Geologie

Advances in the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide

As is now generally accepted mankind’s burning of fossil fuels has resulted in the mass transfer of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, a modification of the delicately-balanced global carbon cy...

Fractal Behaviour of the Earth System

It is with pleasure that I write the foreword to this excellent book. A wide range of observations in geology and solid-earth geophysics can be - plained in terms of fractal distributions. In this...

Earth Observation with CHAMP

<P>In the summer of 2000 the German geo-research satellite CHAMP was launched into orbit. Its innovative payload arrangement and the low initial orbit allow CHAMP to simultaneously collect a...

Manual for Soil Analysis - Monitoring and Assessing Soil Bioremediation

<P>This volume presents detailed descriptions of methods for evaluating, monitoring and assessing bioremediation of soil contaminated with organic pollutants or heavy metals. Traditional soi...

Plio-Quaternary Volcanism in Italy

Angelo Peccerillo

<p>Central-Southern Italy and the Tyrrhenian Sea are the sites of extensive Plio-Quaternary magmatic activity. The rock compositions include crustal anatectic granites and rhyolites, tholeii...

Travertine

Allan Pentecost

uring the spring of 1960, an uncle showed me a ‘petrifying spring’ near Plaxtol in Kent Dwhere twigs had been encased in a calcareous jacket. A twig was collected and having - cently been give...

Experimental Rock Deformation - The Brittle Field

M.S. Paterson / Teng-fong Wong

This monograph deals with the part of the field of experimental rock deformation that is dominated by the phenomena of brittle fracture on one scale or another. Thus a distinction has been drawn b...

Tunnelling and Tunnel Mechanics

Dimitrios Kolymbas

<P>This book covers not only practical aspects but also the underlying theoretical approaches. It also covers the fundamentals of rock mechanics. The book addresses not only students but als...

Ionospheric Precursors of Earthquakes

Sergey Pulinets / Kyrill Boyarchuk

Using the kind permission given to me by my co-author, this short preface will be written in my name. I want to devote this book to San Juan city in Argentina. It is not only due to the fact that ...

Tensile Fracturing in Rocks

Dov Bahat / Avinoam Rabinovitch / Vladimir Frid

‘Tensile Fracturing in Rocks’ presents field observations on fracturing of sedim- tary rocks and granite outcrops from various provinces in three continents. It also combines results of recent...

Solving Algebraic Computational Problems in Geodesy and Geoinformatics

Joseph L. Awange / Erik W. Grafarend

While preparing and teaching ‘Introduction to Geodesy I and II’ to - dergraduate students at Stuttgart University, we noticed a gap which motivated the writing of the present book: Almost ever...

Full of Life

<P>Biosphere reserves serve in some ways as "living laboratories" for testing&nbsp;and demonstrating integrated management of land, water and biodiversity.&nbsp;With this pub...

Handbuch zur Erkundung des Untergrundes von Deponien und Altlasten

<P>Dieses Handbuch besteht aus insgesamt neun Einzelbänden. Sechs Bände behandeln die Themen Geofernerkundung, Strömungs- und Transportmodellierung, Geophysik, Hydrogeologie/Geotechnik, T...

Upscaling Multiphase Flow in Porous Media

<P>This book provides concise, up-to-date and easy-to-follow information on certain aspects of an ever important research area: multiphase flow in porous media. This flow type is of great si...

Die Böden des Arboretums auf Brijuni / Kroatien. Eine Planungshilfe für die Neugestaltung

Tomislav Erstic

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Geologie, Mineralogie, Bodenkunde, Note: 1, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (Institut für Waldökologie / Institu...

Modern Luminescence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials

Michael Gaft / Renata Reisfeld / Gerard Panczer

<P><STRONG>Luminescence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials</STRONG> presents an overview of the general concepts in luminescence spectroscopy as well as experimental methods ...

The Rio Chagres, Panama

<P>This book examines one of the most important and complex of the world's tropical rainforest regions: the greater Panama Canal Watershed. The Rio Chagres is the primary water source fo...

Chernozenierung, Peptisation und Flockung

Ariane Keblat

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Geologie, Mineralogie, Bodenkunde, Note: 1,0, Universität Potsdam, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Peptisation und Floc...

Graduate Study for the Twenty-First Century

Gregory M. Colón Semenza

Many graduate students continue to be regarded as 'apprentices' despite the fact that they are expected to design and teach their own classes, serve on university committees, and conferenc...

Managing European Coasts

Coastal zones play a key role in Earth System functioning and form an “edge for society” providing a significant contribution to the life support systems. Goods and services derived from coast...