Paläontologie

Photopolarimetry in Remote Sensing

Preface.- General Information.- Maxwell's Equations, Electromagnetic Waves and Stokes Parameters.- Polarized Light Scattering by Large Nonspherical Particles.- Optimization of Numerical Invers...

Observation of the Earth System from Space

In the recent years, space-based observation methods have led to a subst- tially improved understanding of Earth system. Geodesy and geophysics are contributing to this development by measuring th...

Gravity, Geoid and Space Missions

The lAG International Symposium on Gravity, Geoid, and Space Missions 2004 (GGSM2004) was lield in the beautiful city of Porto, Portugal, from 30 August to 3 September 2004. This symposium encompa...

Isotopes in Palaeoenvironmental Research

<P>This thorough reference shows how stable isotopes can be applied to understanding the palaeoenvironment, with chapters on the interpretation of isotopes in water, tree rings, bones and te...

Univariate Time Series in Geosciences

Hans Gilgen

<P>This is a detailed introduction to the statistical analysis of geophysical time series, using numerous examples and exercises to build proficiency. The exercises lead the reader to explor...

Metalliferous Sediments of the World Ocean

Evgeny G. Gurvich

Dramatic advances in understanding global tectonics have been made in the last half century and the information and specific data acquired on the floor of the World Ocean by the scientific communi...

The Adria Microplate: GPS Geodesy, Tectonics and Hazards

<P>Tectonic motion of the Adria microplate exerts a first-order control on the tectonics, geology, seismology, resource distribution, and the geological hazards across a broad zone of south-...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

African Dinosaurs Unearthed

Gerhard Maier

<p>From 1907 to 1931 at Tendaguru, a remote site in present-day Tanzania, teams of German (and later British) paleontologists unearthed 220 tons of fossils, including the bones of a new dino...