Earth and Planetary Sciences

  • Bathymetry and Its Applications
    Bathymetry and Its Applications
    Editor Philippe Blondel
    ISBN 978-953-307-959-2
    148 pages, January, 2012
    Downloads: 1550
    Bathymetry is the only way to explore, measure and manage the large portion of the Earth covered with water. This book ,presents some of the latest developments in bathymetry, using acoustic, electromagnetic and radar sensors, and in its applications ...
  • Seismic Waves - Research and Analysis
    Seismic Waves - Research and Analysis
    Editor Masaki Kanao
    ISBN 978-953-307-944-8
    326 pages, January, 2012
    Downloads: 1240
    The importance of seismic wave research lies not only in our ability to understand and predict earthquakes and tsunamis, it also reveals information on the Earth's composition and features in much the same way as it led to the discovery of Mohorovic ...
  • Soil Health and Land Use Management
    Soil Health and Land Use Management
    Editor Maria C. Hernandez-Soriano
    ISBN 978-953-307-614-0
    332 pages, January, 2012
    Downloads: 1237
    Soils play multiple roles in the quality of life throughout the world, not only as the resource for food production, but also as the support for our structures, the environment, the medium for waste disposal, water, and the storage of nutrients. A he ...
  • Climate Variability - Some Aspects, Challenges and Prospects
    Climate Variability - Some Aspects, Challenges and Prospects
    Editor Abdel Hannachi
    ISBN 978-953-307-699-7
    192 pages, January, 2012
    Downloads: 1197
    This book provides a general introduction to the popular topic of climate variability. It explores various aspects of climate variability and change from different perspectives, ranging from the basic nature of low-frequency atmospheric variability t ...
  • Petrology - New Perspectives and Applications
    Petrology - New Perspectives and Applications
    Editor Ali Ismail Al-Juboury
    ISBN 978-953-307-800-7
    224 pages, January, 2012
    Downloads: 1423
    Petrology, New Perspectives and Applications is designed for advanced graduate courses and professionals in petrology. The book includes eight chapters that are focused on the recent advances and application of modern petrologic and geochemical metho ...
  • Updates in Volcanology - A Comprehensive Approach to Volcanological Problems
    Updates in Volcanology - A Comprehensive Approach to Volcanological Problems
    Editor Francesco Stoppa
    ISBN 978-953-307-434-4
    242 pages, January, 2012
    Downloads: 1128
    This book ranges from the geologic-petrologic description of world-wide major volcanic fields unfamiliar to international literature, to the discussion and interpretation of the results in light of geophysical techniques. It focuses on several situat ...
  • Principles, Application and Assessment in Soil Science
    Principles, Application and Assessment in Soil Science
    Editor E. Burcu Özkaraova Güngör
    ISBN 978-953-307-740-6
    394 pages, December, 2011
    Downloads: 1540
    Our dependence on soil, and our curiosity about it, is leading to the investigation of changes within soil processes. Furthermore, the diversity and dynamics of soil are enabling new discoveries and insights, which help us to understand the variation ...
  • Advances in Data, Methods, Models and Their Applications in Geoscience
    Advances in Data, Methods, Models and Their Applications in Geoscience
    Editor Dongmei Chen
    ISBN 978-953-307-737-6
    336 pages, December, 2011
    Downloads: 1789
    With growing attention on global environmental and climate change, geoscience has experienced rapid change and development in the last three decades. Many new data, methods and modeling techniques have been developed and applied in various aspects of ...