Geophysics category: 630 books
Studies of Historical Earthquakes in Southern Poland
Outer Western Carpathian Earthquake of December 3, 1786, and First Macroseismic Maps in 1858-1901
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2015
This book examines old and new data on some of the 18th and 19th century earthquakes that either occurred or were clearly felt in southern regions of Poland. Particular emphasis is put on a detailed study and reinterpretation of the unusually severe Outer Western Carpathians earthquake on December...
Digital Geoarchaeology
New Techniques for Interdisciplinary Human-Environmental Research
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2017
This book focusses on new technologies and multi-method research designs in the field of modern archaeology, which increasingly crosses academic boundaries to investigate past human-environmental relationships and to reconstruct palaeolandscapes. It aims at establishing the concept of Digital Geoarcheology...
International Symposium on Earth and Environmental Sciences for Future Generations
Proceedings of the IAG General Assembly, Prague, Czech Republic, June 22- July 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
This book series is composed of peer-reviewed proceedings of selected symposia organized by the International Association of Geodesy. It deals primarily with topics related to Geodesy Earth Sciences : terrestrial reference frame, Earth gravity field, Geodynamics and Earth rotation, Positioning and engineering applications.
Dynamos
Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2011
Dynamos is a collection of lectures given in July 2007 at the Les Houches Summer School on "Dynamos".
Provides a pedagogical introduction to topics in Dynamos
Addresses each topic from the basis to the most recent developments
Covers the lectures by internationally-renowned and leading experts
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Geophysical prospecting is an applied science and the range of scientific principles to be applied is very wide. In this collection of original papers, the application of many different principles is described in the search for sulphides, other metallic ores and radioactive deposits. The papers are...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
It is now well known that the mid-ocean flow is almost everywhere domi nated by so-called synoptic or meso-scale eddies, rotating about nearly vertical axes and extending throughout the water column. A typical mid ocean horizontal scale is 100 km and a time scale is 100 days: these meso scale...
Auroral Phenomenology and Magnetospheric Processes
Earth and Other Planets
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 197.
Many of the most basic aspects of the aurora remain unexplained. While in the past terrestrial and planetary auroras have been largely treated in separate books, Auroral Phenomenology and Magnetospheric...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 176.
With the search for extra-solar planets in full gear, it has become essential to gain a more detailed understanding of the evolution of the other earth-like planets in our own solar system....
Handbook of Geophysical Exploration at Sea
2nd Editions - Hard Minerals
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
This handbook presents advanced research and operational information about hard minerals and hydrocarbons. It provides information in an integrated, interdisciplinary manner, stressing case histories. It includes review chapters, illustrations, graphs, tables, and color satellite images that present...
by A. Marussi
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The science of Geodesy has undergone far-reaching changes in the last half century. The impact of new technology, from electromag netic distance measurements to the use of artificial satellites, has been great, and is still largely to be felt. These changes have forced the practitioners of the ancient...
by W. Becker
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
The N(h)-Working Party, a Group in Commission III of URS! (URS! Information Bulletin No. 112, p. 12) suggested these calculations of ordinary and extraordinary refractive indices n , vertical group refractive indices c/U , and virtual o,x o,x 1 heights h (f), for an Epstein, cosine and parabolic layer...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 184.
Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands examines the role that northern peatlands play in regulating the atmospheric carbon budget. It summarizes current research in four interconnected areas:...
Microwave Propagation and Remote Sensing
Atmospheric Influences with Models and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Because prevailing atmospheric/troposcopic conditions greatly influence radio wave propagation above 10 GHz, the unguided propagation of microwaves in the neutral atmosphere can directly impact many vital applications in science and engineering. These include transmission of intelligence, and radar...
by William Wilfred Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2018
A country of dry frost in winter, and of fruitful heat in summer, with numerous delightful climates in between—this is the rising nation, Canada. And of a similar strange mixture are its people, at once the most hard-working and yet most hopeful of any people upon earth, in the mind of him who deeply...