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- 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: 128
- 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: 8180
- 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 ...
- Biomass - Detection, Production and Usage
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Darko Matovic
ISBN 978-953-307-492-4
496 pages, September, 2011
Downloads: 5176
- 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 ...
- 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: 531
- 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 ...
- Tectonics - Recent Advances
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Evgenii Sharkov
ISBN 978-953-51-0675-3
330 pages, July, 2012
Downloads: 2524
- 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 ...
- Geochemistry - Earth's System Processes
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Dionisios Panagiotaras
ISBN 978-953-51-0586-2
500 pages, May, 2012
Downloads: 2077
- 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: 1292
- 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 - Advanced Techniques and Platforms
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Boris Escalante-Ramirez
ISBN 978-953-51-0652-4
462 pages, June, 2012
Downloads: 1743
- 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 ...
- Remote Sensing - Applications
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Boris Escalante-Ramirez
ISBN 978-953-51-0651-7
516 pages, June, 2012
Downloads: 1733
- 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 ...
- Hydrogeology - A Global Perspective
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Gholam A. Kazemi
ISBN 978-953-51-0048-5
222 pages, February, 2012
Downloads: 2262
- 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 ...
- Fractal Analysis and Chaos in Geosciences
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Sid-Ali Ouadfeul
ISBN 978-953-51-0729-3
174 pages, November, 2012
Downloads: 885
- 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 ...
- An Introduction to the Study of Mineralogy
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Cumhur Aydinalp
ISBN 978-953-307-896-0
154 pages, February, 2012
Downloads: 2032
- An Introduction to the Study of Mineralogy is a collection of papers that can be easily understood by a wide variety of readers, whether they wish to use it in their work, or simply to extend their knowledge. It is unique in that it presents a broad ...
- New Achievements in Geoscience
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Hwee-San Lim
ISBN 978-953-51-0263-2
212 pages, March, 2012
Downloads: 1738
- New Achievements in Geoscience is a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for academic researchers in geophysics, environmental science, earth science, natural resource managements and their related support fields. This book attempts to highlight issue ...
- Geoscience and Remote Sensing New Achievements
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Pasquale Imperatore and Daniele Riccio
ISBN 978-953-7619-97-8
508 pages, February, 2010
Downloads: 4730
- Our planet is nowadays continuously monitored by powerful remote sensors operating in wide portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Our capability of acquiring detailed information on the environment has been revolutionized by revealing its inner s ...
- Stratigraphic Analysis of Layered Deposits
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Ömer Elitok
ISBN 978-953-51-0578-7
298 pages, April, 2012
Downloads: 1499
- Stratigraphy, a branch of geology, is the science of describing the vertical and lateral relationships of different rock formations formed through time to understand the earth history. These relationships may be based on lithologic properties (named ...
- Remote Sensing of Planet Earth
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Yann Chemin
ISBN 978-953-307-919-6
240 pages, January, 2012
Downloads: 1803
- Monitoring of water and land objects enters a revolutionary age with the rise of ubiquitous remote sensing and public access. Earth monitoring satellites permit detailed, descriptive, quantitative, holistic, standardized, global evaluation of the sta ...
- Earthquake Research and Analysis - Statistical Studies, Observations and Planning
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Sebastiano D'Amico
ISBN 978-953-51-0134-5
460 pages, March, 2012
Downloads: 1672
- The study of earthquakes plays a key role in order to minimize human and material losses when they inevitably occur. Chapters in this book will be devoted to various aspects of earthquake research and analysis. The different sections present in the b ...
- Space Science
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Herman J. Mosquera Cuesta
ISBN 978-953-51-0423-0
152 pages, March, 2012
Downloads: 1575
- The all-encompassing term Space Science was coined to describe all of the various fields of research in science: Physics and astronomy, aerospace engineering and spacecraft technologies, advanced computing and radio communication systems, that are co ...
- Biomass and Remote Sensing of Biomass
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Islam Atazadeh
ISBN 978-953-307-490-0
262 pages, September, 2011
Downloads: 2293
- Generally, the term biomass is used for all materials originating from photosynthesis. However, biomass can equally apply to animals. Conservation and management of biomass is very important. There are various ways and methods for biomass evaluation. ...
- Geoscience and Remote Sensing
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Pei-Gee Peter Ho
ISBN 978-953-307-003-2
598 pages, October, 2009
Downloads: 4813
- Remote Sensing is collecting and interpreting information on targets without being in physical contact with the objects. Aircraft, satellites ...etc are the major platforms for remote sensing observations. Unlike electrical, magnetic and gravity su ...