Geology category: 1681 books
Ecosystem Biogeochemistry
Element Cycling in the Forest Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
This textbook presents a comprehensive process-oriented approach to biogeochemistry that is intended to appeal to readers who want to go beyond a general exposure to topics in biogeochemistry, and instead are seeking a holistic understanding of the interplay of biotic and environmental drivers in...
Mountains, Minerals, and Me
Thirteen Years Revealing Earth’S Mysteries
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Albert Lamarre never imagined that one day he would stare down the barrel of a shotgun pointed at him by a Texas ranchers daughter. Yet, there he wasin the middle of nowhereheld captive by a woman who meant business. Simply put, Lamarre was in this predicament because of his desire to learn more about...
Sedimentary Facies Reconstruction and Kinematic Restoration of Tight Gas Fields
Studies from the Upper Permian in Northwestern Germany
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
The thesis of Anna Alexandra Vackiner focuses on the geometric architecture and tectonic evolution of the Permian series, combining seismic interpretation (3D block), field studies in an analogue basin (Panamint Valley in California), as well as 2D restoration of representative cross sections through...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
This book provides a synthesis of the past decade of research into global changes that occurred in the earth system in the past. Focus is achieved by concentrating on those changes in the Earth's past environment that best inform our evaluation of current and future global changes and their consequences...
Granite Skyscrapers
How Rock Shaped Earth and Other Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
In this book, David Stevenson offers us a look at the evolution of planets as they move from balls of mixed molten rock to vibrant worlds capable of hosting life. Embedded in our everyday architecture and in the literal ground beneath our feet, granite and its kin lie at the heart of many features...
Ground Improvement Case Histories
Embankments with Special Reference to Consolidation and Other Physical Methods
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
Written by a group of international contributors, Ground Improvement Case Histories: Embankments with Special Reference to Soil Consolidation and Other Physical Methods, employs the use of case-histories to illustrate and apply equations, numerical methods and technology to undertake even the most...
by Encyclopaedia Universalis, Les Grands Articles
Language: French
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Les États-Unis d'Amérique se classent au quatrième rang mondial par leur superficie (9 385 000 km²) depuis qu'ils ont réuni aux quarante-huit États qui les composaient traditionnellement l'Alaska en 1959 et les îles Hawaii en 1960. Leur population, 313 millions d'habitants en 2011, les place au troisième rang (bien que très loin), ...
Jurassic Sedimentary Evolution and Nappe Emplacement in the Argolis Peninsula (Peloponnesus, Greece)
Jurassic Sedimentary Evolution and Nappe Emplacement in the Argolis Peninsula (Peloponnesus, Greece)
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
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Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
This book gathers older and current knowledge of the evolution and functioning of cuesta landscapes to provide a better understanding of the Luxembourgian landscape. The geological variety and tectonic setting of the area provide excellent opportunities to study landscape development, hydrology, geomorphological...
by Roger W. Brucker, Richard A. Watson
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 1987
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 1987
In 1925 the geological connection between Flint Ridge and Mammoth Cave was proved when dye placed in a Flint Ridge spring showed up in Echo River at Mammoth Cave.
That tantalizing swirl of dye confirmed speculations that were to tempt more than 650 cavers over half a century with the thrill of...
Beyond El Niño
Decadal and Interdecadal Climate Variability
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The interest and level of research into climate variability has risen dramatically in recent years, and major breakthroughs have been achieved in the understanding and modelling of seasonal to interannual climate variability and prediction. At the same time, the documentation of longer term variability...
Coasts in Crisis
A Global Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Coastal regions around the world have become increasingly crowded, intensively developed, and severely exploited. Hundreds of millions of people living in these low-lying areas are subject to short-term coastal hazards such as cyclones, hurricanes, and destruction due to El Niño, and are also exposed...
Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology
Part I: Europe
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2004
This book is the first of three volumes in which the recent knowledge of the extent and chronology of Quaternary glaciations has been compiled on a global scale. This information is seen as a fundamental requirement, not only for the glacial workers, but for the wider user-community of general Quaternary...
Quaternary History of the Coorong Coastal Plain, Southern Australia
An Archive of Environmental and Global Sea-Level Changes
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
This book provides an up-to-date overview of the Quaternary geological and geomorphological evolution of the Coorong Coastal Plain region and its significance in a global context for understanding long-term records of Quaternary sea-level changes.
The Coorong Coastal Plain in southern Australia is...