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This book gathers and updates the most significant advances of the last two centuries and presents an unprecedented micro paleontological study covering more than 20 stratigraphic sections.This information is supplemented by numerous sedimentological observations and...
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Springer
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2015-02-19
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SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences
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This book offers a unique collection of inter- and multidisciplinary studies on river systems. Rivers have been the prime source of sustenance since the advent of civilization and river systems often form the basis for agriculture, transport, water, and land for...
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Springer
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2015-02-18
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Springer Earth System Sciences
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During the past years, Saudi Arabia has been affected by particularly severe torrential rains and floods. This book presents an in-depth and all-encompassing study on the floods that occurred in the Jeddah area in 2009 and 2011, including water-flow mechanisms,...
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Springer
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2015-02-17
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Springer Natural Hazards
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This book addresses the geology of the entire Himalayan range in Nepal, i.e., from the Gangetic plain in the south to the Tethyan zone in the north. Without a comprehensive look at the various Himalayan zones, it is practically impossible to fully grasp the processes at...
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Springer
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2015-02-11
Collection :
Regional Geology Reviews
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The fundamentals of methods in nuclear geophysics and their practical applications in engineering geology, hydrology, hydrogeology, agriculture and environmental science are discussed in this book.The methods and apparatus based on absorption and scattering of gamma and...
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Springer
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2015-01-13
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Springer Geophysics
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This book summarizes the geomorphology, geology, geochronology, geophysics and mineral resources of the Congo Basin, one of the world’s most enigmatic and poorly understood major intra-continental sedimentary basins, and its flanking areas of Central Africa. It provides...
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Springer
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2015-01-02
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Regional Geology Reviews
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"The PhD thesis written by Mr. Ackermann is an outstanding and in-depth scientific study that closes a research gap and paves the way to new developments. Despite the extremely complex issues, his work is very understandable and excellently elaborated."Prof. Dr....
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Springer
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2014-12-05
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Springer Theses
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This book takes an in-depth look at the theory and methods inherent in the tracing of riverine sediments. Examined tracers include multi-elemental concentration data, fallout radionuclides (e.g., 210Pb, 137Cs, 7Be), radiogenic isotopes (particularly those of Pb, Sr,...
Editeur :
Springer
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2014-12-03
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences
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The present book provides guidance to understanding complicated coupled processes based on the experimental data available and implementation of developed algorithms in numerical codes. Results of selected test cases in the fields of closed-form solutions (e.g.,...
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Springer
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2014-11-26
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Terrestrial Environmental Sciences
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This book explains how it came to be that Venus and Earth, while very similar in chemical composition, zonation, size and heliocentric distance from the Sun, are very different in surface environmental conditions. It is argued here that these differences can be...
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Springer
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2014-11-25
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Focusing on issues of when and how Archean crust in the craton was formed, this PhD thesis book presents major research outcomes of field based metamorphic, geochemical and geochronological investigations on Meso-Neoarchean basement rocks from Shandong Province in the...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-11-21
Collection :
Springer Theses
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The Lakshadweep islands are a group of 36 coral islands in the Indian Ocean. These small islands are unique for their aquatic bio-diversity and vast blue lagoons. This book presents the results of studies done by the authors during the period 1990 to 2009 that address...
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Springer
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2014-11-17
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences
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This book presents a detailed analysis and synthesis of the processes affecting sediments fluxes from watershed to worldwide coastal systems. The volume provides a comprehensive overview and constitutes a systematic description of the response of coastal systems to...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-10-28
Collection :
Coastal Research Library
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For the last three centuries forests have been recognised as providing the best water catchments and valued for their sustained output of high quality water. In Australia, work which was commenced fifty years ago has come to fruition and is providing new information on...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-10-21
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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to multiple-point geostatistics, where spatial continuity is described using training images. Multiple-point geostatistics aims at bridging the gap between physical modelling/realism and spatio-temporal stochastic...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-10-16
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The landscapes of Namibia are of world-class quality in beauty, diversity and interest. This book provides the first ever overview of the most important of these landscapes, explains why they look as they do, and evaluates why they are of note. Writing from a...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-10-15
Collection :
World Geomorphological Landscapes
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A proposed railway on the 5th European Railway Corridor (Venice-Kiev) between the northern Adriatic ports of Koper (Slovenia) and Trieste (Italy) and the interior of Slovenia required extensive karstological studies and planning. This book contains the knowledge gained...
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Springer
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2014-10-13
Collection :
Cave and Karst Systems of the World
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This image atlas and reference book is written in simple language that can be understood by a broad audience. The work comprehensively explains the geomorphological forms of high mountains using many examples like glacial erosion forms and deposits such as moraines and...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-09-30
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This publication is devoted to the natural feature – the Black Sea and its littoral states. At the same time the Azov Sea is also considered here.This region is the focus of many geopolitical, economic, social and environmental issues that involve not only the...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-09-30
Collection :
Encyclopedia of Seas
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This book is one out of 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes, and deals with Landslide processes, including: field data and monitoring techniques, prediction and forecasting of landslide occurrence, regional landslide inventories and dating studies, modeling of slope...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-09-16
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