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The proposed book is not only a tribute to the work of Brückner (and indeed also a personal tribute, since Brückner wrote his book at the Institute of Geography of the University of Bern), but references to Brückner’s book are also a conceptual tool in the proposed...
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Springer
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2015-10-19
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This book provides a new look at the climatic history of the last 2.6 million years during the ice age, a time of extreme climatic fluctuations that have not yet ended.This period also coincides with important phases of human development from Neanderthals to modern...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-10-19
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This book will broaden readers’ understanding of pegmatites in a special geodynamic setting, dealing with the emplacement of the Hagendorf-Pleystein Pegmatite Province (HPPP) in the Central European Variscides.This treatise illustrates the complex processes leading to...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-10-15
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Challenging the main ways we debate globalization, Global Displacements reveals how uneven geographies of capitalist development shape—and are shaped by—the aspirations and everyday struggles of people in the global South. Makes an original contribution to the study...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-10-15
Collection :
Antipode Book Series
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This book focuses on the opening and exploration of more than 350 previously undiscovered caves of the Slovenian Karst, discovered during motorway construction work. The summarizes the planning of traffic roads and presents the new findings obtained during construction,...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-10-15
Collection :
Cave and Karst Systems of the World
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This book describes a comprehensive framework of novel simulation approaches, conventional urban models, and related data mining techniques that will help develop planning support systems in Beijing as well as other mega-metropolitan areas. It investigates the...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-10-14
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This book provides an overview of the GLOWA-Danube research project from 2001 to 2011, a transdisciplinary initiative which explores the future of water resources in the Upper Danube Basin. It documents the purpose and unique approach, architecture, methodologies,...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-10-08
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'This is the best book on the subject that I have read, it's brilliant, wide ranging, easy to read, doesn't use tech jargon and its been designed to help you learn about the subject, not just read a book.' - Amazon 5 star review ...
Editeur :
Teach Yourself
Parution :
2015-10-08
ePub
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This thesis addresses karst development in a terrain characterized by a highly complex geological and geomorphological evolution. It tackles the extent and complexity of both epigenic and hypogenic karst development, based on morphological analyses of caves, combined...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-10-07
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This book uses resource economics costing approaches incorporating externalities to estimate the returns for the country’s irrigation and demonstrates how underestimating the cost of water leads farmers to overestimate profits. The importance of the subject can be...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-10-07
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The elucidation of the mechanisms and kinematics of shear zone deformation, at both local and regional scales, is the subject of a great deal of interest to scientists in the hydrocarbon industry, in seismology, and in structural geology more generally. This book...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-10-05
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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...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-10-03
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In a perspective of sustainable management, the balance between ecological dynamics, social and economic are now at the heart of ecological modeling and environmental strategies screenwriting. Diversity and marine ecosystems function illustrates biodiversity, habitat...
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Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2015-10-02
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This book is a comprehensive collection of state-of-the-art studies of seafloor slope instability and their societal implications. The volume captures the most recent and exciting scientific progress made in this research field.As the world’s climate and energy needs...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-10-02
Collection :
Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
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This book shows how tablets (and smartphones) using a variety of selected ‘apps’, can enhance fieldwork and other out-of-classroom activities. The authors review imaginative uses of tablets from their own project and as well as examples from other colleagues. To help...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-09-30
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This multi-disciplinary book will cater to students and those who want to have a more critical look behind the scenes of Antarctic science.This book will take a systems approach to providing insights into Antarctic ecosystems and the geophysical environment. Further,...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-09-29
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This thesis includes a wealth of cave maps, as well as photos of the caves and karst morphologies. At the heart of the thesis is the important discovery of a flank margin cave with speleothem hiatuses and fossil invertebrate associations. The analysis of the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-09-28
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This book provides an integrated approach to the assessment of seismic hazards. The reduction of losses expected by future earthquakes is probably the most important contribution of seismology to society. Large earthquakes occurred in densely populated areas highlight...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-09-28
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This book provides an attractive and informative overview of Colombian landscapes and their geological evolution, including comprehensive descriptions of seventeen key selected sites in the country. It provides insight into the geomorphological diversity of Colombian...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-09-26
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Mountains cover a quarter of the Earth's land surface and are home to about 12 percent of the global population. They are the sources of all the world's major rivers, affect regional weather patterns, provide centres of biological and cultural diversity, hold deposits...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-09-24
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