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This book contains peer-reviewed papers from the Second World Landslide Forum, organised by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), that took place in September 2011. The entire material from the conference has been split into seven volumes, this one is the...
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Springer
Parution :
2013-07-01
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Carbonate rock coasts are found world-wide, from continental shorelines of the Adriatic Sea of Europe to the Yucatan Peninsula of North America, and on tropical islands from Rodrigues Island in the Indian Ocean, to the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean, to the Bahama...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-06-28
Collection :
Coastal Research Library
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Detailed mapping and analysis of the structural features of rocks enable the 3D geometry of their structures to be reconstructed. The resulting evidence of the stresses and movement patterns which rocks have undergone indicates the processes by which they were formed,...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2013-06-17
Collection :
Geological Society of London Handbook Series
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123,95€
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Discrete Fracture Network Modeling of Hydraulic Stimulation describes the development and testing of a model that couples fluid-flow, deformation, friction weakening, and permeability evolution in large, complex two-dimensional discrete fracture networks. The model can...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-06-15
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences
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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Special Publications Series. Whether you are a science undergraduate or graduate student, post-doc or senior scientist, you need practical career development advice. Put Your Science to Work: The Take-Charge...
Editeur :
American Geophysical Union
Parution :
2013-06-13
Collection :
Special Publications
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30,95€
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The Periglacial Environment, Third Edition, provides an authoritative overview of the worldâ??s cold, non-glacial environments. Emphasis is placed upon the North American and Eurasian polar lowlands, but examples are also drawn from Antarctica, the Qinghai-Xizang...
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Wiley
Parution :
2013-05-22
ePub
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58,20€
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Originally published in 1989, Karst Geomorphology and Hydrology became the leading textbook on karst studies. This new textbook has been substantially revised and updated. The first half of the book is a systematic presentation of the dissolution kinetics, chemical...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2013-05-03
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199,95€
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Geological Society of London Handbook Series Edited by KeithCox Founded in 1807, theGeological Society of London has beenpublishing since 1845 and now distributes its journal to Fellowsthroughout the world. This Handbook is published as part ofa series of authoritative...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2013-05-03
Collection :
Geological Society of London Handbook Series
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57,95€
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This book outlines a generic set of procedures, termed the River Styles Framework, which provides a set of tools for interpreting river character, behavior, condition, and recovery potential. Applications of the framework generate a coherent package of geomorphic...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-04-29
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103,95€
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Erosion is the most common cause of failures at earth-dams, dikes and levees, whether through overtopping and overflowing, or internal erosion and piping. This book is dedicated to the phenomenon of internal erosion and piping. It is not intended to be exhaustive on the...
Editeur :
Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2013-04-08
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187,95€
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Teide Volcano has many different meanings: For the Guanche aborigines, who endured several of its eruptions, it was Echeide (Hell). Early navigators had in Teide, a lifesaving widely visible landmark that was towering over the clouds. For the first explorers,Teide was a...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-03-29
Collection :
Active Volcanoes of the World
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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...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-03-29
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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...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-03-28
ePub
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This book addresses the latest issues in multiscale geomechanics. Written by leading experts in the field as a tribute to Jean Biarez (1927-2006), it can be of great use and interest to researchers and engineers alike. A brief introduction describes how a major school...
Editeur :
Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2013-02-28
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213,95€
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The continuously growing human population along the world’s coasts will exacerbate the impact of human activities on all coastal environments. Restoration activities will therefore become increasingly important. In particular, sandy shores and coastal dunes will require...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-01-30
Collection :
Springer Series on Environmental Management
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Cities built on unconsolidated sediments consisting of clays, silt, peat, and sand, are particularly susceptible to subsidence. Such regions are common in delta areas, where rivers empty into the oceans, along flood plains adjacent to rivers, and in coastal marsh...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-01-05
Collection :
Springer Environmental Science and Engineering
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What is the progress in hydraulic research?What are the new methods used in modeling of transport of momentum, matter and heat in both open and conduit channels?What new experimental methods, instruments, measurement techniques, and data analysis routines are used in...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-01-04
Collection :
GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences
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The book presents the historical evolution of gold mining activities in the Egyptian and Nubian Desert (Sudan) from about 4000 BC until the Early Islamic Period (~800–1350 AD), subdivided into the main classical epochs including the Early Dynastic – Old and Middle...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2012-12-13
ePub
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Earth’s present-day environments are the outcome of a 4.5 billion year period of evolution reflecting the interaction of global-scale geological and biological processes punctuated by several extraordinary events and episodes that perturbed the entire Earth system. One...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2012-10-11
Collection :
Frontiers in Earth Sciences
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Filling a niche in the geomorphology teaching market, this introductory book is built around a 12 week course in fluvial geomorphology. ‘Reading the landscape’ entails making sense of what a riverscape looks like, how it works, how it has evolved over time, and how...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-09-26
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135,95€
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