Geology category: 1681 books
Landforms of the Earth
An Illustrated Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
This is a highly illustrated book with each landform being described with the following structure: (1) Main characteristics, including geometric, morphometric and sedimentological features. (2) Genetic processes and controlling factors. (3) Different typologies if applicable. (4) Additional comments...
Recent Landform Evolution
The Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric Region
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
The Carpatho-Balkan Geomorphological Commission and the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric Regional Working Group, promote networking between researchers and the exchange of research experience. Following a brief introduction into the geology, climate, hydrology...
by Adam Valenzano
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
Master's Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject Geography / Earth Science - Geology, Mineralogy, Soil Science, Ruhr-University of Bochum, language: English, abstract: The lower coral limestone of the upper Honsel beds is a transition zone between the argillaceous-dominated lower Honsel Beds and...
by Egon T. Degens
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Perspectives on Biogeochemistry is an account of the origin of forces and matter at the dawn of time, and the way they evolved to planet Earth of today. Several fields of natural sciences are consulted to present a coherent view on the cycling of terrestrial elements and molecules, both organic and...
by Lanru Jing, Ove Stephansson
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2007
This book presents some fundamental concepts behind the basic theories and tools of discrete element methods (DEM), its historical development, and its wide scope of applications in geology, geophysics and rock engineering. Unlike almost all books available on the general subject of DEM, this book...
The Red Sea
The Formation, Morphology, Oceanography and Environment of a Young Ocean Basin
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
This book presents a broad overview of the current state of knowledge regarding the Red Sea, from its geological formation and oceanographic development to the environmental influences on its ecology and the changes it is experiencing due to the rapid development of its coastlines and role as one...
Three-Dimensional Architecture and Paleoenvironments of Osaka Bay
An Integrated Seismic Study on the Evolutionary Processes of a Tectonic Basin
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
This publication shows the three-dimensional configuration of the gigantic tectonic sag of the Osaka Bay sedimentary basin on the eastern Eurasian margin based on reflection seismic data never before published. The basin has developed relatively quickly since the dawn of the Quaternary. High-resolution...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Geodynamics concerns with the dynamics of the global motion of the earth, of the motion in the earth's interior and its interaction with surface features, together with the mechanical processes in the deformation and rupture of geological structures. Its final object is to determine the driving mechanism...
by John R. Giardino, Chris Houser
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Principles and Dynamics of the Critical Zone is an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate courses and an essential tool for researchers developing cutting-edge proposals. It provides a process-based description of the Critical Zone, a place that The National Research Council (2001) defines...
Archean Rare-Metal Pegmatites in Zimbabwe and Western Australia
Geology and Metallogeny of Pollucite Mineralisations
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2019
Lithium-cesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites are important resources for rare metals. For Cs, only the LCT pegmatites with the zeolite group mineral pollucite at Bikita (Zimbabwe Craton) and Tanco (Superior Province Craton) are of commercial importance. Common characteristics of world-class LCT pegmatite...
Geomorphological Mapping
Methods and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2011
Geomorphological Mapping: a professional handbook of techniques and applications is a new book targeted at academics and practitioners who use, or wish to utilise, geomorphological mapping within their work. Synthesising for the first time an historical perspective to geomorphological mapping, field...
by Mansour Ghorbani
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2019
This book discusses the entire lithostratigraphy of Iran from the Proterozoic to recent. This unique book manages to elucidate the stratigraphy of Iran, after an exhausting and long-term process; the creation of a comprehensive stratigraphic framework required input from many Iranian specialist stratigraphers...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
The basement regions constitute more than two-thirds of outcropping bedrock material across our planet's continents. During the past 30 years French geomorphologists have contributed greatly to the characterization of some of the laws and patterns of landform evolution in shields and crystaliine areas...
The Physical Geography of Brazil
Environment, Vegetation and Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
This book presents the Brazilian natural space and environment. It describes the main environmental aspects of Brazil in relation to geology, climate, geomorphology, vegetation, fauna, water resources and environmental issues.
The book presents a beautifully illustrated overview of the physical...