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This book delves into human-induced and natural impacts on coastal wetlands, intended or otherwise, through a series of vignettes that elucidate the environmental insults and efforts at amelioration and remediation. The alteration, and subsequent restoration, of wetland...
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Springer
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2017-07-18
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Coastal Research Library
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Water, energy and food are key resources to sustain life, and are the fundamental to national, regional and global economies. These three resources are interlinked in multiple ways, and the term “nexus” captures the interconnections. The nexus has been discussed,...
Editeur :
American Geophysical Union
Parution :
2017-07-17
Collection :
Geophysical Monograph Series
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This book sheds new light on improved methods for the study of the initiation and run-out of earthquake-induced landslides. It includes an initiation study method that considers tension-shear failure mechanism; an improved, rigorous, dynamic sliding-block method based...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-07-15
Collection :
Springer Natural Hazards
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Floods can have a devastating impact on life, property and economic resources. However, the systematic collection of damage data in the aftermath of flood events can contribute to future risk mitigation. Such data can support a variety of actions including the...
Editeur :
American Geophysical Union
Parution :
2017-07-06
Collection :
Geophysical Monograph Series
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Das Handbuch führt in das Erkunden des Untergrunds, das Untersuchen und Bewerten seiner stofflichen Eigenschaften und in die möglichen geogenen Gefahren am Standort ein. Ferner enthält es einen Leitfaden für die Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung. Für das schnelle und...
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Springer Spektrum
Parution :
2017-06-30
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Earthquakes are some of the most dynamic features of the Earth. This multidisciplinary volume presents an overview of earthquake processes and properties including the physics of dynamic faulting, fault fabric and mechanics, physical and chemical properties of fault...
Editeur :
American Geophysical Union
Parution :
2017-06-19
Collection :
Geophysical Monograph Series
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Dieses Buch beschreibt eine der abwechslungsreichsten Landschaften der Erde und liefert in der dritten Auflage wichtige inhaltliche Ergänzungen zum aktuellen Forschungsstand.
Die Autoren nehmen den Leser mit auf eine faszinierende Zeitreise durch die Epochen der...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-06-19
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Although we are seeing more weather and climate extremes, individual extreme events are very diverse and generalization of trends is difficult. For example, mid-latitude and subtropical climate extremes such as heat waves, hurricanes and droughts have increased, and...
Editeur :
American Geophysical Union
Parution :
2017-06-19
Collection :
Geophysical Monograph Series
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This book reveals the science and beauty of Mammoth Cave, the world's longest cave, which has played an important role in the natural sciences. It offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary treatment of the cave, combining insights from leading experts in fields...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-06-14
Collection :
Cave and Karst Systems of the World
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This book presents the forensic geoscience in general and, in particular, in Italy and their application to peculiar crimes. Italy is internationally relevant due to the presence of different kinds of “geo-crimes” (in the first place, environmental mafia), and is...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-06-10
Collection :
Soil Forensics
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This dictionary includes a number of mathematical, statistical and computing terms and their definitions to assist geoscientists and provide guidance on the methods and terminology encountered in the literature. Each technical term used in the explanations can be found...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-05-27
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This is the first book describing the glorious geology of Iceland’s Golden Circle and four additional excursions:(1) the beautiful valleys and mountains of the fjord of Hvalfjördur, (2) the unique landscape and geothermal fields of the Hengill Volcano, (3) the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-05-25
Collection :
GEOguide
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Quaternary Paleoenvironments examines the drowned landscapes exposed as extensive and attractive territory for prehistoric human settlement during the Ice Ages of the Pleistocene, when sea levels dropped to 120m-135m below their current levels. This volume provides an...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2017-05-03
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A summary of the results achieved in the geological-structural mapping, by potential fields and airborne gamma spectrometry data, of the units of igneous and metamorphic rocks in the western regions (Havana-Matanzas), central (Cienfuegos, Villa Clara-Sancti Spiritus)...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-04-24
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences
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This book addresses the feasibility of CO2-EOR and sequestration in a mature Indian oil field, pursuing for the first time a cross-disciplinary approach that combines the results from reservoir modeling and flow simulation, rock physics modeling, geomechanics, and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-03-30
Collection :
Springer Theses
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The time has come. You are an Earth scientist. You’ve spent weeks, months, years working on this project – now is the time to pull it together for publication. You might be writing an undergraduate or graduate thesis, a research paper for a leading journal, a note for...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2017-03-14
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Mathematical models have become a crucial way for the Earth scientist to understand and predict how our planet functions and evolves through time and space. The finite element method (FEM) is a remarkably flexible and powerful tool with enormous potential in the Earth...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2017-03-13
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Neotectonics involves the study of the motions and deformations of the Earth's crust that are current or recent in geologic time. The Mediterranean region is one of the most important regions for neotectonics and related natural hazards. This volume focuses on the...
Editeur :
American Geophysical Union
Parution :
2017-03-06
Collection :
Geophysical Monograph Series
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This book presents a comprehensive overview of relative fidelity preservation processing methods and their applications within the oil and gas sector. Four key principles for wide-frequency relative fidelity preservation processing are illustrated throughout the text....
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2017-02-27
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