing for, responding to and recovering from events which have the potential to impact their operations.

Africa, the cradle of many old civilizations, is the second largest world continent, and the homeland of nearly one-eighth of the world population.

This book discusses the results of the transects program, which involves compilations of maps and cross sections showing geological, geophysical, and geochemical data and interpretations along 23 transects from the continental craton to the oceanic lithosphere around North America.

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of geographic information systems and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies, as presented by leading researchers and engineers at the 1st International Conference on Unmanned Aerial System in Geomatics (UASG), held in Roorkee, India on April 6-7, 2019.

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

Interest in biochar among soil and environment researchers has increased dramatically over the past decade.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This edited volume provides a framework for integrating methods and information drawn from geological and medical sciences and provides case studies in medical geology to illustrate the usefulness of this framework for crafting environmental and public health policies related to natural materials.

Despite the large number of papers and books published on soil organic matter (humus), our knowledge of the subject is still very limited, as is our knowledge of humic acid.

For many centuries people living on volcanoes have known that the outset of seismic activity is often a forerunner of a volcanic eruption.

Deep-water coral reefs are found along large sections of the outer continental shelves and slopes of Europe, from North Cape to the Gulf of Cadiz, and because they also occur along the Atlantic seaboard of USA, the Gulf of Mexico, off Brazil, in the Mediterranean, and off New Zealand, they are currently being targeted by international groups of marine scientists.

A comprehensive consolidation of data for the world, this book gives a short precis of each nation, each nation's history, its topography and a chronology of the development of geodetic surveying and coordinate systems for that specific nation.

An interesting volume presenting the papers collected for the Festschrift "e;Paradoxes in Modern Geology"e; in honor of Professor Ken Jinghwa Hsu on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

This book focuses on Romania's more than 12,000 caves, which developed in limestone (including thermal water caves), salt, gypsum, and occasionally in sandstone.

This book focuses on green mine evaluation.

This book documents the United States Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) shift from a rancher-dominated agency to an energy-dominated agency.

This book introduces a fresh perspective on the conditions for the genesis of the first cell.

Hydrothermal processes on Earth have played an important role in the evolution of our planet.

Computational Subsurface Hydrology: Fluid Flows offers practicing engineers and scientists a theoretical background, numerical methods, and computer codes for the modeling of fluid flows in subsurface media.

The idea for a book on anorthosites came to me in January of 1986 while returning to Houston after holiday festivities in Dallas.

Astromineralogy deals with the science of gathering mineralogical information from the astronomical spectroscopy of asteroids, comets and dust in the circumstellar environments in general.

Following the long-standing tradition of the Seeheim-Workshops on Mossbauer Spectroscopy, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1994 always held in the same traditional place of the Lufthansa Training Center in Seeheim/Germany, the 5th workshop took place in 2002.

It is possible to have a great garden anywhere in Australia, even under the toughest water restrictions.

The congress "e;Arsenic in the Environment"e; offers an international, multi- and interdisciplinary discussion platform for arsenic research aimed at practical solutions of problems with considerable social impact, as well as focusing on cutting edge and breakthrough research in physical, chemical, toxicological, medical and other specific issues on ar

This book delves into human-induced and natural impacts on coastal wetlands, intended or otherwise, through a series of vignettes that elucidate the environmental insults and efforts at amelioration and remediation.

Naturwissenschaftliche Methoden sind heute unverzichtbarer Bestandteil umwelthistorischer und archäologischer Forschung und ermöglichen erst viele Befunde, auf die sich weiterreichende Aussagen gründen.

Sea and Ocean Hazards, Risks and Disasters provides a scientific approach to those hazards and disasters related to the Earth's coasts and oceans.

In this invaluable book, leading agronomic researchers provide in-depth reviews of present conservation tillage practices in a wide variety of temperate agroecosystems.