Geophysics category: 630 books
Stream Restoration in Dynamic Fluvial Systems
Scientific Approaches, Analyses, and Tools
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 194.
Stream Restoration in Dynamic Fluvial Systems: Scientific Approaches, Analyses, and Tools brings together leading contributors in stream restoration science to provide comprehensive consideration...
by Vladimir Semenov, Maxim Petrishchev
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
At the heart of this book is the generalized theoretical approach that is applied to investigate the geoelectrical structure of the Earth’s mantle. It also analyzes the results of regional and global induction sounding of the Earth’s mantle and compares them with the results obtained by other...
Coupled Dynamics in Soil
Experimental and Numerical Studies of Energy, Momentum and Mass Transfer
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
In arid and semi-arid areas, the main contributions to land surface processes are precipitation, surface evaporation and surface energy balancing. In the close-to-surface layer and root-zone layer, vapor flux is the dominant flux controlling these processes - process which, in turn, influence the...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Natural hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, floods, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and hurricanes cause environmental, economic as well as sociological problems worldwide. In recent years, greater availability of information and sensational media reports of natural hazard occurrence -and in particular...
Survey Control Points
Compatibility and Verification
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
This work deals with the issue of geodetic network structures, i.e. methods of verifying the condition of existing geodetic controls in terms of their compatibility and thereby their applicability. The presented work addresses these problems only for geodetic controls on a local scale. This is a...
by A. Mateus, Antonio Ribeiro
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book presents a historical perspective on plate tectonics. In doing so it discusses the foundations of rigid plate tectonics and the limitations of this approach. This classic approach explains the data at a level of 95 % precision. The authors explain data anomalies as a result of the discrepancies...
Geodesy for Planet Earth
Proceedings of the 2009 IAG Symposium, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 31 August 31 - 4 September 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2012
These proceedings include the written version of 130 papers presented at the International Association of Geodesy IAG2009 "Geodesy for Planet Earth" Scientific Assembly. It was held 31 August to 4 September 2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The theme "Geodesy for Planet Earth" was...
The German Continental Deep Drilling Program (KTB)
Site-selection Studies in the Oberpfalz and Schwarzwald
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
In October 1986 the German Minister for Research and Technology (Bundesminister fUr Forschung und Technologie), Dr. H. Riesenhuber, officially announced that the super-deep borehole of the Continental Deep Drilling Program of the Federal Republic of Germany (KTB) would be drilled in the Oberpfalz...
Nisyros Volcano
The Kos - Yali - Nisyros Volcanic Field
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
This book presents the first compilation of scientific research on the island of Nisyros, involving various geoscientific disciplines. Presenting a wealth of illustrations and maps, including a geological map of the volcano, it also provides valuable insights into the geothermal potential of Greece.
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Surface Ocean
Lower Atmosphere Processes
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 187.
The focus of Surface Ocean: Lower Atmosphere Processes is biogeochemical interactions between the surface ocean and the lower atmosphere. This volume is an outgrowth of the Surface Ocean-Lower...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The accelerated, and often uncontrolled, growth of the cities has contributed to the ecological transformation of their immediate surroundings. Factors contributing to the urban vulnerability include: lowering or rising of the water table, subsidence, loss of bearing capacity of soil foundations and...
Atlas of Antarctica
Topographic Maps from Geostatistical Analysis of Satellite Radar Altimeter Data
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The atlas consists of 136 topographic maps derived from satellite radar altimetry (Geosat and ERS-1 data). Each map is presented together with a description of glaciologic and topographic features. The main section is preceded by an introduction and three up-to-date topics and followed by applications....
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In 1999, two earthquakes occurred in the Istanbul-Marmara region of Turkey and the Athens-Corinth region of Greece, and an increased risk of further events caused great concern among the earth science community. This book presents and discusses the latest results from studies of the Izmit-Düzce and...
by Frank Scherbaum
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2006
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...