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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “wouter van dieren”
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  • Taking Nature Into Account

    A Report to the Club of Rome Toward a Sustainable National Income

    by Wouter van Dieren ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Indicators used to direct ecomonic policy (GDP, national income, etc.) are based on a number of factors ß but nowhere in their calculation is there an acknowledgement of the degradation of natural resources. The numbers may look good, but continued deterioration of the environment is leading us closer to crises; meanwhile, policymakers and the public are basing decisions on dangerously incomplete ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

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  • The Origin and Nature of Life on Earth

    The Emergence of the Fourth Geosphere

    by Eric Smith, Harold J. Morowitz ...
    Uniting the conceptual foundations of the physical sciences and biology, this groundbreaking multidisciplinary book explores the origin of life as a planetary process. Combining geology, geochemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, evolution and statistical physics to create an inclusive picture of the living state, the authors develop the argument that the emergence of life was a necessary cascade ... Read more

    $65.59 USD

  • The Geology of Australia

    by Robert Henderson, David Johnson ...
    This book documents the rich and spectacular heritage of the Australian continent over the last 4400 million years. Now in its third edition, The Geology of Australia provides a comprehensive overview of Australia's geology, landscapes and Earth resources. Beginning with the Precambrian rocks that hold clues to the origins of life and the development of an oxygenated atmosphere, it goes on to ... Read more

    $86.09 USD

  • Revolutions that Made the Earth

    by Tim Lenton, Andrew Watson ...
    The Earth that sustains us today was born out of a few remarkable, near-catastrophic revolutions, started by biological innovations and marked by global environmental consequences. The revolutions have certain features in common, such as an increase in complexity, energy utilization, and information processing by life. This book describes these revolutions, showing the fundamental interdependence ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Fundamentals of Structural Geology

    by David D. Pollard, Raymond C. Fletcher ...
    Fundamentals of Structural Geology provides a new framework for the investigation of geological structures by integrating field mapping and mechanical analysis. Assuming a basic knowledge of physical geology, introductory calculus and physics, it emphasizes the observational data, modern mapping technology, principles of continuum mechanics, and the mathematical and computational skills, necessary ... Read more

    $105.79 USD

  • Mercury as a Global Pollutant

    Proceedings of the Third International Conference held in Whistler, British Columbia, July 10–14, 1994

    Edited by Donald B. Porcella, John W. Huckabee, Brian Wheatley ...
    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiv PART I MERCURY AND HUMAN HEALTH B. WHEATLEY and S. PARADIS I Exposure of Canadian Aboriginal Peoples to Methylmercury 3-11 M. GIRARD and C. DUMONT I Exposure of James Bay Cree to Methylmercury during Pregnancy for the Years 1983-91 13-19 M. RICHARDSON, M. MITCHELL, S. COAD and R. RAPHAEL I Exposure to Mercury in Canada: A Multimedia Analysis 21-30 M. RICHARDSON, M. EGYED and D ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Statistical Evaluations in Exploration for Mineral Deposits

    Translated by D. Large ...
    by Friedrich-Wilhelm Wellmer ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Statistical evaluations of exploration data are the basis for decisions to be made at various stages of an exploration project. In contrast to other geostatistical books, Statistical Evaluations in Exploration for Mineral Deposits focuses not only on theory, but examples are also given, frequently originating from experience in mineral exploration by the author who worked worldwide for a mining ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Oxidation-Reduction Potential in Geology

    by M. F. Stashchuk ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Within very recent time, when investigating the allowing one to explain possible transformations according to variations in different characteristics physicochemical conditions under which sedimen tary rocks formed, geologists were satisfied with of the environment. logical premises prompted by sound judgment. The present book is written within the indicat ed framework. I am pleased that this book ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Earth's Magnetosphere

    Formed by the Low-Latitude Boundary Layer

    by Walter Heikkila ...
    The author argues that, after five decades of debate about the interactive of solar wind with the magnetosphere, it is time to get back to basics. Starting with Newton's law, this book also examines Maxwell's equations and subsidiary equations such as continuity, constitutive relations and the Lorentz transformation; Helmholtz' theorem, and Poynting's theorem, among other methods for understanding ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Shale Analytics

    Data-Driven Analytics in Unconventional Resources

    by Shahab D. Mohaghegh ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book describes the application of modern information technology to reservoir modeling and well management in shale. While covering Shale Analytics, it focuses on reservoir modeling and production management of shale plays, since conventional reservoir and production modeling techniques do not perform well in this environment. Topics covered include tools for analysis, predictive modeling and ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Ancient Landscapes of Western North America

    A Geologic History with Paleogeographic Maps

    by Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Allow yourself to be taken back into deep geologic time when strange creatures roamed the Earth and Western North America looked completely unlike the modern landscape. Volcanic islands stretched from Mexico to Alaska, most of the Pacific Rim didn’t exist yet, at least not as widespread dry land; terranes drifted from across the Pacific to dock on Western Americas’ shores creating mountains and ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Environmental Geochemistry: Site Characterization, Data Analysis and Case Histories

    Edited by Harvey Belkin, Annamaria Lima, Benedetto DeVivo ...
    This volume contains chapters spanning from the role of geochemistry in the environment in general to specific investigations on site characterization (sampling strategy, analytical procedures and problems). Specific articles deal with health problems related to environment pollution, waste disposal, data base management, and provide illustrations of specific case histories of site ... Read more

    $113.39 USD