Geology category: 1681 books
by Harvey Maddux
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2014
"Gold Fever": most anyone who "caught it" went to their grave, still dreaming of striking it rich. So it was with my father, Harvey Maddux. Gold forever glittered in his dreams. As his daughter, I remember he always carried a beat-up steel gold pan in the truck of the car. He explained it all to me:...
Ichnoentomology
Insect Traces in Soils and Paleosols
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
This book is devoted to the ichnology of insects, and associated trace fossils, in soils and paleosols. The traces described here, mostly nests and pupation chambers, include one of the most complex architectures produced by animals. Chapters explore the walls, shapes and fillings of trace fossils...
by Geoffrey F. Davies
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2011
Mantle convection is the fundamental agent driving many of the geological features observed at the Earth's surface, including plate tectonics and plume volcanism. Yet many Earth scientists have an incomplete understanding of the process. This book describes the physics and fluid dynamics of mantle...
by S. Rasool
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
About three years ago Catherine de Berg and I published a short article in Nature in which we attempted to explain why the chemistry of the atmosphere of the Earth is today so completely different from that of our two neighbor ing planets, Mars and Venus. Our atmosphere is composed mainly of N2...
The Earth's Inner Core
Revealed by Observational Seismology
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
The inner core is a planet within a planet: a hot sphere with a mass of one hundred quintillion tons of iron and nickel that lies more than 5000 kilometres beneath our feet. It plays a crucial role in driving outer core fluid motion and the geodynamo, which generates the Earth's magnetic field. This...
by Tjeerd H. van Andel
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 1994
In this 1994 revised edition of his award-winning book on the Earth's history, Professor van Andel updates and expands his earlier text, drawing on a wealth of new knowledge that has become available in the last decade. This book examines the major changes in the Earth's history - the evolution of...
Synthesis of Biocomposite Materials
Chemical and Biological Modifications of Natural Polymers
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
Biomaterials have been used for artificial-organ and bioreactor materials, and have gained importance for enhancement of human welfare. This book summarizes research devoted to creating useful biofunctional materials by chemical modification of natural polymers, and forecasts future development.
Till
A Glacial Process Sedimentology
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Provides the first comprehensive review of the current state of the science on tills
It is critical that glacial scientists continue to refine their interpretations of ancient archives of subglacial processes, specifically those represented by tills and associated deposits, as they form the...
Geocryology
Characteristics and Use of Frozen Ground and Permafrost Landforms
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
This book provides a general survey of Geocryology, which is the study of frozen ground called permafrost. Frozen ground is the product of cold climates as well as a variety of environmental factors. Its major characteristic is the accumulation of large quantities of ice which may exceed 90% by volume....
by James S. Aber, Andrzej Ber
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2007
Glaciotectonism is an important component of modern glacial theory, gaining widespread recognition within the past 25 years. This book is outcome of compiling maps of glaciotectonic structures and landforms for North America and central Europe, which is the basis for better understanding the role...
The Caloris Network
A Scientific Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
The year is 2130. The first-ever expedition is sent to Mercury to search for the cause of an unknown source of electromagnetic radiation that can destroy space ships passing by the planet. Thought to be inhospitable and lifeless, the surface of Mercury provides startling surprises for the crew that...
Mineral Resource Base of the Southern Caucasus and Systems for its Management in the XXI Century
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Mineral Resource Base of the Southern Caucasus and Systems for its Management in the XXI Century Tbilisi, Georgia 3–6 April 2001
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The NATO Advanced Research Workshop “Mineral Resource Base of the Southern Caucasus and Systems for its Management in the XXI Century” was held in Tbilisi on April 3-6, 2001. The workshop was financed by the NATO Science Programme and financially supported by the Open Society – Georgia Foundation....
Plant Litter
Decomposition, Humus Formation, Carbon Sequestration
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Since the publication of the 2nd edition, there have been substantial developments in the field of litter decomposition. This fully revised and updated 3rd edition of Plant Litter reflects and discusses new findings and re-evaluates earlier ones in light of recent research and with regard to current...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013