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Alpine aquifers play a critical role in the hydrology of mountainous areas by sustaining base flow in downstream rivers during dry periods and retarding flood propagation after heavy precipitation events. Progressing climate change alters climatic and meteorological...
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Springer Spektrum
Parution :
2022-03-07
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This book presents the select proceedings of the Virtual Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (VCDRR 2021). It emphasizes on the role of civil engineering for a disaster resilient society. Various topics covered in this book are risk assessment, prevention, mitigation,...
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Springer
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2022-03-02
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The Field Description of Metamorphic Rocks The Field Description of Metamorphic Rocks, Second Edition This pocket-sized field guide describes how metamorphic rocks and rock masses may be observed, recorded and mapped in the field. Written at a level suitable for Earth...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2022-03-01
Collection :
Geological Field Guide
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This book aims to establish a community with attention to land use to achieve sustainable development and meet the needs of today’s society. Urban planning depends on engineering, architectural, social and political pillars. It pursues this by proposing solutions,...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-03-01
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This book highlights some of the interesting recent and historical earthquakes (1803 Uttarkashi, 1819 Kutch, 1897 Shillong, 1905 Kangra, 1934 Nepal-Bihar, 1950 Upper Assam, 1967 Koyna, 1993 Killari, 1997 Jabalpur, 2001 Bhuj, 2004 Sumatra-Andaman, 2005 Kashmir, and 2015...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-02-28
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The Arctic has become a global arena. This development can only be comprehensively understood from a transdisciplinary perspective encompassing ecological, cultural, societal, economic, industrial, geopolitical, and security considerations. This book offers thorough...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-02-25
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This book explores state-of-art techniques based on open-source software and statistical programming and modelling in modern geospatial applications, specifically focusing on recent trends in data mining techniques and robust modelling in Geomorphological, Hydrological,...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-02-24
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Der ideale Einstieg in die faszinierende Welt der Tiefbohrtechnik
Rohstoffe sind die Basis unseres Wohlstandes. Aber hätten Sie gewusst, dass Sie in Ihrem Leben statistisch gesehen zum Beispiel 460 Tonnen Sand verbrauchen oder dass in Ihrem Handy dutzende Elemente des...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-02-22
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This book contains the best peer-reviewed papers accepted for presentation at the 2nd Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-2), organized in Sousse, Tunisia, in November 2019. The short papers cover various topics from the fields of (1)...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-02-21
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Methods and techniques for monitoring subsurface carbon dioxide storage Storing carbon dioxide in underground geological formations is emerging as a promising technology to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. A range of geophysical techniques can be...
Editeur :
American Geophysical Union
Parution :
2022-02-21
Collection :
Geophysical Monograph Series
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The development of the base-load capable, climate-friendly, and practically inexhaustible source of "geothermal energy" represents an important pillar of the energy supply of the future. If it were possible to expand geothermal energy production accordingly, Germany...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-02-17
Collection :
Springer Theses
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Degradation of agricultural catchments due to water erosion is a major environmental threat at the global scale, with long-lasting destructive consequences valued at tens of billions of dollars per annum. Eroded soils lead to reduced crop yields and deprived...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-02-17
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This book is the first to give a comprehensive and detailed overview of the complete geography of Albania in English. It highlights the most important and manifold potentials of nature, society and economy of Albania as well as development problems during different time...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-02-17
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How does your cell phone know where you are right now?How is our planet changing due to geodynamic processes and ongoing climate change?How can these changes be precisely measured from space in order to obtain reliable information about the melting of ice sheets or the...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-02-16
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The Anthropocene refers to all societies’ current era of environmental challenges. For the social sciences, the Anthropocene represents a historical "moment" with huge potential: it offers people new ways of considering the human condition, as well as how they interact...
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Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2022-02-15
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Earth MaterialsEarth materials encompass the minerals, rocks, soil and water that constitute our planet and the physical, chemical and biological processes that produce them. Since the expansion of computer technology in the last two decades of the twentieth century,...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2022-02-15
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This book examines prospective climate adaptive building materials in desert and drylands in the context of climate change, desertification, urbanisation demands, and the consequent sustainable urban development challenges.
This preliminary collection of ecological...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-02-14
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The first systematic examination of the role of geomorphological processes in the cycling of carbon through the terrestrial system. Argues that knowledge of geomorphological processes is fundamental to understanding the ways in which carbon is stored and recycled in...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2022-02-09
Collection :
RGS-IBG Book Series
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The densely populated Campi Flegrei resurgent caldera is one of the widest known, best studied and highly dangerous volcanoes of the world. This monograph synthesises the current knowledge of this volcano, through different review chapters. Each chapter of this book is...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-02-08
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New scientific discoveries in the Congo Basin as a result of international collaborations The Congo is the world's second largest river basin and home to 120 million people. Understanding the cycling of water, sediments, and nutrients is important as the region faces...
Editeur :
American Geophysical Union
Parution :
2022-02-08
Collection :
Geophysical Monograph Series
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