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Developments in Earth Surface Processes eBook Series

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  • The Changing Alpine Treeline

    The Example of Glacier National Park, MT, USA

    Edited by David R. Butler, George P. Malanson, Stephen J. Walsh, Daniel B. Fagre ...
    Series Book 12 - Developments in Earth Surface Processes
    The alpine treeline ecotone (ATE) is an area of transition high on mountains where closed canopy forests from lower elevations give way to the open alpine tundra and rocky expanses above. Alpine tundra is an island biome and its ecotone with forest is subject to change, and like oceanic islands, alpine tundra is subject to invasion – or the upward advance of treeline. The invasion of tundra by ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

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  • Atlantis and the Antedeluvian World

    by Ignatius Donnelly ...
    This book is an attempt to demonstrate several distinct and novel propositions. These are: 1. That there once existed in the Atlantic Ocean, opposite the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea, a large island, which was the remnant of an Atlantic continent, and known to the ancient world as Atlantis. 2. That the description of this island given by Plato is not, as has been long supposed, fable, but ... Read more

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  • Roadside Geology of Yellowstone Country

    Second Edition

    by William J Fritz, Robert C Thomas ...
    With more than 10,000 geysers, hot springs, fumaroles, and mud pots, as well as cubic mile upon cubic mile of once-incendiary rhyolite, the landscape of Yellowstone Country vividly displays its fiery past and present. The region contains 1/5 of the world's geysers, including the most famous of them all, and is the setting of some of Earth's most destructive volcanic eruptions. The 19 road guides ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Geology off the Beaten Track

    Exploring South Africa’s hidden treasures

    by Nick Norman ...
    Geology off the beaten track follows on the success of author Nick Norman’s earlier Geological Journeys(co-authored with Gavin Whitfi eld), which has sold more than 20 000 copies in the last 6 years.This new book helps readers understand and interpret the geology along SA’s regional and other less-travelled roads.● It features 13 detailed routes across the country, taking in geologically ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Structural Geology Algorithms

    Vectors and Tensors

    by Richard W. Allmendinger, Nestor Cardozo, Donald M. Fisher ...
    State-of-the-art analysis of geological structures has become increasingly quantitative but traditionally, graphical methods are used in teaching. This innovative lab book provides a unified methodology for problem-solving in structural geology using linear algebra and computation. Assuming only limited mathematical training, the book begins with classic orientation problems and progresses to more ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Windows into the Earth

    The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks

    by Robert B. Smith, Lee J. Siegel ...
    Millions of years ago, the North American continent was dragged over the world's largest continental hotspot, a huge column of hot and molten rock rising from the Earth's interior that traced a 50-mile wide, 500-mile-long path northeastward across Idaho. Generating cataclysmic volcanic eruptions and large earthquakes, the hotspot helped lift the Yellowstone Plateau to more than 7,000 feet and ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • Performance-Based Seismic Engineering: Vision for an Earthquake Resilient Society

    Edited by Matej Fischinger ...
    Series Book 32 - Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering
    The Bled workshops have traditionally produced reference documents providing visions for the future development of earthquake engineering as foreseen by leading researchers in the field. The participants of the 2011 workshop built on the tradition of these events initiated by Professors Fajfar and Krawinkler to honor their important research contributions and have now produced a book providing ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Geothermal Engineering

    Fundamentals and Applications

    by Arnold Watson ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book explains the engineering required to bring geothermal resources into use. The book covers specifically engineering aspects that are unique to geothermal engineering, such as measurements in wells and their interpretation, transport of near-boiling water through long pipelines, turbines driven by fluids other than steam, and project economics. The explanations are reinforced by drawing ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Geological Methods in Mineral Exploration and Mining

    by Roger Marjoribanks ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This practical step-by-step guide describes the key geological field techniques needed by today's exploration geologists involved in the search for metallic deposits. The techniques described are fundamental to the collection, storage and presentation of geological data and their use to locate ore. This book explains the various tasks which the exploration geologist is asked to perform in the ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Historic Diamonds Return to Arkansas

    Genuine Diamonds Found in Arkansas, #8

    by Glenn W. Worthington ...
    Series Book 8 - Genuine Diamonds Found in Arkansas
    Locked away in Philadelphia's natural history museum for decades a set of 10 diamonds finally resurfaced and made their way back to their native state and are now on public display in Piggot, Arkansas. Together they weigh nearly 23 carats and were among 769 carats of diamonds that were mined in Arkansas in 1931. Each of these gems is unique in color, size, and quality. The author uses 19 photos ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Conserving Biodiversity in East African Forests

    A Study of the Eastern Arc Mountains

    by W.D. Newmark ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Tanzania is one of the most biologically diverse nations in the world. Traveling from west to east across Tanzania, one encounters an incredible array of ecosystems and species. Beginning at Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika, and Nyasa that form much of the western boundary of Tanzania, one finds the most diverse and some of the most spectacular concentrations of endemic fish in any of the world's lakes. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Fossil Horses of South America

    Phylogeny, Systemics and Ecology

    by María Teresa Alberdi, José Luis Prado ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides an update on the phylogeny, systematics and ecology of horses in South America based on data provided over the past three decades. The contemporary South American mammalian communities were shaped by the emergence of the Isthmus of Panama and by the profound climatic oscillations during the Pleistocene. Horses were a conspicuous group of immigrant mammals from North America that ... Read more

    $49.99 USD