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This book presents the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Integrated Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences 2014 (ICIPEG2014). Topics covered on the petroleum engineering side include reservoir modeling and simulation, enhanced oil recovery,...
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Springer
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2015-03-20
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This book of phenomenal illustrations provides a wealth of visual information on the wide variety of landform processes over all latitudes, climates and geological time-scales. It invites you to observe the surface of planet Earth, to appreciate its astonishing beauty...
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Springer
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2015-03-11
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This book presents Brazil as a country of continental dimensions. Its territory has a large variety of rock types, geological structures and climates. The country has a large variety of landscapes, such as the humid plains of the Amazon River, the dry plateaus of the...
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Springer
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2015-03-05
Collection :
World Geomorphological Landscapes
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This book presents a beautifully illustrated overview of the most prominent landscapes of South Africa and the distinctive landforms associated with them. It describes the processes, origins and the environmental significance of those landscapes, including their...
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Springer
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2015-03-05
Collection :
World Geomorphological Landscapes
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This volume is the first comprehensive description of the most spectacular landforms of Hungary. It is a richly illustrated book which presents a collection of significant sites, capturing the geodiversity of Hungarian landscapes.The Landscapes and Landforms of Hungary...
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Springer
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2015-03-02
Collection :
World Geomorphological Landscapes
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This book gathers and updates the most significant advances of the last two centuries and presents an unprecedented micro paleontological study covering more than 20 stratigraphic sections.This information is supplemented by numerous sedimentological observations and...
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Springer
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2015-02-19
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences
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This book offers a unique collection of inter- and multidisciplinary studies on river systems. Rivers have been the prime source of sustenance since the advent of civilization and river systems often form the basis for agriculture, transport, water, and land for...
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Springer
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2015-02-18
Collection :
Springer Earth System Sciences
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During the past years, Saudi Arabia has been affected by particularly severe torrential rains and floods. This book presents an in-depth and all-encompassing study on the floods that occurred in the Jeddah area in 2009 and 2011, including water-flow mechanisms,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-02-17
Collection :
Springer Natural Hazards
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This book addresses the geology of the entire Himalayan range in Nepal, i.e., from the Gangetic plain in the south to the Tethyan zone in the north. Without a comprehensive look at the various Himalayan zones, it is practically impossible to fully grasp the processes at...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-02-11
Collection :
Regional Geology Reviews
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The fundamentals of methods in nuclear geophysics and their practical applications in engineering geology, hydrology, hydrogeology, agriculture and environmental science are discussed in this book.The methods and apparatus based on absorption and scattering of gamma and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-01-13
Collection :
Springer Geophysics
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Granites are emblematic rocks developed from a magma that crystallized in the Earth's crust. They ultimately outcrop at the surface of every continent. This book offers a modern presentation of granitic rocks. It considers granites in their geological spatial and...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-01-09
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This book summarizes the geomorphology, geology, geochronology, geophysics and mineral resources of the Congo Basin, one of the world’s most enigmatic and poorly understood major intra-continental sedimentary basins, and its flanking areas of Central Africa. It provides...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2015-01-02
Collection :
Regional Geology Reviews
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"The PhD thesis written by Mr. Ackermann is an outstanding and in-depth scientific study that closes a research gap and paves the way to new developments. Despite the extremely complex issues, his work is very understandable and excellently elaborated."Prof. Dr....
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Springer
Parution :
2014-12-05
Collection :
Springer Theses
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This book takes an in-depth look at the theory and methods inherent in the tracing of riverine sediments. Examined tracers include multi-elemental concentration data, fallout radionuclides (e.g., 210Pb, 137Cs, 7Be), radiogenic isotopes (particularly those of Pb, Sr,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-12-03
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences
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The present book provides guidance to understanding complicated coupled processes based on the experimental data available and implementation of developed algorithms in numerical codes. Results of selected test cases in the fields of closed-form solutions (e.g.,...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-11-26
Collection :
Terrestrial Environmental Sciences
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This book explains how it came to be that Venus and Earth, while very similar in chemical composition, zonation, size and heliocentric distance from the Sun, are very different in surface environmental conditions. It is argued here that these differences can be...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-11-25
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Focusing on issues of when and how Archean crust in the craton was formed, this PhD thesis book presents major research outcomes of field based metamorphic, geochemical and geochronological investigations on Meso-Neoarchean basement rocks from Shandong Province in the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-11-21
Collection :
Springer Theses
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The Lakshadweep islands are a group of 36 coral islands in the Indian Ocean. These small islands are unique for their aquatic bio-diversity and vast blue lagoons. This book presents the results of studies done by the authors during the period 1990 to 2009 that address...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-11-17
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences
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This book presents a detailed analysis and synthesis of the processes affecting sediments fluxes from watershed to worldwide coastal systems. The volume provides a comprehensive overview and constitutes a systematic description of the response of coastal systems to...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-10-28
Collection :
Coastal Research Library
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For the last three centuries forests have been recognised as providing the best water catchments and valued for their sustained output of high quality water. In Australia, work which was commenced fifty years ago has come to fruition and is providing new information on...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-10-21
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