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The Coronas-F Space Mission
Key Results for Solar Terrestrial Physics
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2014
This volume is the updated and extended translation of the Russian original. It presents the results of observations of solar activity and its effects in the Earth space environment carried out from July 2001 to December 2005 on board the CORONAS-F space mission. The general characteristics of the...
by Yu-Pin Lin
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
This book presents investigations on the Earth's seismic structure using both active-source and natural earthquake records. It discusses the ground-truth data obtained from the TAiwan Integrated GEodynamics Research (TAIGER) active-source experiments that provides excellent and unique insights into...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 176.
With the search for extra-solar planets in full gear, it has become essential to gain a more detailed understanding of the evolution of the other earth-like planets in our own solar system....
by Steve Simmonds
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2019
Just why sea levels are rising so fast was in the past hard to understand, but now with new technology scientists can say with confidence that the average rise in sea levels has, throughout the 20th century risen by at least 17 cm, or 7 inches, incredibly at least half of this figure can be contributed...
Sediment Routing Systems
The Fate of Sediment from Source to Sink
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
This cutting-edge summary combines ideas from several sub-disciplines including geology, geomorphology, oceanography and geochemistry to provide an integrated view of Earth surface dynamics in terms of sediment generation, transport and deposition. Introducing a global view of fundamental concepts...
by E. I. Parkhomenko
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Recently there has been growing interest in the physical properties of rocks. To interpret data on the geophysical fields observed near the Earth's surface, we must know the physical properties of the materials composing the interior. Moreover, the development of geophysical methods (in particular,...
by Sarah Fabiny, Who HQ
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
Explore Antarctica--the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth--in this adventure-filled title in the Who HQ series.
Antarctica, the earth's southernmost continent, was virtually untouched by humans until the nineteenth century. Many famous explorers journeyed (and often died) there...
by Julia J. Quinlan
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2018
The tundra is the most remote and least inhabited biome on Earth. Few people get to see these remote and foreboding landscapes. Readers will learn what can live in these harsh environments and why such an unwelcoming place is essential to all life on Earth. Vibrant color photographs help students...
by Jennifer Overend Prior
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 12, 2018
We need natural resources to survive. Natural resources are things that nature gives us. But we need to be careful that we do not use too many of Earth's resources. We need to take care of Earth because it takes care of us! Colorful images, supporting text, a glossary, table of contents, and index...
Tidal Friction and the Earth’s Rotation II
Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) of the University of Bielefeld, September 28–October 3, 1981
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In the four years which elapsed between our first workshop on .Tidal Friction and the Earth's Rotation and the second, the proceedings of which are presented here, many of the disciplines involved made ad vances which we felt should be exchanged. We were encouraged by the good reception our first...
Worlds Beyond Our Own
The Search for Habitable Planets
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
This is a book on planets: Solar system planets and dwarf planets. And planets outside our solar system – exoplanets. How did they form? What types of planets are there and what do they have in common? How do they differ? What do we know about their atmospheres – if they have one? What are the...
by Richard J. Huggett
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Discussions of "systems" and the "systems approach" tend to fall into one of two categories: the panegyrical and the disparaging. Scholars who praise the systems approach do so in the belief that it is a powerful and precise method of study. Scholars who try to shoot it down fail...
Drift, Deformation, and Fracture of Sea Ice
A Perspective Across Scales
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Sea ice is a major component of polar environments, especially in the Arctic where it covers the entire Arctic Ocean throughout most of the year. However, in the context of climate change, the Arctic sea ice cover has been declining significantly over the last decades, either in terms of its concentration...
Agromining: Farming for Metals
Extracting Unconventional Resources Using Plants
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2017
This is the first book on global agromining/phytomining technology. It presents the complete metal farming or agromining chain; an emerging technology expected to be transformative in the extraction of resources of those elements not accessible by traditional mining techniques. Meeting the demand...