Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere

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.

Rhodolith beds are recognized internationally as a unique ecosystem, and they are the focus of this interdisciplinary book.

Management of Coking Coal Resources provides a one-stop reference that focuses on sustainable mining practices using a four-point approach that includes the economical, governmental, societal, and environmental aspects of coal exploration, coking coal mining, and steelmaking applications.

This book portrays the Himalayan-born River Saraswati, a legendary river that was the lifeline of a progressive and vibrant society for more than three thousand years.

Provides state-of-the-art information on all processes currently used to manufacture lubricant base oils and waxes-offering practical, timesaving solutions for specific on-the-job problems.

River Morphology deals with the interaction between flowing waters in rivers and their environment.

Obstacles to Mineral Development: A Pragmatic View covers the most common obstacles to mineral development in the developing countries.

This book provides a unique reference resource not only for geomorphologists, but for all Earth scientists.

This book is intended primarily for exploration geologists and post- graduate students attending specialist courses in mineral exploration.

This book provides comprehensive information on the youngest member of the petroleum sciences family: Oilfield Chemistry, proposes the chemical agents for addressing current problems, and explains the functions, mechanisms and synergistic effects of various chemical agents

An essential introduction to the study of estuaries, highlighting their immense spatial and temporal variability.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Geochemie epigenetischer Prozesse" verfügbar.

NATO Advanced Research Institutes are designed to explore unre- solved problems.

This thesis explores fluid distribution along the Nankai-Trough megathrust fault around the Kii Peninsula of Japan, where devastating earthquakes are expected to occur in the near future.

"e;There is no branch of detective science which is so important and so much neglected as the art of tracing footsteps.

Chile is a privileged country in terms of water resources, with an average annual runoff of approximately 50,000 m3/person.

Ammonites are an extinct and charismatic lineage that persisted for over 300 million years.

This book illustrates the diversity of hypogene speleogenetic processes and void-conduit patterns depending on variations of the geological environments by presenting regional and cave-specific case studies.

Water quality and management are of great significance globally, as the demand for clean, potable water far exceeds the availability.

This book is a companion to "e;Natural Gas Hydrate in Oceanic and Permafrost Environments"e; (Max, 2000, 2003), which is the first book on gas hydrate in this series.

Study of microstructures is an indispensable component of understanding structural geology of any terrain.

This textbook introduces research on dinosaurs by describing the science behind how we know what we know about dinosaurs.

Introduction to Paleolimnology

The book offers novel petrophysical methods for obtaining and characterizing physical properties of sandstone and fractured carbonate rocks.

This edited volume dedicated to late Prof.

Authored by world-class scientists and scholars, The Handbook of Natural Resources, Second Edition, is an excellent reference for understanding the consequences of changing natural resources to the degradation of ecological integrity and the sustainability of life.

Identificationof rock-forming minerals in thin section is a key skill needed by all earth science students and practising geologists.

Gravity interpretation involves inversion of data into models, but it is more.

This book presents several complex case studies related to water management and planning in the context of pollution, growing demands, and global climate change in Mexico, but which are also relevant for other countries in Latin America.

Cathodoluminescence microscopy/spectroscopy is a powerful technique providing detailed information on the shock metamorphism of target rocks, biosignatures of meteorites and mineralogy of the pre-solar grains.

Provides a very clear guide to sedimentary rock types as seen under the microscope supported by practical aspects of slide preparation.

Deep-water (below wave base) processes, although generally hidden from view, shape the sedimentary record of more than 65% of the Earth s surface, including large parts of ancient mountain belts.

A multidisciplinary volume describing the effects of volcanism on the environment, past and present, for researchers and advanced students.

The book deals with two central themes: data modeling and management for 3D objects during different time states and the operning of geoinformation systems to a new generation of component-based GIS.

This edited volume brings together a collection of works that comprehensively address both the myriad geomorphological landscapes of the Maltese Islands and how their evolution has been shaped over various time-scales by different sets of processes.

Originally published in this form in 1971, the content of this book was originally part of a larger composite volume 'Water, Earth and Man' (1969) which provided a synthesis of hydrology, geomorphology and socio-economic geography.

This book presents a quantitative treatment of the theory and natural variations of light stable isotopes.

This book gathers the most recent scientific research on the geological, geotechnical and geophysical aspects of slope failure in sensitive clays.

This book includes selected papers presented at the international expert forum on "e;Mainstreaming Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction in Education,"e; held at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand on 1-2 December 2017.

Colloids are known to be the often neglected phase for the transport of pollutants in aquatic ecosystems.

Flood Risk Change: A Complexity Perspective focuses on the dynamic nature of flood risks and follows a systemic approach - including environmental, socioeconomic and socio-technical factors for modeling and managing flood risk change.

Fluvial deposits represent the preserved record of one of the major nonmarine environ- ments.

The project CLEAN (CO2 Large-Scale Enhanced Gas Recovery in the Altmark Natural Gas Field) provides site specific knowledge for a potential future pilot project.

Some of the simpler measurements of optical mineralogy are so precise and powerful that they give satisfaction to beginning students.

A multidisciplinary perspective on the dynamic processes occurring in Earth's mantle The convective motion of material in Earth's mantle, powered by heat from the deep interior of our planet, drives plate tectonics at the surface, generating earthquakes and volcanic activity.

Written by some of the world's most renowned petroleum and environmental engineers, Fundamentals of the Petrophysics of Oil and Gas Reservoirs is the first book to offer the practicing engineer and engineering student these new cutting-edge techniques for prediction and forecasting in petroleum engineering and environmental management.

This book describes and analyses the diversity of possible approaches and policy pathways to implement sustainable groundwater development, based on a comparative analysis of numerous quantitative management case studies from France and Australia.