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This book examines the meteorological phenomenon known as Western Disturbances (WDs) and traces their influence on the Indian subcontinent. It fully details the unique characteristics and dynamics of these disturbances, which produce large-scale instabilities in the...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-02-09
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Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-02-09
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This book offers an insight into the global occurrence, geomorphology, evolution, weathering and erosion of coastal cliffs and bluffs. Stabilization and preservation of cliffs are treated in detail. Mitigation of cliff hazards and preservation of scenic...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-02-09
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Das Buch weitet den Blick über die kurzfristige Verfügbarkeit von kritischen Metallen auf die grundlegende Frage: Kritisch für wen? Die Autoren nehmen alle Akteure in den Blick und behandeln geologische, chemische, technische, ökonomische und soziale Aspekte wie auch...
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Springer Spektrum
Parution :
2016-02-04
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This timely book begins with an overview of shale gas
reservoir features such as natural fracture systems, multi-fractured horizontal
wells, adsorption/desorption of methane, and non-linear flow within the
reservoir. Geomechanical modelling, an aspect of importance in...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-02-03
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Wieviel Staub verträgt die Lunge? Wie erkennt man einen Hotspot? Welche hygienischen Maßnahmen sind notwendig? Diese und viele andere Fragen beantwortet der Autor, indem er zunächst die physikalischen Grundlagen der Luftbewegung, der Entstehung von Staub und der...
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Springer Spektrum
Parution :
2016-02-03
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This book is the first comprehensive coverage of Red Sea fisheries to inform researchers and decision makers. The Red Sea is a geologically young sea, but also an area with the oldest record of human sea food exploitation. Examining the fisheries of the Red Sea has...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-02-03
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The book presents recent research on marine ecology in different parts of the world. It aims to shed light on relevant topics for budding marine ecologists.The “blue soup” of Planet Earth, which comprises both biotic and abiotic components, is essential to keeping the...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-02-02
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For much of history, soil has played a major, and often central, role in the lives of humans. Entire societies have risen, and collapsed, through the management or mismanagement of soil; farmers and gardeners worldwide nurture their soil to provide their plants with...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-01-28
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This volume gathers 19 papers first presented at the 5th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, which took place at the University of Ghent, Belgium on 2-5 December 2014. The overall conference theme was 'Cartography in Times of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-01-28
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This book presents selected contributions of the 34th International School of Hydraulics that was held in May 2015 in Zelechów, Poland. It gives an overview about the state of the art in environmental hydraulics. A special emphasis is put upon physical, biochemical and...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-01-27
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This book combines field, laboratory and modelling methods to identify, characterize and quantify sources and fluxes within and between the different compartments: water, rock and air. Inorganic carbon plays an important role in shaping karst features. In the...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-01-25
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What do we mean by the tropics? The weather and the climates it produces across the tropical zone are significantly different from those experienced by the people living in higher latitudes, so forecasters across Europe and much of North America are unfamiliar with its...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-01-22
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This book is written for all those involved in measurement of soil water phenomena, whether they be environmental scientists, field technicians, agronomists, meteorologists, hydrogeologists, foresters, physical geographers, civil or water engineers or students in these...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-01-19
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This book presents cutting-edge remote sensing research, outlining the advanced use of European Space Agency (ESA) satellite data in the context of climate change. The ESA, through its Support to Science Element (STSE) Programme, funds a network of young post-doc...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-01-13
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This book is about weather extremes in the United Kingdom. It presents fascinating and detailed insights into tornadoes (supercell and non-supercell tornadoes, historical and contemporary case studies, frequency and spatial distributions, and unique data on extreme...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-01-12
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This book is based on the project “Development and Validation of High Resolution Climate System Models” with the support of the National Key Basic Research Project under grant No. 2010CB951900. It demonstrates the major advances in the development of new, dynamical...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-01-11
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This book explores the latest advances in our understanding of the evolution of the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta, examining the Damodar basin, Bhagirathi-Hooghly basin and Jalangi basin from historical, quantitative and applied geomorphology perspectives. The evolution of...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-01-08
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This book investigates sand production problems in the development of unconsolidated sand reservoirs and suggests novel technical solutions and improvements to sand management issues.This book is divided into six chapters: (1) geologic characteristics of unconsolidated...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-01-06
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Rehearsing the State presents a comprehensive investigation of the institutions, performances, and actors through which the Tibetan Government-in-Exile is rehearsing statecraft. McConnell offers new insights into how communities officially excluded from formal state...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2015-12-29
Collection :
RGS-IBG Book Series
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