Geology category: 1681 books

This monograph is a compilation of a number of research studies presented in fourteen chapters dealing with the impact and restoration of coastal environments that have been affected by earthquakes and tsunamis. The focus is mainly on rivers, estuaries, coastal lagoons, beaches, and related ecosystems....

In a media interview in January 2010, scientist Robert Yeats sounded the alarm on Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as an 'earthquake time bomb', a region at critical risk of major seismic activity. One week later, a catastrophic earthquake struck the city, leaving over 100,000 dead and triggering a humanitarian...

The first Catalogue of Meteorites from South America includes new specimens never previously reported, while doubtful cases and pseudometeorites have been deliberately omitted. The falling of these objects is a random event, but the sites where old meteorites are found tend to be focused in...

This book explains how it came to be that Venus and Earth, while very similar in chemical composition, zonation, size and heliocentric distance from the Sun, are very different in surface environmental conditions. It is argued here that these differences can be accounted for by planetoid capture processes...

The eighteen articles appearing in this, the fifth, number of Anthropology of the North: Translations from Russian Sources, were mostly published between the years 1957 and 1963. The exceptions are S.I. Rudenko's "The culture of the prehistoric population of Kamchatka," published in 1948,...

The book presents an up-to-date, detailed overview of the Quaternary glaciations all over the world, not only with regard to stratigraphy but also with regard to major glacial landforms and the extent of the respective ice sheets. The locations of key sites are included. The information is presented...

The global climate changes that led to the expansion and contraction of high latitude ice sheets during the Quaternary period were associated with equally dramatic changes in tropical environments. These included shifts in vegetation zones, changes in the hydrology and ecology of lakes and rivers,...

This comprehensive study is concerned with the solid rocks, the seas and oceans, our enveloping atmosphere, the soil and the “green mantle” of natural vegetation—as they interrelate in man’s physical environment. The text is illustrated with many photographs and specially-drawn maps and diagrams.

You don’t have to take a trip to the thermal pools of Iceland or the black beaches of Hawaii to discover what’s so hot about volcanoes. Warm up instead with a copy of What***’******s So Hot About Volcanoes?***, a new book by volcanologist Wendell Duffield. Lively discussions introduce readers...

The expert contributors to this cutting edge volume provide an overview of geomorphological process activity and landscape change in Britain over the past 1000 years. The range of the book is unusually broad, encompassing hillslope, valley floor and floodplain, fluvial, estuarine and coastal processes. Provides...

Der erzgebirgische Bergbau, der sich bis ins 12. Jahrhundert zurückverfolgen lässt, erlebt in seiner zweiten Hauptperiode (1450 - 1620) mit der Entdeckung zahlreicher neuer Lagerstätten eine besondere Ausprägung. Denn die Erschließung größerer Teufenbereiche zielt auch auf neue technische Lösungen...

Der Faszination der Mineralwelt kann man sich wohl kaum entziehen, denn jedes Mineral ist ein Unikat und weiß durch Form, Farbe, Gestalt und Gesellschaft zu begeistern. Weltweit sind über 4600 verschiedene Minerale nachgewiesen, und die schönsten davon haben seit 2008 ihren Platz in der TERRA MINERALIA...

Der Faszination der Mineralwelt kann man sich wohl kaum entziehen, denn jedes Mineral ist ein Unikat und weiß durch Form, Farbe, Gestalt und Gesellschaft zu begeistern. Weltweit sind über 4600 verschiedene Minerale nachgewiesen, und die schönsten davon haben seit 2008 ihren Platz in der TERRA MINERALIA...

The book is an up-to-date basic reference for natural gas hydrate (NGH) in the Arctic Ocean. Geographical, geological, environmental, energy, new technology, and regulatory matters are discussed. The book should be of interest to general readers and scientists and students as well as industry and...