Geophysics list 34

Sand and Gravel Spits

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Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015

This book draws together a series of studies of spit geomorphology and temporal evolution from around the world. The volume offers some unique insights into how these landforms are examined scientifically and how we as humans impact them, offering a global perspective on spit genesis and evolution. Spits...

Ocean Resources

Volume II Subsea Work Systems and Technologies

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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

Ocean engineering is generally considered to be concerned with studies on the effects of the ocean on the land and with the design, construction and operation of vehicles, structures and systems for use in the ocean or marine environment. The practice of engineering differs from that of science in...

InSAR Imaging of Aleutian Volcanoes

Monitoring a Volcanic Arc from Space

by Zhong Lu, Daniel Dzurisin
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014

Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) is a relatively new remote sensing tool that is capable of measuring ground-surface deformation with centimeter-to-subcentimeter precision at a spatial resolution of tens of meters over an area of hundreds to thousands of square kilometers. With its...

Seismic Events in Glaciers

by Marek Górski
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013

The occurrence of seismic events in glaciers has been an issue in the scientific literature since the early 1950s, following the report about icequakes in Baffin Island. Targeted seismological studies were undertaken by the Polish Expedition to Spitsbergen in 1962 and then continued at various glaciers...

Opportunities and Uses of the Ocean

by David A. Ross
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

The oceans cover about 72 percent of our planet (which is named for the remaining 28 percent). These oceans have fascinated and challenged the human race for centuries. In the past, the ocean had been used first as a source of food and later as a means of transportation. However, the oceans have recently...

Amazonia and Global Change

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Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 186. Amazonia and Global Change synthesizes results of the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) for scientists and students of Earth system science and global environmental...

Systematic Geomorphology

by Adrian E. Scheidegger
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

To most people, travel is an exciting experience. When one journeys around the world, one is struck by the great variety and beauty of the landscapes that one encounters. The scientific mind, naturally, is not satisfied with admiring the various landscapes, but would like to understand how they were...

Basement Tectonics 9

Australia and Other Regions Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Basement Tectonics, held in Canberra, Australia, July 1990

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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

The Ninth International Conference on Basement Tectonics was held at the Australian National University in Canberra 2-6 July 1990. The opening keynote address was given by Prof. R.W.R. Rutland, Director of the Bureau of Mineral Resources. Other keynote speakers were E.S.T. O'Driscoll, an Australian...

The Double Constraint Inversion Methodology

Equations and Applications in Forward and Inverse Modeling of Groundwater Flow

by Wouter Zijl, Florimond De Smedt, Mustafa El-Rawy
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017

This book describes a novel physics-based approach to inverse modeling that makes use of the properties of the equations governing the physics of the processes under consideration. It focuses on the inverse problems occurring in hydrogeology, but the approach is also applicable to similar inverse...

Coastal Wetlands

An Integrated Ecosystem Approach

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Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018

Coastal Wetlands, Second Edition: An Integrated and Ecosystem Approach provides an understanding of the functioning of coastal ecosystems and the ecological services that they provide. As coastal wetlands are under a great deal of pressure from the dual forces of rising sea levels and the intervention...

3D, 4D and Predictive Modelling of Major Mineral Belts in Europe

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Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015

This book presents the results of the major EU project Promine. For the first time there is now a European database available on mineral deposits, as well as 3D, 4D and predictive models of major mineral belts in Europe: Fennoscandia (Skellefteå and Vihanti-Pyhäsalmi), the Fore-Sudetic basin (Kupferschiefer...

Seismic Hazard and Building Vulnerability in Post-Soviet Central Asian Republics

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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013

This is the best compilation of current seismic and engineering data on the seismic hazard of the capitals of the Central Asian republics available in the English language. It comes to the conclusion that the risk to residents of these cities is extremely high.

The Stratosphere

Phenomena, History, and Relevance

by Karin G. Labitzke, Harry van Loon
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

This book presents the history, phenomena, and relevance of the stratosphere. Beginning with the discovery of the stratosphere itself, the book explores various unexpected phenomena observed in the stratosphere, such as the ozone hole in 1984 and the influence of the 11-year solar cycle in 1987. It...

Tidal Friction and the Earth’s Rotation

by M. Bonatz, P. Brosche, O. Calame
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012