Earth Sciences category: 10037 books
Earth System Science: Bridging the Gaps between Disciplines
Perspectives from a Multi-Disciplinary Helmholtz Research School
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Earth system science is traditionally split into various disciplines (Geology, Physics, Meteorology, Oceanography, Biology etc.) and several sub-disciplines. Overall, the diversity of expertise provides a solid base for interdisciplinary research. However, gaining holistic insights into the Earth...
Water at the Surface of Earth
An Introduction to Ecosystem Hydrodynamics
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 1982
Water at the Surface of the Earth: An Introduction to Ecosystem Hydrodynamics provides an introduction to the ways in which biological, physical, cultural, and urban systems at the surface of the earth operate, with a particular focus on the hydrodynamics of ecosystems, i.e., water and its association...
GIS and the Social Sciences
Theory and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
GIS and the Social Sciences offers a uniquely social science approach on the theory and application of GIS with a range of modern examples. It explores how human geography can engage with a variety of important policy issues through linking together GIS and spatial analysis, and demonstrates the importance...
Gravity, Geoid and Earth Observation
IAG Commission 2: Gravity Field, Chania, Crete, Greece, 23-27 June 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010
These Proceedings include the written version of papers presented at the IAG International Symposium on "Gravity, Geoid and Earth Observation 2008". The Symposium was held in Chania, Crete, Greece, 23-27 June 2008 and organized by the Laboratory of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, Technical...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
"Ecosystem Services and Management Strategy in China" is a two-year international cooperation project that culminated from the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development’s Task Force on Ecosystem Services and Management. It combines case studies, scenario...
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...
Dynamics of the Earth
Theory of the Planet's Motion Based on Dynamic Equilibrium
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
In their search for solutions to problems concerning the dynamics of the Earth as a self-gravitating body, the authors have applied the fundamentals found in their book “Jacobi Dynamics” (1987, Reidel). First, satellite observations have shown that the Earth does not remain in hydrostatic equilibrium,...
by I.I. Rokityansky
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Electrical conductivity is a parameter which characterizes composition and physical state of the Earth's interior. Studies of the state equations of solids at high temperature and pressure indicate that there is a close relation be tween the electrical conductivity of rocks and temperature. Therefore,...
The Shape and Size of the Earth
A Historical Journey from Homer to Artificial Satellites
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
This book describes in detail the various theories on the shape of the Earth from classical antiquity to the present day and examines how measurements of its form and dimensions have evolved throughout this period. The origins of the notion of the sphericity of the Earth are explained, dating back...
by Charles E. Brown
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
It has been evident from many years of research work in the geohydrologic sciences that a summary of relevant past work, present work, and needed future work in multivariate statistics with geohydrologic applications is not only desirable, but is necessary. This book is intended to serve a broad scientific...
by Viacheslav V. Spichak
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
Electromagnetic Sounding of the Earth's Interior 2nd edition provides a comprehensive up-to-date collection of contributions, covering methodological, computational and practical aspects of Electromagnetic sounding of the Earth by different techniques at global, regional and local scales. Moreover,...
by Paul Larson
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere—each of these spheres make up planet Earth. From deep below Earth’s surface where metals are made to the thermosphere that protects our planet from harmful sunrays, travel through each layer of these spheres to see how every living thing is connected....
Whole Earth Discipline
Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, RestoredWildlands, and Geoeng ineering Are Necessary
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
An icon of the environmental movement outlines a provocative approach for reclaiming our planet
According to Stewart Brand, a lifelong environmentalist who sees everything in terms of solvable design problems, three profound transformations are under way on Earth right now. Climate change is...
The Story of Earth
The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Hailed by The New York Times for writing “with wonderful clarity about science . . . that effortlessly teaches as it zips along,” nationally bestselling author Robert M. Hazen offers a radical new approach to Earth history in this intertwined tale of the planet’s living and nonliving spheres....