Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere

The Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age are widely considered to have been the major features of the Earth's climate over the past 1000 years.

Precambrian stromatolites have received in depth, consideration from geologists and paleontologists; they were indeed searching for biosedimentary structures that were sufficiently characteristic and widely distributed to be considered as useful tools for stratigraphic correlation.

Feldspar minerals make up 60% of the crust of the Earth.

Floods are natural hazards whose effects can deeply affect the economic and environmental equilibria of a region.

The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water both in area and volume.

Objectives The current global environmental crisis has reinforced the need for developing flexible mathematical models to obtain a better understanding of environmental problems so that effective remedial action can be taken.

Over the past 20 years the costs of natural disasters have escalated significantly.

Computers are widely used for the analysis, design, and operation of water resource projects.

This volume summarizes in 16 chapters the petroleum geology of the Bekes basin with respect to its geological setting in the Pannonian Basin.

This book is devoted to the quantitative physical modeling of subduction and subduction-related processes.

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

To honour the remarkable contribution of Michel David in the inception, establishment and development of Geostatistics, and to promote the essence of his work, an international Forum entitled Geostatistics for the Next Century was convened in Montreal in June 1993.

A sound understanding of the global carbon cycle requires an appreciation of the various physico-chemical and biological processes that determine the production, distribution, deposition and diagenesis of organic matter in the natural environment.

shallow processes and for the pursuit of more Sediments are now known to undergo deforma- tion in a wide variety of geological circumstances.

A knowledge of clay is important in many spheres of scientific endeav- our, particularly in natural sciences such as geology, mineralogy and soil science, but also in more applied areas like environmental and mater- ials science.

The principal aim of this volume is to provide descriptions of Sites of Special Scientific Interest, selected as part of the Geological Conservation Review, that yield evidence for the Pleistocene history of the River Thames and its tributaries.

This volume summarizes the results of a survey of British Upper Carboniferous sites, undertaken between 1978 and 1990 as part of the Geological Conservation Review (GCR).

This book describes the methods and attributes required for the compe- tent quality control of the data acquisition of a seismic exploration crew operating on land.

The sustainability of both natural and managed ecosystems is strongly influenced by soil biological processes.

An international treaty banning the testing of any nuclear device in any environment - a comprehensive test ban treaty (CTBT) - has been on the political agenda for nearly 40 years.

Defence from Floods and Floodplain Management discusses all aspects of floodplain management related to defence from floods, including specific issues such as the maintenance of flood defences, and reveals many aspects of a more holistic approach to the management of flood risk, expanding the structural/non-structural debate into prevention and cure in the floodplain and its catchment.

Water is vital to life, maintenance of ecological balance, economic development, and sustenance of civilization.

Water is vital to life, maintenance of ecological balance, economic development, and sustenance of civilization.

Water is vital to life, maintenance of ecological balance, economic development, and sustenance of civilization.

Oil shales are broadly dermed as petroleum source rocks containing sufficiently high contents of organic matter (above ca 10-15 wt.

This Special Issue of Water, Air and Soil Pollution offers original contributions from BIOGEOMON, an international symposium on ecosystem behavior and the evaluation of integrated monitoring of small catchments, held in Prague, Czech Republic, in September 1993.

This publication presents the lectures given at the course on Advanced Separation Technology for Industrial Waste Minimization: Environmental and Analytical Aspects (13-15 October, 1992, Ispra, Italy) organized jointly by the Technical University of Lisbon, University of Calabria and the Environment Institute of the Joint Research Centre of the Commission of the European Communities at Ispra.

Reservoirs generally consist of sandstones or carbonates exhibiting heterogeneities caused by a wide range of factors.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiv PART I MERCURY AND HUMAN HEALTH B.

Zeolites, with their crystalline microporous structures, are cordial hosts to a wide variety of guests.

Collapsing engineering soils are a formidable hazard around the world.

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Rifted Ocean-Continent Boundaries covers a wide range of topics, from quantitative modelling to current knowledge of the structure and evolution of specific margins around the world.

The purpose of this monograph is to provide participants in my various short courses with a brief statement of the material I cover in my lectures.

apparatus is generally not required for the making of My aim in this book is simple.

There has been a great advance in the understanding of processes of meta- morphism and of metamorphic rocks since the last edition of this book appeared.

The past two or three decades have seen many important advances in our knowledge of the chemistry, physics, geology and biology of the oceans.

courses more petrogenesis-orientated are im- My main objective in writing this book has been to mediately confronted with a basic problem; the review the processes involved in present-day mag- ma generation and their relationship to global average student does not have a strong enough tectonic processes.

Everyone is familiar with the daily changes of air temperature.

On February 19, 1973, five centuries have elapsed since the birth of Nicolaus Coperni- cus - the greatest astronomer of the Renaissance period - who rediscovered for us the heliocentric model of the solar system, and documented it by his life's work in such a manner as to make its concept a permanent property of mankind.

TO GEOCHEMISTRY by CLAUDE-JEAN ALLEGRE Department of Earth Sciences, University of Paris 7 and GIL MICHARD Department of Chemistry, University of Paris 7 D, REIDEL PUBLISHING COMPANY DORDRECHT-HOLLAND / BOSTON-U.

It has long been realized that the mineral assemblages of igneous and metamorphic rocks may reflect the approach of a rock to chemical eCluilibrium during its formation.

There are many natural hazards such as floods, landslides, volcanoes and earthquakes in the Asia-Pacific Region.

This volume is the proceedings of a NATO-sponsored Advanced Study Institute (ASI) entitled "e;Coping with Flash Floods"e; held in Ravello, Italy on 8-17 November 1999.

Rice production is affected by changing climate conditions and has the dual role of contributing to global warming through emissions of the greenhouse gas methane.

Geological processes affect the earth itself and human society.

This book presents the proceedings and the outcomes of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on Integrated Technologies for Environmental Monitoring and Information Production, which was held in Marmaris, Turkey, between September 10- 14, 200 I.

Tsunamis are water waves triggered by impulsive geologic events such as sea floor deformation, landslides, slumps, subsidence, volcanic eruptions and bolide impacts.

1 AUK ISMAIL-ZADEH ,2, TOM BEER3 1 International Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Warshavskoye shosse 79-2, Moscow 113556, Russia; e-mail: aismail@mitp.