Geophysics

Modern Well Design - Second Edition presents a unified approach to the well design process and drilling operations.

Complexity of Seismic Time Series: Measurement and Application applies the tools of nonlinear dynamics to seismic analysis, allowing for the revelation of new details in micro-seismicity, new perspectives in seismic noise, and new tools for prediction of seismic events.

'A comprehensive and important collection that includes essays by some of the leading figures in the field.

This book highlights the importance of geothermal energy by studying its potential either alone or in combination with solar energy, focusing on its industrial application.

Earth science satellite remote sensing has been rapidly expanding during the last decade.

Advances in Carbon Management Technologiescomprises 43 chapters contributed by experts from all over the world.

The monograph is devoted to ball lightning (BL) observed in natural conditions in the air and artificial BL, long-lived luminous formations (LLF), usually obtained in laboratories experimentally.

Modeling of Resistivity and Acoustic Borehole Logging Measurements Using Finite Element Methods provides a comprehensive review of different resistivity and sonic logging instruments used within the oil industry, along with precise and solid mathematical descriptions of the physical equations and corresponding FE formulations that govern these measurements.

This volume contains the proceedings of the 19th International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Hydrodynamics, the programme of which focused on the relationships between small-scale mixing and large-scale features, transports and processes.

This work deals with the issue of geodetic network structures, i.

A wide-ranging compilation of techniques, Extrapolation Practice for Ecotoxicological Effect Characterization of Chemicals describes methods of extrapolation in the framework of ecological risk assessment.

Advantages and Pitfalls of Pattern Recognition presents various methods of pattern recognition and classification, useful to geophysicists, geochemists, geologists, geographers, data analysts, and educators and students of geosciences.

Archaeological Geophysics for Ephemeral Human Occupations: Focusing on the Small-Scale combines technological advances in near-surface geophysics with recent archaeological scholarship and underlying archaeological premises to provide a practical manual for guiding archaeo-geophysical research design.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of engineering management, giving readers a complete picture of this research field.

Earthquakes rank among the most terrifying natural disasters faced by mankind.

Advances in Geophysics, Volume 58, the latest in this critically acclaimed serialized review journal that has published for over 50 years, contains the latest information available in the field.

This textbook provides a general introduction to the most important nondestructive testing (NDT) exploration methods for cultural heritage sites.

This special volume contains a selection of papers that were presented as part of the Seventh International Symposium on Natural and Man-Made Hazards (HAZARDS-98), held in Chania, Crete Island, Greece, during May 1998.

From fisheries to persistent organic pollutants to climate change itself, no other environmental principle in environmental law has produced as much controversy as the precautionary principle.

Applications of potential theory to modern geophysics with exercises and FORTRAN subroutines.

This book comprises some of the lecture notes I developed for various one-or two-semester courses I taught at the Colorado School of Mines.

Calculating Political Risk is rich and illuminating, and much more than a political science treatise.

Groundwater is becoming increasingly scarce while the demand for water continues to grow at a global scale.

This book presents maps of Antarctica, exploring various aspects of its disturbing geopotential and based on the EIGEN 6C4 model, arguably the best gravitational field model currently available.

This volume proposes an integral approach to studying the geophysics of Earth.

In Rationality and Ritual, internationally renowned expert Brian Wynne offers a profound analysis of science and technology policymaking.

Physics of the Inner Heliosphere gives for the first time a comprehensive and complete summary of our knowledge of the inner solar system.

Dynamos is a collection of lectures given in July 2007 at the Les Houches Summer School on "e;Dynamos"e;.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Gravitationstheorie und Theorie der Elementarteilchen" verfügbar.

Based on the first edition with extensive analysis of practical applications of environmental risk management and compliance management systems, this second edition of International Environmental Risk Management reflects updates made in the understanding and application of risk management best practices and makes available a frame of reference and systematic approach to environmental and social governance (ESG).

Presenting current approaches in observational and computational seismology, this book introduces advanced methods and techniques by means of case studies in earthquake research.

We live in a 'risk society' where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence.

The growing number of published works dedicated to global environmental change leads to the realization that protection of the natural environment has become an urgent problem.

Assessing the future is vital in informing public policy decisions.

The welcome accorded to the first two editions of this book has been most encouraging.

Over the last few years, anisotropy has become a "e;hot topic"e; in seismic exploration and seismology.

In the four years which elapsed between our first workshop on .

This Handbook provides a state-of-the-science review of research and practice in the human dimensions of hazards field.

This book presents the first compilation of scientific research on the island of Nisyros, involving various geoscientific disciplines.

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.

This book is the first comprehensive introduction to the theory of equatorially-confined waves and currents in the ocean.

This book provides an up-to-date presentation of a broad range of contemporary problems in inverse scattering involving acoustic, elastic and electromagnetic waves.

Ice is melting around the world and glaciers are disappearing.

This book is based on the accepted papers for presentation at the 2nd MedGU Annual Meeting, Marrakesh 2022.

This book provides an in depth, yet understandable description of the ecological, socioeconomic, and other parts of the natural environment that may be affected.