Earth Sciences category: 10037 books
by Linda D. Williams
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2004
Say goodbye to dry presentations, grueling formulas, and abstract theories that would put Einstein to sleep -- now there's an easier way to master the disciplines you really need to know.
McGraw-Hill's Demystified Series teaches complex subjects in a unique, easy-to-absorb manner, and is perfect...
São Francisco Craton, Eastern Brazil
Tectonic Genealogy of a Miniature Continent
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
The region of the São Francisco river valley in eastern Brazil encompasses two main components of the geologic framework of the South American continent: the São Francisco craton and its marginal orogenic belts. Cratons, as the oldest, differentiated and relatively stable pieces of the continental...
by Hans-Ulrich Schmincke
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Volcanic eruptions are the clear and dramatic expression of dynamic processes in planet Earth. The author, one of the most profound specialists in the field of volcanology, explains in a concise and easy to understand manner the basics and most recent findings in the field. Based on over 300 color...
Why Geology Matters
Decoding the Past, Anticipating the Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2011
Volcanic dust, climate change, tsunamis, earthquakes—geoscience explores phenomena that profoundly affect our lives. But more than that, as Doug Macdougall makes clear, the science also provides important clues to the future of the planet. In an entertaining and accessibly written narrative, Macdougall...
Under a Crimson Sun
Prospects for Life in a Red Dwarf System
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Gliese 581 is a red dwarf star some 20.3 light years from Earth. Red dwarfs are among the most numerous stars in the galaxy, and they sport diverse planetary systems. At magnitude 10, Gliese 581 is visible to amateur observers but does not stand out. So what makes this star so important? It is that...
The Man Who Planted Trees
A Story of Lost Groves, the Science of Trees, and a Plan to Save the Planet
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
The Man Who Planted Trees is the inspiring story of David Milarch’s quest to clone the biggest trees on the planet in order to save our forests and ecosystem—as well as a hopeful lesson about how each of us has the ability to make a difference.
“When is the best time to plant a tree?...
Geohistory
Global Evolution of the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Discusses the global evolution of the earth, such as core- mantle separation, mantle-crust evolution, origin of ocean- atmosphere system, on the basis of isotope earth science and paleomagnetism, where recent devlopment in planetology and astrophysical theories are extensively taken into account.
Global Events and Event Stratigraphy in the Phanerozoic
Results of the International Interdisciplinary Cooperation in the IGCP-Project 216 “Global Biological Events in Earth History”
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The existence of rapid and even catastrophic turnovers within the Phanerozoic ecosystems has been discussed controversially for more than 170 years. Since 1980 this discussion has become even more intensive after the hypothesis of Alvarez, explaining the end-Cretaceous mass extinction as the result...
Traditional Wisdom and Modern Knowledge for the Earth’s Future
Lectures Given at the Plenary Sessions of the International Geographical Union Kyoto Regional Conference, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
The title of this book, Traditional Wisdom and Modern Knowledge for the Earth’s Future, is from the theme of the 2013 Kyoto Regional Conference of the International Geographical Union. Over the past few decades, globalization has strengthened connections among countries and regions of the world...
Theory of Satellite Geodesy
Applications of Satellites to Geodesy
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
The main purpose of this classic text is to demonstrate how Newtonian gravitational theory and Euclidean geometry can be used and developed in the earth's environment. The second is to collect and explain some of the mathematical techniques developed for measuring the earth by satellite.
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Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
This title analyzes distributed Earth observation missions from different perspectives. In particular, the issues arising when the payloads are distributed on different satellites are considered from both the theoretical and practical points of view. Moreover, the problems of designing, measuring,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Even before the present Administrator of NASA, Daniel Goldin, made the phrase 'better, faster, cheaper' the slogan of at least the Office of Space Science, that same office under the Associate Administrator of Lennard Fisk and its Division of Solar System Exploration under the direction of Wes Huntress...
Regional Geology and Tectonics: Phanerozoic Rift Systems and Sedimentary Basins
Phanerozoic Rift Systems and Sedimentary Basins
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Expert petroleum geologists David Roberts and Albert Bally bring you Regional Geology and Tectonics: Phanerozoic Rift Systems and Sedimentary Basins, volume two in a three-volume series covering Phanerozoic regional geology and tectonics. Experience in analyzing and assessing rifts—locations where...
by Giancarlo Varnier
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2012
In this text, after a brief description of the general characteristics of our planet, we focus on its dynamic training through the various geologic eras to arrive, then, the emergence and evolution of life in its many forms, with particular reference to the human species. Finally may try to understand the great events that could lead to the end of life on Earth.