Geowissenschaften

Dynamics of Marine Ecosystems

John R. N. Lazier / K. H. Mann

The new edition of this widely respected text provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the effects of biological–physical interactions in the oceans from the microscopic to the global s...

Continental Margin Sedimentation

This volume on continental margin sedimentation brings together an expert editorial and contributor team to create a state-of-the-art resource. Taking a global perspective, the book spans a range ...

Groundwater in the Environment

Paul L. Younger

This accessible new textbook provides a thorough introduction to all aspects of groundwater systems and their management. Using straightforward language and analogies to everyday experiences, it e...

Advanced Agent-Based Environmental Management Systems

<P>Multi-agent Systems (MAS) are one of the most exciting research areas in Artificial Intelligence meanwhile Environmental Studies is a research area of strategic interest. Both areas can p...

Quartz Cementation in Sandstones

Quartz is the major porosity-reducing cement in many sandstone sequences. Therefore, Quartz cements represent a key source of petrographic and geochemical information about diagenetic history. The...

A Field Guide to the Neogene Sedimentary Basins of the Almeria Province, SE Spain

The Almería Province of SE Spain, a semi-arid, tectonically active region, is the focus of a wide range of scientific teaching and research in the earth sciences by universities and associated bo...

Volcaniclastic Sedimentation in Lacustrine Settings

This volume presents a unique compendium of papers assessing the effects of volcanism on lakes, as recorded by the volcaniclastic sediments deposited within them. The unifying theme is that the ef...

Precambrian Sedimentary Environments

The motivation for this volume came from the idea that the Precambrian is the key, both to the present, and to the understanding of the Earth as a whole. The Precambrian constitutes about 85% of E...

Fluvial Sedimentology VII

IAS Special Publication 35, <i>Fluvial Sedimentology VII</i>, comprises of a series of peer-reviewed papers that were initially presented at the 7th International Conference on Fluvial...

Braided Rivers

This important book brings together eighteen cutting-edge research papers first presented at the Second International Conference on Braided Rivers. It includes the latest research on the dynamics,...

Glacial Sedimentary Processes and Products

Associating ice masses with the transport and deposition of sediments has long formed a central theme in glaciology and glacial geomorphology. The reason for this focus is clear, in that ice masse...

Sandstone Diagenesis

Diagenesis affects all sediments after their deposition and includes a fundamental suite of physical, chemical and biological processes that control the texture, mineralogy and fluid-flow properti...

Flood and Megaflood Processes and Deposits

The aim of this publication is the understanding of large floods and their impact on the Earth's surface. The major objectives are: 1) to take a second look at what constitutes a megaflood tha...

Clay Mineral Cements in Sandstones

<p>Clay minerals are one of the most important groups of minerals that destroy permeability in sandstones. However, they also react with drilling and completion fluids and induce fines migra...

Radiolaria

Radiolaria are a very diverse marine siliceous microplankton group that have existed at least snice the Cambrian to the recent. This volume gives a representative view of research topics discussed...

Holocene Palaeoenvironmental History of the Central Sahara

Climate Change and Technological Options

Hartmut Graßl / Konrad Soyez

<P>An up-to-date text on climate change focussing on technical solutions for the most important and climate relevant economic sectors is presented. It is intended for key decision makers, an...

Ecological Debt

Andrew Simms

Millions of people in the West are running up huge ecological debts: from the amount of oil and coal that we burn to heat our houses and run our cars, to what we consume and the waste that we crea...

Impacts of Megaconferences on the Water Sector

Asit K. Biswas / Cecilia Tortajada

<P>The book is the first pioneering study to assess the impacts of the megaconferences on water policies, programmes and projects at global, regional and national levels. The results are ble...

Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks

Jr Sam Boggs