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Environmental and Resources Geochemistry of Earth System Mass Transfer Mecha…
The Earth system consists of subsystems that include the atmosphere, hydrosphere (water), geosphere (rocks, minerals), biosphere, and humans. In order to understand these subsystems and their interactions, it is essential to clarify the mass transfer mechanism, geochemical cycle, and influence of human activity on the natural environment. This book presents fundamental theories (thermodynamics,…
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- 978-4-431-54904-8
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- 38 b/w illustrations, 125 illustrations in colour
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Environmental Management of River Basin Ecosystems
This book offers a unique collection of inter- and multidisciplinary studies on river systems. Rivers have been the prime source of sustenance since the advent of civilization and river systems often form the basis for agriculture, transport, water, and land for domestic, commercial, and industrial activities, fostering economic prosperity. A river basin is a basic geographical and climatologic…
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- 978-3-319-13425-3
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- 279 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
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Environmental Management and Governance Advances in Coastal and Marine Resou…
This book deals with recent advances in coastal marine environmental management and governance. Various chapters consider new aspects of conservation, assessment of ecosystem health status, environmental survey and protection, frameworks of ocean service and governance, new applications of geo processing and GIS technology, beach management, aquaculture site selection, assessment of water quali…
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- 978-3-319-06305-8
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- 33 b/w illustrations, 120 illustrations in colour
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Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Using Mobile Technologies
This book shows how tablets (and smartphones) using a variety of selected ‘apps’, can enhance fieldwork and other out-of-classroom activities. The authors review imaginative uses of tablets from their own project and as well as examples from other colleagues. To help readers keep abreast of new technology and innovative ways to use it, the book is supported by a web site and a social media …
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- 978-3-319-20967-8
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- 3 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
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National Forest Inventories
The book presents the current state and good practices of national forest inventories in monitoring wood resources and demonstrates pathways for harmonisation and improved common reporting. Beyond a general overview over availability and use of wood resources in different countries, it provides a unique collection of original contributions from national forest inventory experts with in-depth de…
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- 978-3-319-44014-9
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- XXXII, 845
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Theory and Practice of Risk Assessment
This book covers the latest results in the field of risk analysis. Presented topics include probabilistic models in cancer research, models and methods in longevity, epidemiology of cancer risk, engineering reliability and economical risk problems. The contributions of this volume originate from the 5th International Conference on Risk Analysis (ICRA 5). The conference brought together research…
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- 978-3-319-18029-8
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- 44 b/w illustrations, 56 illustrations in colour
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Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms
This encyclopedia provides a snapshot of our current geological knowledge on solid-surface Solar System bodies. Each entry contains information about the features’ morphology, its interpretation, proposed formation models, distribution and occurrence, planetary or terrestrial analogs, and research history. The entries are fully referenced. All image captions include original image IDs. More …
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- 978-1-4614-3134-3
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- 1287 b/w illustrations, 575 illustrations in colour
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Theoretical Aspects of Spatial-Temporal Modeling
This book provides a modern introductory tutorial on specialized theoretical aspects of spatial and temporal modeling. The areas covered involve a range of topics which reflect the diversity of this domain of research across a number of quantitative disciplines. For instance, the first chapter provides up-to-date coverage of particle association measures that underpin the theoretical properties…
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- 978-4-431-55336-6
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Neogene Micropaleontology and Stratigraphy of Argentina
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 which a new lithostratigraphic framework for the Neogene of the Chacoparanense Basin is proposed.The b…
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- 978-3-319-12813-9
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- XIV, 218
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- SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences
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Natural Gas Seepage : The Earth’s Hydrocarbon Degassing
The book offers a modern, comprehensive, and holistic view of natural gas seepage, defined as the visible or invisible flow of gaseous hydrocarbons from subsurface sources to Earth’s surface. Beginning with definitions, classifications for onshore and offshore seepage, and fundamentals on gas migration mechanisms, the book reports the latest findings for the global distribution of gas seepage…
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- 978-3-319-14600-3
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- XIII, 199
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