Earth and Planetary Sciences
Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing
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Andrew P. Bunger, John McLennan and Rob Jeffrey
ISBN 978-953-51-1137-5
1000 pages, May, 2013
Downloads: 563
- This book comprises the proceedings for the International Conference for Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing (HF2013) which was held 20-22 May 2013 in Brisbane, Australia. The conference goal was to advance hydraulic fracturing technology ...
- Tectonics
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Damien Closson
ISBN 978-953-307-545-7
358 pages, February, 2011
Downloads: 8301
- The term tectonics refers to the study dealing with the forces and displacements that have operated to create structures within the lithosphere. The deformations affecting the Earth's crust are result of the release and the redistribution of energy f ...
- Cartography - A Tool for Spatial Analysis
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Carlos Bateira
ISBN 978-953-51-0689-0
312 pages, August, 2012
Downloads: 2870
- The terrestrial space is the place of interaction of natural and social systems. The cartography is an essential tool to understand the complexity of these systems, their interaction and evolution. This brings the cartography to an important place in ...
- Geodetic Sciences - Observations, Modeling and Applications
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Shuanggen Jin
ISBN 978-953-51-1144-3
344 pages, May, 2013
Downloads: 202
- Space geodetic techniques, e.g., global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), satellite gravimetry and altimetry, and GNSS Reflectometry & Radio Occultation, are capable of measuring small changes of the Earth ...
- Biomass - Detection, Production and Usage
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Darko Matovic
ISBN 978-953-307-492-4
496 pages, September, 2011
Downloads: 5231
- Biomass has been an intimate companion of humans from the dawn of civilization to the present. Its use as food, energy source, body cover and as construction material established the key areas of biomass usage that extend to this day. Given the compl ...
- Tectonics - Recent Advances
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Evgenii Sharkov
ISBN 978-953-51-0675-3
330 pages, July, 2012
Downloads: 2647
- This book is devoted to different aspects of tectonic researches, especially to modern geodynamic processes. Syntheses of recent and earlier works, combined with new results and interpretations, are presented here for diverse tectonic settings. Most ...
- Engineering Seismology, Geotechnical and Structural Earthquake Engineering
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Sebastiano D'Amico
ISBN 978-953-51-1038-5
300 pages, March, 2013
Downloads: 646
- The mitigation of earthquake-related hazards represents a key role in the modern society. The mitigation of such kind of hazards spans from detailed studies on seismicity, evaluation of site effects, and seismo-induced landslides, tsunamis as well as ...
- Climate Change and Regional/Local Responses
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Yuanzhi Zhang and Pallav Ray
ISBN 978-953-51-1132-0
247 pages, May, 2013
Downloads: 199
- Climate Change - Socioeconomic Effects
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Juan Blanco and Houshang Kheradmand
ISBN 978-953-307-411-5
454 pages, September, 2011
Downloads: 4236
- This book shows some of the socio-economic impacts of climate change according to different estimates of the current or estimated global warming. A series of scientific and experimental research projects explore the impacts of climate change and brow ...
- Soil Fertility
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Roland Nuhu Issaka
ISBN 978-953-51-0873-3
242 pages, December, 2012
Downloads: 1107
- Soil Fertility book presents nine chapters written by renowned soil fertility experts from Africa, Asia and South America. The book is divided into two sections. Section 1, Biological Processes and Integration of Inorganic and Organic Fertilizers for ...
- Advances in Modern Cosmology
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Adnan Ghribi
ISBN 978-953-307-423-8
198 pages, August, 2011
Downloads: 3640
- The twentieth century elevated our understanding of the Universe from its early stages to what it is today and what is to become of it. Cosmology is the weapon that utilizes all the scientific tools that we have created to feel less lost in the immen ...
- Geochemistry - Earth's System Processes
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Dionisios Panagiotaras
ISBN 978-953-51-0586-2
500 pages, May, 2012
Downloads: 2179
- This book brings together the knowledge from a variety of topics within the field of geochemistry. The audience for this book consists of a multitude of scientists such as physicists, geologists, technologists, petroleum engineers, volcanologists, ge ...
- Clay Minerals in Nature - Their Characterization, Modification and Application
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Marta Valaškova and Gražyna Simha Martynkova
ISBN 978-953-51-0738-5
312 pages, September, 2012
Downloads: 1407
- Clay is an abundant raw material which has a variety of uses and properties depending on their structure and composition. Clay minerals are inexpensive and environmentally friendly naturally occurring nanomaterials, thanks to their 1 nm thick silicat ...
- Remote Sensing - Applications
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Boris Escalante-Ramirez
ISBN 978-953-51-0651-7
516 pages, June, 2012
Downloads: 1848
- Nowadays it is hard to find areas of human activity and development that have not profited from or contributed to remote sensing. Natural, physical and social activities find in remote sensing a common ground for interaction and development. This boo ...
- Remote Sensing - Advanced Techniques and Platforms
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Boris Escalante-Ramirez
ISBN 978-953-51-0652-4
462 pages, June, 2012
Downloads: 1828
- This dual conception of remote sensing brought us to the idea of preparing two different books; in addition to the first book which displays recent advances in remote sensing applications, this book is devoted to new techniques for data processing, s ...
- Hydrogeology - A Global Perspective
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Gholam A. Kazemi
ISBN 978-953-51-0048-5
222 pages, February, 2012
Downloads: 2353
- The field of groundwater hydrology and the discipline of hydrogeology have attracted a lot of attention during the past few decades. This is mainly because of the increasing need for high quality water, especially groundwater. This book, written by 1 ...
- Natural Disasters
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Sorin Cheval
ISBN 978-953-51-0188-8
156 pages, March, 2012
Downloads: 2159
- The crossroads between a more and more populated human communities and their changing environment pose different challenges than ever before. Therefore, any attempt to identify and deliver possible solutions is more than welcome. The book Natural Dis ...
- Doppler Radar Observations - Weather Radar, Wind Profiler, Ionospheric Radar, and Other Advanced Applications
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Joan Bech and Jorge Luis Chau
ISBN 978-953-51-0496-4
470 pages, April, 2012
Downloads: 1990
- Doppler radar systems have been instrumental to improve our understanding and monitoring capabilities of phenomena taking place in the low, middle, and upper atmosphere. Weather radars, wind profilers, and incoherent and coherent scatter radars imple ...
- Fractal Analysis and Chaos in Geosciences
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Sid-Ali Ouadfeul
ISBN 978-953-51-0729-3
174 pages, November, 2012
Downloads: 967
- The fractal analysis is becoming a very useful tool to process obtained data from chaotic systems in geosciences. It can be used to resolve many ambiguities in this domain. This book contains eight chapters showing the recent applications of the frac ...
- Sediment Transport Processes and Their Modelling Applications
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Andrew J. Manning
ISBN 978-953-51-1039-2
380 pages, March, 2013
Downloads: 436
- Sediment Transport Processes and their Modelling Applications is a book which covers a wide range of topics. The effective management of many aquatic environments, requires a detailed understanding of sediment dynamics. This has both environmental an ...