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Geological Records of the Fuegian Andes Deformed Complex Framed in a Patagonian Orogenic Belt Regional Context
Häftad, 2018
551 kr
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This book studies the Fuegian Andes in Argentina, showing both simple and complex aspects. The first ones refer to the general stratigraphy of the area and the latter result from their tectonic characteristics. Concerning the stratigraphy, an appraisal of the denomination and valorization of …
Marine Carbon Biogeochemistry
A Primer for Earth System Scientists
Häftad, 2019
225 kr
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This open access book discusses biogeochemical processes relevant to carbon and aims to provide readers, graduate students and researchers, with insight into the functioning of marine ecosystems. A carbon centric approach has been adopted, but other elements are included where relevant or needed. …
Non-seismic and Non-conventional Exploration Methods for Oil and Gas in Cuba
Av Manuel Enrique Pardo Echarte, Osvaldo Rodríguez Morán m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
551 kr
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This book assesses the use of various non-seismic and non-conventional oil and gas exploration methods in Cuba. In addition to discussing the benefits of these methods, the book demonstrates how they can be combined with geological data and conventional methods, leading to a better evaluation of …
Geological-Structural Mapping and Favorable Sectors for Oil and Gas in Cuba
Non-seismic Exploration Methods
Av Manuel Enrique Pardo Echarte, Osvaldo Rodríguez Morán m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
551 kr
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The so-called "Non-conventional geophysical-geochemical exploration methods" are used, in the particular case of oil and gas exploration, for the detection and mapping of active microseepage of light hydrocarbons with a vertical nature on the gas-oil accumulations.The non-seismic exploration …
State of the Art in Deep Geothermal Energy in Europe
With Focus on Direct Heating
Av Johanna Fink, Elisa Heim m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
551 kr
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Since nearly 50 % of Europe's energy demand is in the heating and cooling sector, it is expected that geothermal energy will play an important role in the transition to a decarbonized energy system. However, deep geothermal energy is currently harvested mainly from areas with very favorable …
Integrating Data Science and Earth Science
Challenges and Solutions
Av Laurens M. Bouwer, Doris Dransch m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
333 kr
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This open access book presents the results of three years collaboration between earth scientists and data scientist, in developing and applying data science methods for scientific discovery. The book will be highly beneficial for other researchers at senior and graduate level, interested in …
Sand Mining in African Coastal Regions
Exploring the Drivers, Impacts and Implications for Environmental Sustainability in Lagos Nigeria
Av Ibrahim Rotimi Aliu, Isaiah Sewanu Akoteyon m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
551 kr
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This book explores the drivers and impacts of sand mining in the coastal areas of Lagos Nigeria. Based on empirical evidence, sand mining activity is driven by a number of urbanization-related factors while sand mining impacts are underlined by a number of sustainability-related factors. Four …
Optimal Surface Fitting of Point Clouds Using Local Refinement
Application to GIS Data
Av Gaël Kermarrec, Vibeke Skytt m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
333 kr
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This open access book provides insights into the novel Locally Refined B-spline (LR B-spline) surface format, which is suited for representing terrain and seabed data in a compact way. It provides an alternative to the well know raster and triangulated surface representations. An LR B-spline …
Development of Classical and Modern Geodetic Reference Systems of Albania
Av Bilbil Nurçe
Häftad, 2023
551 kr
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This book addresses the problems of mathematical relations between global and classical coordinate references from the practical applications point of view. It presents a large cartographic and numerical information set, which provides great values for practical and academical use based on the …
GeomInt—Discontinuities in Geosystems From Lab to Field Scale
Av Olaf Kolditz, Keita Yoshioka m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
333 kr
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This is an open access book. In view of growing conflicts over strategic georesources, the use of the geological subsurface in the sense of a regional resource is becoming increasingly important. In this context, georeservoirs are playing an important role for the energy transition not only as a …
Thermodynamics and Equilibria in Earth System Sciences: An Introduction
Häftad, 2024
550 kr
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Thermodynamics is needed to understand many processes on Earth, be they physical, chemical, or biological. Thermodynamics is critical to study the atmosphere (lapse rate, fohn winds, circulation), hydrosphere (latent and sensible heat, pressure dependence of freezing/boiling points), geosphere …
Modelling Soil Development Under Global Change
Av Peter Finke
Häftad, 2024
498 kr
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Quantitative assessments of the effects of global change on soil development are mostly focused on soil carbon, some nutrients, pollutants and soil water. Soil however is a complex entity with interacting biological, physical and chemical processes that are rarely modelled in its entirety. …
Energy Flow and Earth
How Earth Works
Häftad, 2024
607 kr
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This book shows how energy flow plays a major role in: plate tectonics; the formation of continents; ocean basins; and building mountains. Energy flow also produces and drives volcanos, Earth’s magnetic field, the wind belts, our weather, and ocean circulation. The studies of convection cells, …
Geology of Agate Deposits
Häftad, 2025
551 kr
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This book examines agate provinces through the lens of plate tectonics, stratigraphy, agatization, and more. It delves into the physical and chemical properties of agate deposits, their environments of formation, and related silica deposits like opal, chert, and petrified wood. Examples, …
Sustainable Waste Management Practices for the Mining Sector Through Recycling of Mining Waste
Av Suchismita Satapathy, Meghana Mishra m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
1861 kr
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Mining waste management is an important issue for the mining industry since it entails the safe and responsible disposal of waste created during mining operations. This waste comprises tailing, waste rock, and other mining wastes that, if not adequately managed, can pose environmental and health …
Air Quality Management and Research in Southeast Asia
Av Erik Velasco, Armando Retama m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
603 kr
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This book examines the capabilities for monitoring air quality, developing emission inventories, and running chemical-transport models for regulatory, forecasting, and research purposes in Southeast Asia. It also reviews scientific efforts made to better understand and characterize air pollution in …
Agriculture and Water Management Under Climate Change
Av Öner Çetin
Häftad, 2025
603 kr
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This book analyzes how major events such as the recent pandemic crisis, wars around the world and climate change, have affected agricultural production and the direct food supply. In this sense, human nutrition will never be off the agenda. The book provides information and guidelines for both …
Toba Caldera: The Eye of Sumatra
Evolution of the Toba Caldera Complex
Häftad, 2025
456 kr
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Toba, the name of a simple farmer from an ancient legend in a remote land, was given to a lake, a people, a volcanic crater, and recently a Geopark. The name has many meanings, but to scientists such as volcanologists, geologists, and naturalists, Toba is synonymous with the greatest volcanic …
Review of CO₂ Storage Integrity and Fault Zone Risk
Häftad, 2025
498 kr
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This book compares how seismic fault activation can be described by frictional-based theories such as the rate and state theory or by a general dynamic plasticity approach such as the Cam-Clay theory. In this book, the leading edge of fault physics concepts that are best suited and applicable to …
Changing Framework of the Guiana Shield
Häftad, 2025
498 kr
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This book describes the widely different concepts that have been developed about the general structure and origin of the Guiana shield during the last one hundred years. A review of the evolution of thoughts about the geological framework of the Guiana Shield shows that many problems discussed at …
World’s Ecoclimates
A New Digital Climate Classification and Its Importance for Modelling Future Climate Change
Av M. Daud Rafiqpoor, Siegmar-W. Breckle
Häftad, 2026
1425 kr
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This book provides a quantitative fully reproducible delineation of ecoclimatic boundaries to ecoclimate classification. In contrast to previous classifications, the ecoclimate classification does not use the usual “climatological averages,” i.e., the average values of temperature and precipitation …
Recent Advances in Medical Geology Research in Africa: A Decadal View
Häftad, 2026
513 kr
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This book summarizes recent advances in medical geology research (past 10 years), highlighting successes and future directions. Africa's growing awareness of the link between geological factors and disease drives this rapid evolution. Despite increasing research, dedicated resources and mentors …
Hydrogen Storage in Geological Salt Structures
Av Ihor Bagriy, Iaroslav Kryl m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
808 kr
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This monograph presents a comprehensive geological and geodynamic justification for the construction of underground hydrogen storage facilities in salt-bearing formations of the Izmail district, Odesa region, Ukraine. The research applies an integrated Structural-Thermal-Atmo-Hydro-Geochemical …
Hydrogen Storage in Geological Salt Structures
Av Ihor Bagriy, Iaroslav Kryl m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
551 kr
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This monograph presents a comprehensive geological and geodynamic justification for the construction of underground hydrogen storage facilities in salt-bearing formations of the Izmail district, Odesa region, Ukraine. The research applies an integrated Structural-Thermal-Atmo-Hydro-Geochemical …
Luminescence Dating in Archaeology, Anthropology, and Geoarchaeology
An Overview
Av Ioannis Liritzis, Ashok Kumar Singhvi m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
679 kr
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The field of Luminescence Dating has reached a level of maturity. Both research and applications from all fields of archaeological science, from archaeological materials to anthropology and geoarchaeology, now routinely employ luminescence dating. The advent of optically stimulated luminescence …
Integrated Analysis of Interglacial Climate Dynamics (INTERDYNAMIC)
Häftad, 2014
551 kr
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The work addresses the following questions in the context of interglacial climate dynamics: (i) What are the amplitudes of natural climate variations on timescales of several years to millennia? (ii) Do abrupt changes in the large-scale circulation of the Atlantic Ocean occur in interglacials? …
Catalogue of Meteorites from South America
Av Rogelio Daniel Acevedo, Maximiliano C.L. Rocca m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
551 kr
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The first Catalogue of Meteorites from South America includes new specimens never previously reported, while doubtful cases and pseudometeorites have been deliberately omitted.The falling of these objects is a random event, but the sites where old meteorites are found tend to be focused in certain …
Mollusk shells as bio-geo-archives
Evaluating environmental changes during the Quaternary
Av Sandra Gordillo, María Sol Bayer m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
551 kr
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In view of the wide range of disciplines involved in Quaternary research, this book offers a one-stop resource for the Quaternary research community, since it reviews the latest techniques and provides an approach to how mollusk shell remains are used in the reconstruction of marine environments in …
Argentina Continental Margin
A Potential Paleoclimatic-Paleoceanographic Archive for the Southern Ocean
Av Roberto A. Violante, Cecilia Laprida m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
551 kr
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The evolution of the Argentina Continental Margin during the Quaternary and the stratigraphic and morphosedimentary configuration responded to climatic variability, oceanographic changes, glacioeustatic fluctuations and tectono-isostatic processes, which began to impact on the margin during …
Neogene Micropaleontology and Stratigraphy of Argentina
The Chaco-Paranense Basin and the Península de Valdés
Av Hugo Marengo
Häftad, 2015
551 kr
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This book gathers and updates the most significant advances of the last two centuries and presents an unprecedented micro paleontological study covering more than 20 stratigraphic sections. This information is supplemented by numerous sedimentological observations and analyses, on the basis of …
