Earth Sciences category: 10037 books
Landforms of the Earth
An Illustrated Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
This is a highly illustrated book with each landform being described with the following structure: (1) Main characteristics, including geometric, morphometric and sedimentological features. (2) Genetic processes and controlling factors. (3) Different typologies if applicable. (4) Additional comments...
by J G Ogg, Gabi Ogg, F M Gradstein
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
A Concise Geologic Time Scale: 2016 presents a summary of Earth's history over the past 4.5 billion years, as well as a brief overview of contemporaneous events on the Moon, Mars, and Venus. The authors have been at the forefront of chronostratigraphic research and initiatives to create an international...
by Ljiljana R. Cander
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
This book describes essential concepts of, and the status quo in, the field of ionospheric space weather. It explains why our society on planet Earth and moving outwards into space cannot work safely, function efficiently, or progress steadily without committed and comprehensive research initiatives...
by Andrew Yoram Glikson
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
This book presents projections and blueprints of the future geologic period, climate and biosphere, based on our current understanding of the Earth’s history and recent developments in the atmosphere-ocean-cryosphere system.
By the second decade of the 21st century it has become clear that,...
Water Is ...
The Indispensability of Water in Society and Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
People are increasingly aware of the role that water has in shaping society and how it impacts quality of life. This is the first book to provide a holistic perspective on water, capturing the full breadth of the science, technology, policy, history, and future outlook for the most important substance...
by Fabio Vittorio De Blasio
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
This book introduces the reader to the wonders of Mars, covering all aspects from our past perceptions of the planet through to the latest knowledge on its history, its surface processes such as impact cratering, volcano formation, and glaciation, and its atmosphere and climate. In addition, a series...
GIS and Environmental Monitoring
Applications in the Marine, Atmospheric and Geomagnetic Fields
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2017
This book constitutes a notable contribution to investigate and present the capabilities of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their applicability and usefulness in environmental-related applications and sciences. The focus is on the design, creation, development and operation of integrated...
Physical and Mathematical Modeling of Earth and Environment Processes (2018)
4th International Scientific School for Young Scientists, Ishlinskii Institute for Problems in Mechanics of Russian Academy of Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2019
This book entitled "Physical and Mathematical Modeling of Earth and Environment Processes" is the result of a collaborative work after the 4th international scientific youth forum held at the IPMech RAS on November 1–3, 2018. The book includes theoretical and experimental studies of processes...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2002
This authoritative resource covers all aspects of atmospheric sciences - including both theory and applications. Nearly 350 articles and over 1,900 figures and photographs are presented, many in full-color. The Encyclopedia is an ideal resource for academia, government, and industry in the fields...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2007
Earth’s Oldest Rocks provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of early Earth, from planetary accretion through to development of protocratons with depleted lithospheric keels by c. 3.2 Ga, in a series of papers written by over 50 of the world's leading experts. The book is divided into two...
The Earth Machine
The Science of a Dynamic Planet
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
From the scorching center of Earth's core to the outer limits of its atmosphere, from the gradual process of erosion that carved the Grand Canyon to the earth-shaking fury of volcanoes and earthquakes, this fascinating book—inspired by the award-winning Hall of Planet Earth at New York City's American...
by Arshad Iqbal
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2016
7th grade geography multiple choice questions has 278 MCQs. Grade 7 geography quiz questions and answers pdf, MCQs on world geography, internal structure of earth, earth layers, earth rotation and revolution, cartography and map skills, physical geography MCQs with answers, air and water pollution,...
The Geographical Sciences During 1986—2015
From the Classics To the Frontiers
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
In four chapters and an introduction, this book systematically helps readers understand the development of the Geographical Sciences both in China and in the world during the past 30 years.
Through data analysis of methodologies including CiteSpace, TDA, qualitative analysis, questionnaires,...
Weather: An Illustrated History
From Cloud Atlases to Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2018
“Beautifully illustrated . . . Think of this book like dining on tapas, boasting savory flavors, some unexpected, that constitute a satisfying whole.” —Washington Post
Andrew Revkin, **strategic adviser for environmental and science journalism at the National Geographic Society and...