Geology category: 1681 books
by Scott Elias
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Innovation and creativity are two of the key characteristics that distinguish cultural transmission from biological transmission. This book explores a number of questions concerning the nature and timing of the origins of human creativity. What were the driving factors in the development of new technologies?...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
This is the third volume in a series examining the political importance of China's provinces under reform. The present book provides a survey of provinces as echelons of the peoples Republic of China. It seeks to locate the province as an administrative level in the Chinese state, through an examination...
Introduction to Satellite Remote Sensing
Atmosphere, Ocean, Land and Cryosphere Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
Introduction to Satellite Remote Sensing: Atmosphere, Ocean and Land Applications is the first reference book to cover ocean applications, atmospheric applications, and land applications of remote sensing.
Applications of remote sensing data are finding increasing application in fields as diverse...
The Zealandia Drowning Debate
Did New Zealand Sink Beneath the Waves?
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Did the entire New Zealand land mass sink beneath the waves 23 million years ago?
Many biologists reject the idea and insist that our native terrestrial fauna can be explained only by the continuous existence of land. But many geologists are now asserting that there is no longer any convincing...
Blunderbuss Wanderlust
Being an Account of the Temporal Travels of Colonel Victor Von Vector and the Eras of His Ways
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2010
Readers are taken on a journey through 600 million years of evolution and Earth history. With his time-travel inducing Blunderbuss gun, the Colonel ventures through geologic time. He visits the Trilobite-filled seas of the Cambrian period, the steamy jungle of the Carboniferous, and the first flower-laden...
The Ancient Nasca World
New Insights from Science and Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
This book presents outstanding chapter contributions on the Nasca culture in a variety of artistic expressions such as architecture, geoglyphs, ceramics, music, and textiles.
The approach, based on the integration of science with archaeology and anthropology, sheds new light on the Nasca civilization....
The Trace-Fossil Record of Major Evolutionary Events
Volume 1: Precambrian and Paleozoic
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
This volume addresses major evolutionary changes that took place during the Ediacaran and the Paleozoic. These include discussions on the nature of Ediacaran ecosystems, as well as the ichnologic signature of evolutionary radiations, such as the Cambrian explosion and the Great Ordovician biodiversification...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2012
In 1878, the first complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered in a coal mine in Bernissart, Belgium. Iguanodon, first described by Gideon Mantell on the basis of fragments discovered in England in 1824, was initially reconstructed as an iguana-like reptile or a heavily built, horned quadruped. However,...
Ecological Systems
Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Earth is home to an estimated 8 million animal species, 600,000 fungi, 300,000 plants, and an undetermined number of microbial species. Of these animal, fungal, and plant species, an estimated 75% have yet to be identified. Moreover, the interactions between these species and their physical environment...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
This is the only book to focus on the geomorphological landscapes of Canada West. It outlines the little-appreciated diversity of Canada’s landscapes, and the nature of the geomorphological landscape, which deserves wider publicity. Three of the most important geomorphological facts related to Canada...
by Manuel Berberian
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting on the Iranian Plateau is a comprehensive and well-illustrated multi-disciplinary research work that analyzes the human and physical aspects of the active faults and large-magnitude earthquakes since ancient times on the Iranian Plateau. The long-term historical,...
Flood Damage Survey and Assessment
New Insights from Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Floods can have a devastating impact on life, property and economic resources. However, the systematic collection of damage data in the aftermath of flood events can contribute to future risk mitigation. Such data can support a variety of actions including the identification of priorities for intervention...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2010
Physical landscapes are one of the most fascinating facets of our Planet, which tell stories about the evolution of the surface of the Earth. This book provides up-to-date information about the geomorphology of the selected ‘classic’ sites from around the world and shows the variety of geomorphological...
by R. Jayangondaperumal, V. C. Thakur, V. Joevivek
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
The book contributes to understanding the pattern of strain release and the level of seismic hazard imposed by large-great earthquakes in the frontal fold-thrust belts of Kumaun and Garhwal regions of Uttarakhand. The motivation for active fault studies and their characterization have been emphasized....