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Numerical and statistical methods have rapidly become part of a palaeolimnologist’s tool-kit. They are used to explore and summarise complex data, reconstruct past environmental variables from fossil assemblages, and test competing hypotheses about the causes of...
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Springer
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2012-04-06
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Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research
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The Internet has become the major form of map delivery.The current presentation of maps is based on the use of online services. This session examines developments related to online methods of map delivery, particularly Application Programmer Interfaces (APIs) and...
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Springer
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2012-03-30
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All the solid fuels fossil energy and mineral commodities we use come out of the Earth. Modern society is increasingly dependent on mineral and fossil energy sources. They differ in availability, cost of production, and geographical distribution. Even if solid fuels,...
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Springer
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2012-03-30
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International Year of Planet Earth
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INTRODUCTION TO Geochemistry This book is intended to serve as a text for an introductory course in geochemistry for undergraduate/ graduate students with at least an elementary-level background in earth sciences, chemistry, and mathematics. The text, containing 83...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-03-28
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From the Earth's Core to Outer Space focuses on four themes: (1) Evolving Earth’s crust, (2) Changing Baltic Sea, (3) Climate Change, and (4) Planet Earth, third stone from Sun. The focus on these four topics provides both a state of the art review of earth science...
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Springer
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2012-03-26
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An Introduction to Forensic Geoscience provides fundamental training in geoscience as developed through the lens of its forensic applications. It incorporates a range of topics including geophysical methods of grave detection, the mineralogy of art, identification of...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-03-23
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Speleothems (mineral deposits that formed in caves) are currently giving us some of the most exciting insights into environments and climates during the Pleistocene ice ages and the subsequent Holocene rise of civilizations. The book applies system science to Quaternary...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-03-22
Collection :
Blackwell Quaternary Geoscience Series
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Empirical research needs a profound theory to be successful. This is the simple but, in its consequences, radical approach for this study in geomorphology. It critically analyses the current system understanding and offers a new view for a geomorphology that understands...
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Springer
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2012-03-12
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This book covers the distribution, hydrochemistry and geophysics of the naturally occurring stable isotopes namely: hydrogen, oxygen and radioactive tritium, carbon and other cosmogenic and radiogenic isotopes of the uranium-thorium series, in the oceans and...
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Springer
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2012-03-06
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Shallow water acoustics (SWA), the study of how low and medium frequency sound propagates and scatters on the continental shelves of the worlds oceans, has both technical interest and a large number of practical applications. Technically, shallow water poses an...
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Springer
Parution :
2012-02-22
Collection :
The Underwater Acoustics Series
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Time Series Analysis in Meteorology and Climatology provides an accessible overview of this notoriously difficult subject. Clearly structured throughout, the authors develop sufficient theoretical foundation to understand the basis for applying various analytical...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2012-02-21
Collection :
Advancing Weather and Climate Science
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Computer science provides a powerful tool that was virtually unknown three generations ago. Some of the classical fields of knowledge are geodesy (surveying), cartography, and geography. Electronics have revolutionized geodetic methods. Cartography has faced the...
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Springer
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2012-02-21
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Produced sand causes a lot of problems. From that reasons sand production must be monitored and kept within acceptable limits. Sand control problems in wells result from improper completion techniques or changes in reservoir properties. The idea is to provide support to...
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Springer
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2012-02-21
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Both hydrologists and meteorologists need to speak a common scientific language, and this has given rise to the new scientific discipline of hydrometeorology, which deals with the transfer of water and energy across the land/atmosphere interface. Terrestrial...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-02-17
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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Economic Geography presents students and researchers with a comprehensive overview of the field, put together by a prestigious editorial team, with contributions from an international cast of prominent scholars. Offers a fully...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-02-15
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography
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For safe operations in the Arctic, it is critical to understand the natural conditions and to learn from the experiences of ice pilots who have worked there. In the context of planning the PetroArctic project, accounts of seagoing activities in the Russian Arctic Seas...
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Springer
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2012-02-15
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Wie entstehen Edelsteine? Wo gibt es sie? Und was können wir von ihnen lernen? Bei der Bildung von Smaragd, Rubin, Diamant, Topas oder Opal sind die beteiligten Zutaten und Prozesse so vielfältig wie die Edelsteine selbst. Anschaulich erklärt Florian Neukirchen, wie...
Editeur :
Spektrum Akademischer Verlag
Parution :
2012-02-14
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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Economic Geography presents students and researchers with a comprehensive overview of the field, put together by a prestigious editorial team, with contributions from an international cast of prominent scholars. Offers a fully...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-02-06
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography
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In view of the rapidly changing ecology of Africa ,this work provides benchmarks for some of the major, and more neglected, aspects, with an accent on historical data to enable habitats to be seen in relation to their previous state, forming a background reference work...
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Springer
Parution :
2012-01-28
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Springer Geography
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Forecast Verification: A Practioner's Guide in Atmospheric Science, 2nd Edition provides an indispensible guide to this area of active research by combining depth of information with a range of topics to appeal both to professional practitioners and researchers and...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2012-01-25
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