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This book outlines a generic set of procedures, termed the River Styles Framework, which provides a set of tools for interpreting river character, behavior, condition, and recovery potential. Applications of the framework generate a coherent package of geomorphic...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-04-29
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An Introduction to Organic Geochemistry explores the fate of organic matter of all types, biogenic and man-made, in the Earth System. investigates the variety of pathways and biogeochemical transformations that carbon compounds can experience over a range of time...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-04-16
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Erosion is the most common cause of failures at earth-dams, dikes and levees, whether through overtopping and overflowing, or internal erosion and piping. This book is dedicated to the phenomenon of internal erosion and piping. It is not intended to be exhaustive on the...
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Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2013-04-08
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The crash of the Indian plate into Asia is the biggest known collision in geological history, and it continues today.The result is the Himalaya and Karakoram - one of the largest mountain ranges on Earth.The Karakoram has half of the world's highest mountains and a...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-03-29
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The crash of the Indian plate into Asia is the biggest known collision in geological history, and it continues today.The result is the Himalaya and Karakoram - one of the largest mountain ranges on Earth.The Karakoram has half of the world's highest mountains and a...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-03-28
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This book addresses the latest issues in multiscale geomechanics. Written by leading experts in the field as a tribute to Jean Biarez (1927-2006), it can be of great use and interest to researchers and engineers alike. A brief introduction describes how a major school...
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Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2013-02-28
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Filling a niche in the geomorphology teaching market, this introductory book is built around a 12 week course in fluvial geomorphology. ‘Reading the landscape’ entails making sense of what a riverscape looks like, how it works, how it has evolved over time, and how...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-09-26
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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...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-08-24
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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...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-08-24
Collection :
Blackwell Quaternary Geoscience Series
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This special publication Perspectives in Carbonate Geology is a collection of papers most of which were presented at a symposium to honor the 80th birthday of Bob Ginsburg at the meeting of Geological Society of America in Salt Lake City in 2005. The majority of the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-04-10
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International Association Of Sedimentologists Series
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Tectonic geomorphology is the study of the interplay between tectonic and surface processes that shape the landscape in regions of active deformation and at time scales ranging from days to millions of years. Over the past decade, recent advances in the quantification...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-11-02
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The new Second Edition of Glacial Geology provides a modern, comprehensive summary of glacial geology and geomorphology. It is has been thoroughly revised and updated from the original First Edition. This book will appeal to all students interested in the landforms and...
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Wiley
Parution :
2011-09-20
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Coastal Geomorphology, Second Edition is a comprehensive and systematic introduction to this subject and demonstrates the dynamic nature of coastal landforms, providing a background for analytical planning and management strategies in coastal areas that are subject to...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2011-09-09
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Part of The Geological Field Guide Series, Basic Geological Mapping, 5th Edition is an essential basic guide to field techniques in mapping geology. Now completely revised and updated the book retains the concise clarity which has made it an indispensable instant...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2011-09-07
Collection :
Geological Field Guide
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This book explores how mountainous landscapes respond to tectonic deformation. It integrates previously unpublished concepts and ideas with recent articles about hills and streams. Readers will learn which landforms change quickly in response to uplift, which parts of...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-09-07
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Is the world running out of oil? This book analyzes predictions of global oil depletion in the context of science, history, and economics. There has been continuing alarm about the imminent exhaustion of earth's non-renewable resources. Yet, the world has never run out...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-08-24
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Geothermal Energy Systems The book encounters basic knowledge about geothermal technology for the utilization of geothermal resources. The book helps to understand the basic geology needed for the utilization of geothermal energy, shows up the practice to make access to...
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2011-08-24
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This state-of-the-art volume reviews both past work and current research, with contributions from internationally recognized experts. The book is organized into fourteen chapters and designed to embrace the full range of terrestrial geochemical sediments. An...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-07-18
Collection :
RGS-IBG Book Series
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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,...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-07-15
Collection :
RGS-IBG Book Series
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The Second Edition of this unique pocket field guide has been thoroughly revised and updated to include advances in physical volcanology, emplacement of magmas and interpreting structures and textures in igneous rocks.The book integrates new field based techniques (AMS...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2011-07-13
Collection :
Geological Field Guide
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