Geology category: 1681 books
by Sunggyu Lee
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
"Covers the chemistry, process chemistry, technology, engineering, and economics of methane conversion, including its environmental impact and commercial exploitation. Begins with methane's availability and increasing importance as an environmentally acceptable natural resource alternative and feedstock."
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Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2011
Encyclopedia of Caves is a self-contained, beautifully illustrated work dedicated to caves and their unique environments. It includes more than 100 comprehensive articles from leading scholars and explorers in 15 different countries. Each entry is detailed and scientifically sound, yet accessible...
Geomorphic Analysis of River Systems
An Approach to Reading the Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Filling a niche in the geomorphology teaching market, this introductory book is built around a 12 week course in fluvial geomorphology.
‘Reading the landscape’ entails making sense of what a riverscape looks like, how it works, how it has evolved over time, and how alterations to one part...
Dynamic Paleontology
Using Quantification and Other Tools to Decipher the History of Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Using a series of case studies, the book demonstrates the power of dynamic analysis as applied to the fossil record. Written in an engaging and informative style, Dynamic Paleontology outlines the best application of quantitative and other tools to critical problems in the paleontological sciences...
Experimental Approaches to Understanding Fossil Organisms
Lessons from the Living
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Paleontologists and geologists struggle with research questions often complicated by the loss or even absence of key paleobiological and paleoenvironmental information. Insight into this missing data can be gained through direct exploration of analogous living organisms and modern environments. Creative,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Over the past 4 billion years, microorganisms have contributed to shaping the earth and making it more habitable for higher forms of life. They are remarkable in their metabolic diversity and their ability to harvest energy from oxidation and reduction reactions. Research on these microbiological...
The Rock Physics Handbook
Tools for Seismic Analysis of Porous Media
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2009
The Rock Physics Handbook addresses the relationships between geophysical observations and the underlying physical properties of rocks. It distills a vast quantity of background theory and laboratory results into a series of concise chapters that provide practical solutions to problems in geophysical...
Geochemistry
Pathways and Processes
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2003
Written expressly for undergraduate and graduate geologists, this book focuses on how geochemical principles can be used to solve practical problems. The attention to problem-solving reflects the authors'belief that showing how theory is useful in solving real-life problems is vital for learning....
by Michael S. Zhdanov
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2009
In this book the author presents the state-of-the-art electromagnetic (EM)
theories and methods employed in EM geophysical exploration.
The book brings together the fundamental theory of EM fields and the practical
aspects of EM exploration for mineral and energy resources.
This text is unique in...
by John M. Reynolds
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
An Introduction to Applied and Environmental Geophysics, 2nd Edition, describes the rapidly developing field of near-surface geophysics. The book covers a range of applications including mineral, hydrocarbon and groundwater exploration, and emphasises the use of geophysics in civil engineering and...
by Philip Kearey, Keith A. Klepeis, Frederick J. Vine
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
The third edition of this widely acclaimed textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of global tectonics, and includes major revisions to reflect the most significant recent advances in the field.
A fully revised third edition of this highly acclaimed text written by eminent...
Volcanic and Igneous Plumbing Systems
Understanding Magma Transport, Storage, and Evolution in the Earth's Crust
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
Volcanic and Igneous Plumbing Systems: Understanding Magma Transport, Storage, and Evolution in the Earth's Crust synthesizes research from various geoscience disciplines to examine volcanic and igneous plumbing systems (VIPS) in-depth. VIPS comprise a network of magma transport and storage features...
Gas Migration
Events Preceding Earthquakes
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2000
This breakthrough new book may help save countless lives and avoid enormous losses. It presents a methodology for using gas migration to predict earthquakes and explosive gas buildup. Using rigorous scientific investigation and documented worldwide case histories, this remarkable book presents compelling...
Earth and Life Processes Discovered from Subseafloor Environments
A Decade of Science Achieved by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP: 2000-2013) has provided crucial records of past and present processes and interactions within and between the biosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and geosphere. Research in IODP encompasses a wide range of fundamental and applied issues that...