Earth sciences

The main objective of the book is to offer a vision of the dynamics of the main disasters in South America, describing their mechanisms and consequences on South American societies.

The dynamics of the earthquake rupture process are closely related to fault zone properties which the authors have intensively investigated by various observations in the field as well as by laboratory experiments.

Geomorphometry is the science of quantitative land-surface analysis.

Storm and Cloud Dynamics focuses on the dynamics of clouds and of precipitating mesoscale meteorological systems.

In the past two or three decades, fractured rock domains have received increasing attention not only in reservoir engineering and hydrology, but also in connection with geological isolation of radioactive waste.

Paleoseismology has become an important component of seismic risk analysis, which is mandated for nuclear power plants, dams, waste repositories, and other critical structures.

The Physics of Glaciers, Fourth Edition, discusses the physical principles that underlie the behavior and characteristics of glaciers.

Based on the bestselling book, Rivers of North America, this new guide stands as the only primary source of complete and comparative baseline data on the biological and hydrological characteristics of more than 180 of the highest profile rivers in Europe.

This practical reference examines the structure and properties of the atmosphere, including listings of compounds in clouds, fog, rain, snow, and ice; a listing of compounds detected in the stratosphere; and a compendium of compounds in indoor air.

This book is addressed to those who wish to understand the relationship between atmospheric phenomena and the nature of matter as expressed in the principles of physics.

This book treats the different current as well as unusual and hitherto often unstudied physico-chemical and surface-thermodynamic properties of water that govern all polar interactions occurring in it.

Active geophysical monitoring is an important new method for studying time-evolving structures and states in the tectonically active Earth's lithosphere.

Currently, the acquisition of seismic surveys is performed as a sequential operation in which shots are computed separately, one after the other.

Great effort has been undertaken to investigate potential geohazards in relation to the development of the Ormen Lange gas field offshore Mid-Norway.

Formation and Properties of Clay-Polymer Complexes provides a comprehensive account of the reactions between clay minerals and organic polymers.

This timely study is concerned with the current record of sea-level changes during the past 10,000 years; their rates, and our ability to estimate these changes accurately.

This volume contains 31 papers on physical and geological oceanography, marine engineering and meterology in the Japan Sea and the East China Sea.

The Antarctic Sector of the Pacific covers the area between Australia and South America south of about 45(deg)S.

The Washington-Oregon coastal zone is a classical Eastern Boundary Current region.

The various chapters of this book have been written by researchers who are still working in the Canadian Inland Seas region.

There is an intuitive belief among scientists that each estuary or lagoon is unique and different.

Petrology of the Ocean Floor

Dumping and Mining

Hydrocarbons

Physical and Chemical Oceanography, and Physical Resources

Written by foremost experts in the field, and formulated with attention to classroom use for advanced studies in reservoir characterization and processes, this book reviews and summarises state-of-the-art progress in the field of enhanced oil recovery (EOR).

The last two decades have seen a spectacular renewal of interest in the study of Pleistocene vertebrates.

Precambrian of the Northern Hemisphere

The Late Neogene

Methodological procedures of the theory of estimation of statistical parameters of time series and their application to hydrology and water engineering, particularly the sphere of reservoir-controlled runoffs, are dealt with in this volume.

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The development of environmentally sound groundwater resources has recently become a high priority throughout the world.

The book describes the drainage basin as a system unit resulting from the interaction between runoff and topography - a lengthy process of evolution that occurs according to well-defined laws.

A comprehensive, integrated view of the behaviour of the tropical hydrological cycle under various ecological, geographical and climatological conditions.

Time Series Methods in Hydrosciences

Symposium on Geochemistry of Groundwater

Pipeline Design for Water Engineers

Computer Systems and Water Resources

Volcanic eruptions are generally viewed as agents of destruction, yet they provide the parent materials from which some of the most productive soils in the world are formed.

Pedogenesis and Soil Taxonomy : The Soil Orders

Pedogenesis and Soil Taxonomy: Concepts and Interactions

Soil Erosion

Non-Agricultural Applications of Soil Surveys

Over the years, the field of sedimentology has become subdivided into various specialities.

Green Marine Clays provides a comparative study of four authigenic marine clays: the well-known glaucony marine facies; the newly-identified sedimentary facies - verdine; the old oolitic ironstone facies; and the celadonite-bearing facies.

Sedimentary dynamics of continental shelves

Hypersaline Brines and Evaporitic Environments

Diagenesis in Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Volume 2

Miocene of the S.

Compaction of Coarse-Grained Sediments, I