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Uncertainties are pervasive in natural hazards, and it is crucial to develop robust and meaningful approaches to characterize and communicate uncertainties to inform modeling efforts. In this monograph we provide a broad, cross-disciplinary overview of issues relating...
Editeur :
American Geophysical Union
Parution :
2016-11-15
Collection :
Geophysical Monograph Series
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Glaciers are considered a key and an iconic indicator of climate change. The World Glacier Monitoring Service has noted that global alpine balance has been negative for 35 consecutive years. This highlights the dire future that alpine glaciers face.The goal of this...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2016-11-03
Collection :
The Cryosphere Science Series
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How much do we really know about the place we call 'home'? In this sweeping, timely book, Nicholas Crane tells the story of Britain.*****Over the course of 12,000 years of continuous human occupation, the British landscape has been transformed form a European peninsula...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2016-10-13
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Rhodolith beds are recognized internationally as a unique ecosystem, and they are the focus of this interdisciplinary book. These marine beds occur worldwide, from the tropics to the poles, ranging in depth from intertidal to deep subtidal habitats and they are also...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-10-07
Collection :
Coastal Research Library
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This is a revised and updated second edition, including new chapters on temporal and point uncertainty model, as well as on sampling and deterministic modeling. It is a comprehensive presentation of spatial modeling techniques used in the earth sciences, outlining...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-10-04
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This book is both a review and a look to the future, highlighting challenges for better predicting quantitatively the impact of diagenesis on reservoir rocks. Classical diagenesis studies make use of a wide range of descriptive analytical techniques to explain specific,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-09-30
Collection :
Advances in Oil and Gas Exploration & Production
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Over a half century of exploration of the Earth’s space environment, it has become evident that the interaction between the ionosphere and the magnetosphere plays a dominant role in the evolution and dynamics of magnetospheric plasmas and fields. Interestingly, it was...
Editeur :
American Geophysical Union
Parution :
2016-09-28
Collection :
Geophysical Monograph Series
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This book presents relevant and contemporary research on the remote sensing of landscapes, agriculture & forestry, geomorphology, coasts & oceans, natural hazards and wild habitats. It highlights the application of remote sensing in understanding natural...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-09-24
Collection :
Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
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This informative book takes readers on an enjoyable journey through the La Garrotxa volcanoes. In addition to a general description of the main geological and volcano logical values of the region, it also provides a detailed account of the history of the region, its...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-09-21
Collection :
Geoheritage, Geoparks and Geotourism
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This book broadens readers’ understanding of the stratigraphic framework and structural styles for improved hydrocarbon prospectivity in the intermediate and deeper horizons of the eastern Coastal Swamp Depo-belt of Nigeria’s Niger Delta Basin. It equips readers to...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-09-17
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences
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This book tells the story of the catastrophic impact of the giant 10 Km asteroid Chicxulub into the ancient Gulf of Mexico 65.5 million years ago. The book begins with a discussion of the nature of asteroids and the likelihood of future Earth-impacts. The story then...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-09-09
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This book describes the latest research on the geological, geochemical, geochronological, biological, and geomorphic evolution of the unique and relatively pristine landscape of the Cape Mountains and the Karoo Basin, a region in South Africa that is currently being...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-09-03
Collection :
Regional Geology Reviews
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New and innovative scientific theories, discussion and explanations are presented on landform dynamics and evolution in Romania along with a comprehensive understanding of the geomorphological processes shaping the large variety of Romania’s landscape....
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-09-01
Collection :
Springer Geography
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This book presents a systematic attempt to generalize several fundamental physical laws related to subsurface fluid flow that are important for a number of contemporary applications in the areas of hydrogeology, reservoir engineering and rock mechanics. It also covers...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-08-31
Collection :
Theory and Applications of Transport in Porous Media
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This book presents the essential principles and applications of seismic oil-exploration techniques. It concisely covers all stages in exploration activities (data field acquisition, data processing and interpretation), supplementing the main text with a wealth of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-08-26
Collection :
Advances in Oil and Gas Exploration & Production
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This proceedings contains a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the IAG Scientific Assembly, Postdam, Germany, 1-6 September, 2013. The scientific sessions were focussed on the definition, implementation and scientific applications of reference...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-08-08
Collection :
International Association of Geodesy Symposia
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This book presents isotope data reflecting changes in temperature derived from core samples in South America. Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) is examined in detail with respect to Stage 3. With over 20 chapters, this detailed treatise discusses high climatic variability,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-07-26
Collection :
Springer Earth System Sciences
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The beginning of the new millennium has been particularly devastating in terms of natural disasters associated with tectonic plate boundaries, such as earthquakes in Sumatra, Chile, Japan, Tahiti, and Nepal; the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean tsunamis; and volcanoes...
Editeur :
American Geophysical Union
Parution :
2016-07-13
Collection :
Geophysical Monograph Series
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This book focuses on the strong relation between the tectonic evolution of the Southernmost Andes and their closest southern neighbors, the Scotia Sea and Antarctica. Some episodes are related to processes of global significance such as the opening of the Drake Passage,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-07-07
Collection :
Springer Earth System Sciences
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This book focuses on the presentation and evaluation of geological maps of the Central Europe from 1750 up to 1840. Milestones in presentation of stratigraphy and tectonics and new geological models on such maps will be underlined. Map descriptions contain...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-06-24
ePub
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