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“michael wysession”

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  • An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure

    by Seth Stein, Michael Wysession ...
    An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes and Earth Structures is an introduction to seismology and its role in the earth sciences, and is written for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students.The fundamentals of seismic wave propagation are developed using a physical approach and then applied to show how refraction, reflection, and teleseismic techniques are used to study the ... Read more

    $118.00 USD

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  • Volcanoes, Earthquakes And Tsunamis: Teach Yourself

    by David Rothery ...
    Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis is the essential guide to what causes the most frightening geological events with which we are faced today. It covers plate tectonics, the intricacies of each terrible phenomina, and their effects as well as the impact they have on each other, how they can be predicted and, if possible, controlled.NOT GOT MUCH TIME?One, five and ten-minute introductions to key ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Northern Lights

    by Lucy Jago ...
    Science, biography, and arctic exploration coverage in this extraordinary true story of the life and work of Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland, the troubled genius who solved the mysteries of one of nature’s most spectacular displays.Captivated by the otherworldly lights of the aurora borealis, Birkeland embarked on a lifelong quest to discover their cause. His pursuit took him to some of the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Field Geophysics

    by Asger Eriksen, John Milsom ...
    Series Book 36 - Geological Field Guide
    This handy pocket-sized field guide provides practical information and assistance to anyone engaged in small-scale surveys on the ground. Fully revised and updated throughout, the Fourth Edition includes comprehensive updates on the use of GPR and GPS and new sections on surface wave seismics and towed array systems. This has become the standard text in this area for use in the field and the ... Read more

    $42.00 USD

  • Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems

    by Richard C. Aster, Brian Borchers, Clifford H. Thurber ...
    Parameter Estimation and Inverse Problems, Second Edition provides geoscience students and professionals with answers to common questions like how one can derive a physical model from a finite set of observations containing errors, and how one may determine the quality of such a model. This book takes on these fundamental and challenging problems, introducing students and professionals to the ... Read more

    $71.09 USD

  • Turbulence and Dispersion in the Planetary Boundary Layer

    by Francesco Tampieri ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book offers a comprehensive review of our current understanding of the planetary boundary layer, particularly the turbulent exchanges of momentum, heat and passive scalars between the surface of the Earth and the atmosphere.It presents and discusses the observations and the theory of the turbulent boundary layer, both for homogeneous and more realistic heterogeneous surface conditions, as ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Plates vs Plumes

    A Geological Controversy

    by Gillian R. Foulger ...
    Since the advent of the mantle plume hypothesis in 1971, scientists have been faced with the problem that its predictions are not confirmed by observation. For thirty years, the usual reaction has been to adapt the hypothesis in numerous ways. As a result, the multitude of current plume variants now amounts to an unfalsifiable hypothesis.In the early 21st century demand became relentless for a ... Read more

    $82.00 USD

  • Global Changes and Natural Disaster Management: Geo-information Technologies

    Edited by Saied Pirasteh, Jonathan Li ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book presents ongoing research and ideas related to earth observations and global change, natural hazards and disaster management studies, with respect to geospatial information technology, remote sensing, and global navigation satellite systems. Readers will discover uses of advanced geospatial tools, spatiotemporal models, and earth observation systems. Chapters identify the international ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Resolving Messy Policy Problems

    Handling Conflict in Environmental, Transport, Health and Ageing Policy

    by Steven Ney ...
    Series series The Earthscan Science in Society Series
    Our lives increasingly take place in ever more complex and interconnected networks that blur the boundaries we have traditionally used to define our social and political spaces. Accordingly, the policy problems that governments are called upon to deal with have become less clear-cut and far messier. This is particularly the case with climate change, environmental policy, transport, health and ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Thermal Signatures of Heat Transfer Processes in the Earth’s Crust

    Translated by C. Newcomb ...
    by Christoph Clauser ...
    Series Book 85 - Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences
    This book deals with the signatures left by geodynamic proceses in the temperature field of the Earth's crust. First, it introduces briefly the established, indirect methods for interpreting the present termperature field and methods for reconstructing the thermal fields of the geological past. Then the spatial and temporal scales that are relevant for heat transport processes are described. This ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Global Optimization Methods in Geophysical Inversion

    by Mrinal K. Sen, Paul L. Stoffa ...
    Providing an up-to-date overview of the most popular global optimization methods used in interpreting geophysical observations, this new edition includes a detailed description of the theoretical development underlying each method and a thorough explanation of the design, implementation and limitations of algorithms. New and expanded chapters provide details of recently developed methods, such as ... Read more

    $52.49 USD

  • Transboundary Risk Governance

    by Rolf Lidskog, Linda Soneryd, Ylva Uggla ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    Governing environmental risk, particularly large-scale transboundary risks associated with climate change and pollution, is one of the most pressing problems facing society .This book focuses on a set of key questions relating to environmental regulation: How are activities regulated in a fragmented world - a world of nation states, regulators, domestic and international law and political contests ... Read more

    $65.99 USD