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  • Marine Geochemistry

    by Roy Chester ...
    The past two or three decades have seen many important advances in our knowledge of the chemistry, physics, geology and biology of the oceans. It has also become apparent that in order to understand the manner in which the oceans work as a 'chemical system', it is necessary to use a framework which takes account of these interdisciplinary advances. Marine geochemistry has been written in response ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Marine Geochemistry

    by Roy Chester, Tim D. Jickells ...
    Marine Geochemistry offers a fully comprehensive and integrated treatment of the chemistry of the oceans, their sediments and biota. The first edition of the book received strong critical acclaim and was described as ‘a standard text for years to come.’ This third edition of Marine Geochemistry has been written at a time when the role of the oceans in the Earth System is becoming increasingly ... Read more

    $89.00 USD

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    Furnace of Creation, Cradle of Destruction

    A Journey to the Birthplace of Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis

    by Roy Chester ...
    Narrated by Bill Weideman ...

    Abridged

    7 hours 20 min

    Over the past few years, devastating tsunamis off the coast of the Indian Ocean have killed hundreds of thousands of people. Even more alarmingly, scientists predict that these tsunamis, as well as a series of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, may eventually threaten Hawaii, California, and Oregon. The cause of this trinity of natural disasters is plate tectonics. Perhaps the greatest advance ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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  • Rocks and Minerals of The World

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  • Genesis - In The Beginning

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    Edited by Joseph Seckbach ...
    Series Book 22 - Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
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  • The Science of Ocean Waves

    Ripples, Tsunamis, and Stormy Seas

    by J. B. Zirker ...
    An unparalleled introduction to the amazing world of ocean waves.Outstanding Academic Title, Choice"Powerful ocean waves fascinate the public, and they have made a lot of news lately." With that indisputable observation, scientist J. B. Zirker takes off on a whirlwind tour of the world of waves—from the “ordinary” waves that constantly churn the sea to the rogues or freaks that can rise up ... Read more

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  • Origin of Granite Batholiths Geochemical Evidence

    Based on a meeting of the Geochemistry Group of the Mineralogical Society

    by ATHERTON TARNEY(EDS) ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is for undergraduates, postgraduates and research workers who wish to gain an insight into present ideas and speculations on the origin of granite batholiths. It is a summary of the proceedings of a one-day meeting of the Geochemistry Group of the Mineralogical Society held at the University of liverpool on the 2nd May 1979, entitled The Origin of Granite Batholiths: Geochemical Evidence ... Read more

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  • Remote Sensing Image Analysis: Including the Spatial Domain

    Edited by Steven M. de Jong, Freek D. van der Meer ...
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    Remote Sensing image analysis is mostly done using only spectral information on a pixel by pixel basis. Information captured in neighbouring cells, or information about patterns surrounding the pixel of interest often provides useful supplementary information. This book presents a wide range of innovative and advanced image processing methods for including spatial information, captured by ... Read more

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    by Vivien Gornitz ...
    The Earth's climate is already warming due to increased concentrations of human-produced greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and the specter of rising sea level is one of global warming's most far-reaching threats. Sea level will keep rising long after greenhouse gas emissions have ceased, because of the delay in penetration of surface warming to the ocean depths and because of the slow ... Read more

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