Geology category: 1681 books
Volcanoes
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Whether worshiped, feared, or studied, volcanoes have always been a subject of fascination and awe. Lopes explains the importance of volcanoes in shaping worlds, the dangers of volcanic eruptions, and some of the best places in the world to see eruptions, as well as including famous case histories”....
Ebb and Flow
Tides and Life on Our Once and Future Planet
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2007
Ebb and Flow was named one of 2007's "best science books" by Peter Calamai, science editor of the Toronto Star [Dec. 30, 2007]. He calls it a "wonderful resource book…. Tom Koppel seems to have visited or read about every place with unusual tides and water currents, yet he wears this...
Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline
The Travels of an Artist and a Scientist along the Shores of the Prehistoric Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2018
In this long-awaited sequel Kirk Johnson and Ray Troll are back on a road trip—driving, flying, and boating their way from Baja, California to northern Alaska in search of the fossil secrets of North America's Pacific coast. They hunt for fossils, visit museums, meet scientists and paleonerds, and...
by Ralf Schiebel, Christoph Hemleben
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the taxonomy, biology, sedimentation, and carbonate geochemistry of modern species. Students, early career and advanced scientists alike will profit from a broad synthesis of the current understanding of planktic foraminifers as an ecological indicator,...
Ocean Biogeochemistry
The Role of the Ocean Carbon Cycle in Global Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Oceans account for 50% of the anthropogenic CO2 released into the atmosphere. During the past 15 years an international programme, the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS), has been studying the ocean carbon cycle to quantify and model the biological and physical processes whereby CO2 is pumped from...
by D. Hutchison, P G JEFFREY
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2012
A practical guide to the methods in general use for the complete analysis of silicate rock material and for the determination of all those elements present in major, minor or trace amounts in silicate and other rocks that are routinely, commonly or occasionally determined by methods that are considered...
Active Volcanoes of the Southwest Indian Ocean
Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2015
Piton de la Fournaise and Karthala are both shield volcanoes in the southwest Indian Ocean. This publication summarizes the work done on these very active basaltic volcanoes. Piton de la Fournaise has a long history of scientific research and monitoring, with many data collected during recent eruptions....
Nanosized Tubular Clay Minerals
Halloysite and Imogolite
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Nanosized Tubular Clay Minerals provides the latest coverage from leading scientists on a wide field of expertise regarding the current state of knowledge about nanosized tubular clay minerals. All chapters have been carefully edited and coordinated, and readers will find a resource that provides...
by Louis Pakiser, Kaye M. Shedlock
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
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Earthquakes in History
The scientific study of earthquakes is comparatively new. Until the 18th century, few factual descriptions of earthquakes were recorded, and the natural cause of earthquakes was little understood. Those who did look for natural causes often...
The Weather Revolution
Innovations and Imminent Breakthroughs in Accurate Forecasting
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Conservation of Genetic Resources
Costs and Implications for a Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Over the past decade the importance of natural resources for sustainable agricultural development has been increasingly discussed at international forums and conferences. Aside from the sustainable management of soil, water, and air, it now seems to be accepted that the sustainable management of genetic...
Colliding Continents
A geological exploration of the Himalaya, Karakoram, and Tibet
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
The crash of the Indian plate into Asia is the biggest known collision in geological history, and it continues today. The result is the Himalaya and Karakoram - one of the largest mountain ranges on Earth. The Karakoram has half of the world's highest mountains and a reputation as being one of the...
Carbon Sequestration in the Biosphere
Processes and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Anthropogenic release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere has been recognized as the primary agent in global climate change.
The volume discusses the possibilities for limiting that increase by the long-term storage of carbon in soils, vegetation, wetlands and oceans. Each of these storage media...
Australia's Little Space Travellers
The Flight Shaped Tektites of Australia
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
This book provides a showcase for the incredibly well-preserved flight-textured tektites of southern Australia, which are the world’s finest known examples. It provides an overview of their forms and flight features, which can be expected to appear, at least in part, on any objects falling from...