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This book addresses time-bound geotectonic evolution of the various geological terrains of the Indian continent, on the basis of integrated geophysical studies, like seismic, seismological, gravity, magnetic, magnetotelluric and heat flow, carried out over the past five...
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Springer
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2020-04-28
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Das Meereis der Polargebiete ist nicht nur wunderschön, es reguliert auch die Temperatur der Erde. Doch es zieht sich zurück – und zwar schnell! Dabei laufen komplexe Rückkopplungen ab, die das Potenzial haben, den Klimawandel zu beschleunigen und zu...
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Springer
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2020-04-27
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A comprehensive guide to managing and mitigating natural disasters Recent years have seen a surge in the number, frequency, and severity of natural disasters, with further increases expected as the climate continues to change. However, advanced computational and...
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Wiley
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2020-04-27
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Das Buch beschreibt die Einschätzung des Risikos und der Wahrscheinlichkeit des Eintretens von Schäden gemäß Richterskala. Es erläutert die Verbindung der Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie extremwertiger Prozesse mit Beispielen aus den Wissenschaften der Erdbebenbeobachtungen.
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Springer Vieweg
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2020-04-26
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Is natural gas the ‘bridge’ to our low-carbon future? In power generation, industrial processes, parts of the transportation sector, and for domestic use, natural gas still has the potential to play a greater role in various energy transition pathways around the...
Editeur :
Polity
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2020-04-23
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Resources
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The book describes the assessment of the risk and probability of occurrence of damage according to the Richter scale. It explains the connection of the probability theory of extreme processes with examples from the sciences of earthquake observation. In contrast to many...
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Springer Vieweg
Parution :
2020-04-22
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This proceedings book gathers contributions presented at the First International Conference on Embankment Dams (1st ICED, Beijing, 5–7 June 2020), which was the inaugural conference of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-20
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This book describes the discovery of quasicrystals (icosahedral and decagonal) in an extraterrestrial rock from the Koryak Mountains of Far Eastern Russia. After a decade-long search for a natural quasicrystal, this discovery opened a new avenue in mineralogy and...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-20
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This volume presents a brief introduction to the Rare Earth Elements (REE) and their discovery, mineralogy, deposit types and applications. The book focusses on the aspects of both natural and industrial REE resources of India. It covers geological, structural,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-18
Collection :
Society of Earth Scientists Series
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This book gives an insight into the evaluation of drought in Slovakia and provides an assessment of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) as a method suitable for an evaluation of drought in agricultural land. Dry seasons in the time series from 1960 to 2014...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-17
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This book provides the reader with the a comprehensive summary of the recent advances in the study of whitecaps. It is the first major publication focusing specifically on whitecaps and their role in a variety of climate-relevant air-sea interaction processes since the...
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Springer
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2020-04-17
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This book offers a comprehensive framework of the current state of water resources in Italy and of the main stages of the evolutionary way in the last decades for achieving an integrated, sustainable and equitable water resources management. The main paradigms of...
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Springer
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2020-04-17
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This volume is a compilation of studies on interactions of changes in land cover, land use and climate with people, societies and ecosystems in drylands of Greater Central Asia. It explores the effects of collapse of socialist governance and management systems on land...
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Springer
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2020-04-14
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This book offers a complete overview of the measurement of precipitation from space, which has made considerable advancements during the last two decades.This is mainly due to the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), the Global Precipitation Measurement...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-14
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The purpose of this book is to provide a review of tectonic outlines of the Asian continent, metallogenesis rules of 242 large deposits or fields in 67 tectonic units of 6 tectonic domains in the Asia, and guidelines for the mining companies to effectively prospect the...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-13
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This book offers a complete overview of the measurement of precipitation from space, which has made considerable advancements during the last two decades.This is mainly due to the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), the Global Precipitation Measurement...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-10
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This open access volume provides for the first time a comprehensive description and scientific evaluation of underwater archaeological finds referring to human occupation of the continental shelf around the coastlines of Europe and the Mediterranean when sea levels were...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-09
Collection :
Coastal Research Library
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This book presents the selected peer-reviewed papers from the national conference Futuristic Approaches in Civil Engineering (FACE) 2019. This volume focuses on latest research and challenges in the field of geotechnical, transportation, environmental and water...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-09
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This books documents the salient characters of the tectonic evolution of the Indian subcontinent. It showcases the well investigated subcontinent of Gondwana. The book is linked to an updated geological and tectonic map of this region on 1:12,000,000 in scale. The...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-04-07
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This book focuses on understanding urban vulnerability and risk mitigation, advancing good health and wellbeing, and analysing resilience measures for various Asian cities. Today, cities are the dominant human habitat, where a large number of environmental, social,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-04-06
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