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  • Carbon Sequestration in the Biosphere

    Processes and Prospects

    Edited by Max A. Beran ...
    Series Book 33 - Nato ASI Subseries I
    Anthropogenic release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere has been recognized as the primary agent in global climate change.The volume discusses the possibilities for limiting that increase by the long-term storage of carbon in soils, vegetation, wetlands and oceans. Each of these storage media is analysed in detail to elucidate those processes responsible for the uptake and release of carbon. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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    The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time

    by Michael J. Benton ...
    "Michael Benton's splendid book brings back to Earth Science a sense of adventure. . . . It is both a wonderfully good read and a valued reference." —James Lovelock, author of Gaia and Homage to GaiaToday it is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact 65 million years ago that killed half of all species then living. Far less well-known is a much greater catastrophe ... Read more

    $18.89 USD

  • Engineering Geology and Geological Engineering for Sustainable Use of the Earth’s Resources, Urbanization and Infrastructure Protection from Geohazards

    Proceedings of the 1st GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition, Egypt 2017 on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures

    Edited by Janusz Wasowski, Daniele Giordan, Piernicola Lollino ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    The ongoing population growth is resulting in rapid urbanization, new infrastructure development and increasing demand for the Earth's natural resources (e.g., water, oil/gas, minerals). This, together with the current climate change and increasing impact of natural hazards, imply that the engineering geology profession is called upon to respond to new challenges. It is recognized that these ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Mathematical Geosciences

    Hybrid Symbolic-Numeric Methods

    by Joseph L. Awange, Béla Paláncz, Lajos Völgyesi, Robert H. Lewis ...
    This book showcases powerful new hybrid methods that combine numerical and symbolic algorithms. Hybrid algorithm research is currently one of the most promising directions in the context of geosciences mathematics and computer mathematics in general.One important topic addressed here with a broad range of applications is the solution of multivariate polynomial systems by means of resultants and ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Review and Integration of Biosphere-Atmosphere Modelling of Reactive Trace Gases and Volatile Aerosols

    Edited by Benjamin Loubet, Raia Silvia Massad ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    When considering biosphere–atmosphere exchange of trace gases and volatile aerosols, significant advances have been made both from an experimental and modelling point of view and on several scales. This was particularly stimulated by the availability of new datasets generated from improvements in analytical methods and flux measurement techniques. Recent research advances allow us, not only to ... Read more

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  • Probabilistic Approaches for Geotechnical Site Characterization and Slope Stability Analysis

    by Zijun Cao, Yu Wang, Dianqing Li ...
    This is the first book to revisit geotechnical site characterization from a probabilistic point of view and provide rational tools to probabilistically characterize geotechnical properties and underground stratigraphy using limited information obtained from a specific site. This book not only provides new probabilistic approaches for geotechnical site characterization and slope stability analysis, ... Read more

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  • Shallow Water Waves on the Rotating Earth

    by Nathan Paldor ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book describes new theoretical advances concerning analytical solutions of the Rotating Shallow Water Equations, which will make it of great interest to graduate students and scientists in the fields of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Physical Oceanography, Dynamical Meteorology and Applied Mathematics.The new dispersion relations and meridional amplitude variations of waves derived in this book ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Jute Geotextiles and their Applications in Civil Engineering

    by Tapobrata Sanyal ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book presents a first-of-its-kind exposition on the emerging technology of jute fiber geotextiles. The book covers the characteristics of jute fiber and jute yarns, types and functions of jute geotextiles, and the mechanism of control of surficial soil with jute geotextiles. The content also includes applications such as the mechanisms of functioning of jute geotextiles in strengthening road ... Read more

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  • Marine Science Frontiers for Europe

    Edited by Frank Lamy, Fauzi Mantoura, Gerold Wefer ...
    Europe is a continent with a high coast-to-surface ratio, and European seas encompass a broad range of settings and regimes. The sustainable development of living and non-living marine resources, the protection of the marine environment and the provision of marine-based services are critical to economic prosperity and to the quality of life of European citizens. Addressing these concerns, marine ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • A technical history of the Rio Tinto mines: some notes on exploitation from pre-Phoenician times to the 1950s

    by L.U. Salkield ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Whether the Phoenicians and t he In the south-west of the Iberian Carthaginians ever actually worked Peninsula there is a vast pyritic the mines , or were merely traders, is mineral ised zone, known as the not certain , but after 205 BC, when Andevallo, extending from near they defeated the Carthagi nians, the Seville to south of Lisbon, an area Romans brought their own men skilled some 150 ... Read more

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  • Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment

    Scenarios for the 21st Century

    Edited by F.Stuart Chapin, Osvaldo E. Sala, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The scientific community has voiced two general concerns about the future of the earth. Climatologists and oceanographers have focused on the changes in our physical environment -- changes in the climate, the oceans, and the chemistry of the air we breathe. Environmental biologists, on the other hand, have addressed issues of conservation and the extinction of species. There is increasing evidence ... Read more

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  • Modelling Soil Erosion by Water

    Edited by David Favis-Mortlock, John Boardman ...
    Series Book 55 - Nato ASI Subseries I
    TO THE MODEL EVALUATION 1. MODELLING SOIL EROSION BY WATER l 2 John Boardman and David Favis-Mortlock 1 School of Geography and Environmental Change Unit Mansfield Road University of Oxford Oxford OX1 3TB UK 2 Environmental Change Unit University of Oxford 5 South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3UB UK Introduction This volume is the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop 'Global Change: ... Read more

    $49.49 USD