Geology category: 1681 books
The Interdisciplinary Role of Space Geodesy
Proceedings of an International Workshop held at “Ettore Majorana” Center for Scientific Culture, International School of Geodesy — Director, Enzo Boschi-. Erice, Sicily, Italy, July 23–29, 1988
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2006
This volume is the result of the dedicated effort undertaken by an international group of scientists and administrators, who have contemplated the challenge of the future of space-based earth science for the next decade. Recognizing the need for defining new milestones both in science and technology,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Man’s intensifying use of the Earth’s habitat has led to an urgent need for scientifically advanced ‘geo-prediction systems’ that accurately locate subsurface resources and forecast the timing and magnitude of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and land subsidence.
As advances in the earth...
Natural Hazard Uncertainty Assessment
Modeling and Decision Support
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Uncertainties are pervasive in natural hazards, and it is crucial to develop robust and meaningful approaches to characterize and communicate uncertainties to inform modeling efforts. In this monograph we provide a broad, cross-disciplinary overview of issues relating to uncertainties faced in natural...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
In 1998 Armenia was commemorating the tenth anniversary of the catastrophic Spitak earthquake. The Second International Conference on "Earthquake Hazard and Seismic Risk Reduction" sponsored by the Government of the Republic of Armenia and United Nation's International Decade for Natural...
Darwin's Evolving Identity
Adventure, Ambition, and the Sin of Speculation
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Why—against his mentor’s exhortations to publish—did Charles Darwin take twenty years to reveal his theory of evolution by natural selection? In Darwin’s Evolving Identity, Alistair Sponsel argues that Darwin adopted this cautious approach to atone for his provocative theorizing as a young...
Fundamentals of Invertebrate Palaeontology
Macrofossils
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
This book provides practical morphological information, together with detailed illustrations and concise texts explaining each entry. The book details the morphological characters of each organism, providing fundamental information for palaeontologists and palaeobiologists alike. Each chapter starts...
by Viacheslav V. Spichak, Olga K. Zakharova
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
Electromagnetic Geothermometry explores, presents and explains the new technique of temperature estimation within the Earth’s interior; the Electromagnetic technique will identify zones of geothermal anomalies and thus provides locations for deep drilling. This book includes many case studies from...
Earth's Deep History
How It Was Discovered and Why It Matters
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Earth has been witness to mammoths and dinosaurs, global ice ages, continents colliding or splitting apart, and comets and asteroids crashing catastrophically to the surface, as well as the birth of humans who are curious to understand it. But how was all this discovered? How was the evidence for...
First Life
Discovering the Connections between Stars, Cells, and How Life Began
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
This pathbreaking book explores how life can begin, taking us from cosmic clouds of stardust, to volcanoes on Earth, to the modern chemistry laboratory. Seeking to understand life’s connection to the stars, David Deamer introduces astrobiology, a new scientific discipline that studies the origin...
by Paul Selden, John Nudds
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems describes all of the main Fossil Lagerstätten (sites of exceptional fossil preservation) from around the world in a chronological order. It covers the history of research, stratigraphy and taphonomy, main faunal and floral elements, and the palaeoecology of each site and gives a comparison with coeval sites around the w
by George Nakhutsrishvili
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2012
The book describes richness and diversity of Georgia’s vegetation. Contrasting ecosystems coexist on the relatively small territory of the country and include semi-deserts in East Georgia, Colchic forests with almost sub-tropical climate in West Georgia and subnival plant communities in high mountains....
by Saswati Bandyopadhyay
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2010
The Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) was established on 17th December, 1931 by a great visionary Prof. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis to promote research in the theory and applications of statistics as a new scienti c discipline in India. In 1959, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of...
by John A. Kington
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Comprising the first definitive account of the geological and palaeometeorological studies made by the British geologist, Frederic W. Harmer (1835-1924) this book contributes a previously missing chapter to the history of science. The main objective of the author is to ensure that the scientific work...
STRATI 2013
First International Congress on Stratigraphy At the Cutting Edge of Stratigraphy
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
The 1st International Congress on Stratigraphy (STRATI 2013), hold in Lisbon, 1–7 July 2013, follows the decision to internationalize the conferences previously organized by the French Committee of Stratigraphy (STRATI), the last one of which was held in Paris in 2010. Thus, the congress possesses...