Geology category: 1681 books
by Tony Buick, Philip Pugh
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
Although astronomical CCD cameras can be very costly, digital cameras – the kind you use on holiday – on the other hand, are relatively inexpensive. Moreover, their technology – especially thermal noise, sensitivity (ISO number) and resolution – has progressed to a point where such cameras...
by Hamed Niroumand
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2017
Soil Reinforcement for Anchor Plates and Uplift Response presents a comprehensive and rigorous review of the current knowledge in soil improvement for anchor plates, and is based on original research that includes experimental data on how to enhance uplift response of soil anchor plates by using several...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
Volcanoes are unquestionably one of the most spectacular and awe-inspiring features of the physical world. Our paradoxical fascination with them stems from their majestic beauty and powerful, sometimes deadly, destructiveness. Notwithstanding the tremendous advances in volcanology since ancient times,...
The Emergence of Pressure Blade Making
From Origin to Modern Experimentation
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Human development is a long and steady process that began with stone tool making. Because of this skill, humans were able to adapt to climate changes, discover new territories, and invent new technologies. "Pressure knapping" is the common term for one method of creating stone tools,...
Bioprospects of Coastal Eubacteria
Ecosystems of Goa
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
This book is a collection of scholarly articles presenting the research results of work carried out under the supervision of Prof. Saroj Bhosle, a microbiologist at Goa University, India.The objective of this volume is to document the comprehensive ecological knowledge of eubacteria isolated from...
Impact of Climate Change and Human Activity on the Eco-environment
An Analysis of the Xisha Islands
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
This study describes the fundamentals of assessing the vulnerability of coral islands, as well as environmental management and resource exploitation. Using seabird subfossils, such as bones, guano, eggshells etc., which have been well preserved on the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea, the author...
Hydrological Processes of the Danube River Basin
Perspectives from the Danubian Countries
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2010
The Danube River Basin is shared by 19 countries and there is no river basin in the world shared by so many nations. Europe’s second largest river basin with a total 2 area of about 800,000 km is also home to 83 million people of different cultures, languages and historical backgrounds. Management...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
This volume presents recent advances in the research on meromictic lakes and a state-of-the art overview of this area. After an introduction to the terminology and geographic distribution of meromictic lakes, three concise chapters describe their physical, chemical and biological features. The following...
by E.I. Galperin
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The present book is the author's third on the subject of vertical seismic profiling (VSP). Ten years have elapsed since the pUblication of the fIrst book. During this period, VSP has become the principal method of seismic observations in boreholes and the chief method of experimental studies of seismic...
Arc Volcano of Japan
Generation of Continental Crust from the Mantle
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
This book presents an analysis of our current knowledge on the origin of the Earth’s continental crust. There are two aspects to consider: tectonic and igneous processes. Tectonic aspects include sedimentary accretion, terrane accretion, and continental collision at continental margins, in association...
Wave Fields in Real Media
Wave Propagation in Anisotropic, Anelastic, Porous and Electromagnetic Media
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Wave Fields in Real Media examines the differences between an ideal and a real description of wave propagation, where ideal means an elastic (lossless), isotropic and single-phase medium, and real means an anelastic, anisotropic and multi-phase medium. The analysis starts by introducing the relevant...
Ground Improvement Case Histories
Chemical, Electrokinetic, Thermal and Bioengineering
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
Written by an international group of experts, Ground Improvement Case Histories: Chemical, Electrokinetic, Thermal and Bioengineering Methods provides over 700 pages of case-histories collected from all over the world. Each case-history provides an overview of the specific technology followed by applications,...
by Ruwan Abey Rajapakse
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2015
Geotechnical Engineering Calculations and Rules of Thumb, Second Edition, offers geotechnical, civil and structural engineers a concise, easy-to-understand approach to selecting the right formula and solving even most difficult calculations in geotechnical engineering. A "quick look up guide",...
Geomechanics and Geotechnics of Particulate Media
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Geomechanics and Geotechnics of Particulate Media, Ube, Japan, 12-14 September 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Microscopic re-examination of geomaterials consisting of aggregates can shed light on macroscopic behaviour, including compressibility, anisotropy, yielding, creep, cyclic liquefaction and shear rupture. As a result of this process of examination, new methods of material characterization emerge, leading...