Geology category: 1681 books

Cover of Beach Management Tools - Concepts, Methodologies and Case Studies
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Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017

This book provides an overview of beach management tools, including carrying capacity, beach nourishment, environmental and tourism awards (like Blue Flag or others), bathing water quality, zoning, beach typologies, quality index, user's perception, interdisciplinary beach monitoring, coastal legislation,...
Cover of The Permian of Northern Pangea

The Permian of Northern Pangea

Volume 2: Sedimentary Basins and Economic Resources

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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

The Permian was a remarkable time period. It represents the maximum stage of Pangean continental assembly, includes a major global climatic shift from glacial to nonglacial conditions (icehouse-greenhouse transition), and is ter­ minated by one of the most profound faunal/floral extinction events...
Cover of The Vent and Seep Biota

The Vent and Seep Biota

Aspects from Microbes to Ecosystems

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Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010

Oases of life around black smokers and hydrocarbon seeps in the deep-sea were among the most surprising scientific discoveries of the past three decades. These ecosystems are dominated by animals having symbiotic relationships with chemoautotrophic bacteria. Their study developed into an international,...
Cover of Marine Algal Bloom: Characteristics, Causes and Climate Change Impacts
by Santosh Kumar Sarkar
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2018

In the marine environment, single-celled, microscopic, plant-like organisms naturally occur in the well-lit surface layer of any body of water. These organisms, referred to as phytoplankton or microalgae, form the base of the food web upon which nearly all other marine organisms depend. Algal bloom...
Cover of Field Guide to Rocks & Minerals of Southern Africa
by Bruce Cairncross
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2011

Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals of Southern Africa is the first definitive field guide to document the common, rare and unusual rocks and minerals of South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland and also southern Mozambique. Supported by more than 500 full-colour photographs, the...
Cover of Pocket Guide to Rocks & Minerals of southern Africa
by Bruce Cairncross
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015

Southern Africa’s rocks span an enormous time period and the region boasts a wealth of mineral deposits. This handy pocket guide presents a selection of the most common, fascinating and important rock and mineral species to be found here. Each entry includes:  full-colour photographs  a concise...
Cover of Advances in Geophysics
by Lars Nielsen
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017

Advances in Geophysics, Volume 58, the latest in this critically acclaimed serialized review journal that has published for over 50 years, contains the latest information available in the field. Users will find valuable chapters highlighting the Novel use of geodynamics in plate tectonic reconstruction,...
Cover of Coastal and Marine Geospatial Technologies
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Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2010

In 2005 the CoastGIS symposium and exhibition was once again held in Aberdeen, Scotland, in the UK, the second time that we have had the privilege host this international event in the city of Aberdeen. This was the 6th International S- posium Computer Mapping and GIS for Coastal Zone Management, a...
Cover of Brazilian Beach Systems
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Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016

This book is about the more than 4,000 beach systems that form most of the 9000 km long Brazilian coast. It focuses on the beaches of each of the seventeen coastal states and three oceanic islands, their nature, morphodynamics and status. It is a must for anyone who wants to know more about this great...
Cover of Biogeodynamics of Pollutants in Soils and Sediments

Biogeodynamics of Pollutants in Soils and Sediments

Risk Assessment of Delayed and Non-Linear Responses

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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

In the USA, Western and Central Europe, there are many large-scale polluted sites that are too large to be cleaned up economically with available technologies. The pollution is caused by heavy industries to soils and sediments in waterways and reservoirs. Since these areas are expected to remain polluted...
Cover of Guide to Process Based Modeling of Lakes and Coastal Seas
by Anders Omstedt
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015

This new edition of Guide to Process Based Modeling of Lakes and Coastal Seas brings the modeling up to date, taking into account multiple stressors acting on aquatic systems. The combination of acidification and increasing amounts of anoxic waters associated with eutrophication puts severe stress...
Cover of The Ecozones of the World

The Ecozones of the World

The Ecological Divisions of the Geosphere

by Jürgen Schultz
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013

This abundantly illustrated book provides a fundamental introduction to the ecological zones of the geosphere. The revised edition includes more than 70 new figures and tables, plus detailed maps of agricultural regions and soil classification. A large number of new Anglo-American ecological studies...
Cover of The Natural Environment and the Biogeochemical Cycles
by G.G. Choudhry
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013

Environmental Chemistry is a relatively young science. Interest in this subject, however, is growing very rapidly and, although no agreement has been reached as yet ab out the exact content and limits of this interdisciplinary discipline, there appears to be increasing interest in seeing environmental...
Cover of Basic Concepts in Digital Signal Processing for Seismologists
by Frank Scherbaum
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2006

Digital signal processing has become more and more an integral part of observational seismology. While it offers unprecedented power in extracting information from seismic signals, it comes at the price of having to learn a variety of new skills. Dealing with digital seismic data requires at least a...
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