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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Metamorphic rocks are one of the three classes of rocks. Seen on a global scale they constitute the dominant material of the Earth. The understanding of the petrogenesis and significance of metamorphic of geological education. rocks is, therefore, a fundamental topic There are, of course, many different...
Mangrove Ecosystems
Function and Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Protection of the environment has nowadays become a major challenge and a condi tion for survival of future human generations and life on Earth in general. Yet it is still far too much of a dream or hope rather than a reality in the policy of our societies. Presently we are experiencing an unprecedented...
by Martin Dietzel, Martin Schiller, Frank Wombacher
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
This book provides an overview of the fundamentals and reference values for Ca stable isotope research, as well as current analytical methodologies including detailed instructions for sample preparation and isotope analysis. As such, it introduces readers to the different fields of application, including...
by V. V. Beloussov
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Geotectonics has a special place among the geological dis ciplines. In addition to ideas based on firmly established facts that constitute lasting scientific values, geotectonics, as a generalizing branch of geology, embraces broad con structions that link the planet's deep interior with its sur...
Stardust
The Cosmic Seeds of Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
How did life originate on Earth? For over 50 years, scientists believed that life was the result of a chemical reaction involving simple molecules such as methane and ammonia cooking in a primordial soup. Recent space observations have revealed that old stars are capable of making very complex organic...
Petroleum Geoscience
From Sedimentary Environments to Rock Physics
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
This comprehensive textbook presents an overview of petroleum geoscience for geologists active in the petroleum industry, while also offering a useful guide for students interested in environmental geology, engineering geology and other aspects of sedimentary geology. In this second edition, new chapters...
Wildlife Resources
A Global Account of Economic Use
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
The general interest and attention paid to the use of the renewable natural resources of the world have increased greatly during the last decades. This is due to the environmental dilemma into which mankind has got itself by the total disregard of ecological facts and laws, the underprizing of natural...
Geohistory
Global Evolution of the Earth
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Discusses the global evolution of the earth, such as core- mantle separation, mantle-crust evolution, origin of ocean- atmosphere system, on the basis of isotope earth science and paleomagnetism, where recent devlopment in planetology and astrophysical theories are extensively taken into account.
by
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
One of the fundamental goals of earth system science research is to adopt a more holistic view of the earth as a ‘system’ comprising different domains. The Society of Earth Scientists has brought out this multidisciplinary publication to emphasize the need of an integrated approach to understand...
Geobiotechnology I
Metal-related Issues
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
This book review series presents current trends in modern biotechnology. The aim is to cover all aspects of this interdisciplinary technology where knowledge, methods and expertise are required from chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, chemical engineering and computer science. Volumes...
Antarctic Terrestrial Microbiology
Physical and Biological Properties of Antarctic Soils
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
This book brings together many of the world’s leading experts in the fields of Antarctic terrestrial soil ecology, providing a comprehensive and completely up-to-date analysis of the status of Antarctic soil microbiology.
Antarctic terrestrial soils represent one of the most extreme environments...
Global Events and Event Stratigraphy in the Phanerozoic
Results of the International Interdisciplinary Cooperation in the IGCP-Project 216 “Global Biological Events in Earth History”
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The existence of rapid and even catastrophic turnovers within the Phanerozoic ecosystems has been discussed controversially for more than 170 years. Since 1980 this discussion has become even more intensive after the hypothesis of Alvarez, explaining the end-Cretaceous mass extinction as the result...
The Right to Be Punished
Modern Doctrinal Sentencing
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Does an offender have the right to be punished? "The right to be punished" may sound like an oxymoron, but it is not necessarily so. With the emergence of modern criminal law, the offender gained the right to be punished by rational criminal law rather than being lynched by an angry mob....
Intellectual Property Theory and Practice
A Critical Examination of China’s TRIPS Compliance and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
This book explains China’s intellectual property perspective in the context of European theories, through a critical examination of intellectual property theory and practice focused on China’s compliance with the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). The author’s...