ilość książek w kategorii: 23193
Rheology and Deformation of the Lithosphere at Continental Margins
ISBN: 9780231127394 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Traditionally, investigations of the rheology and deformation of the lithosphere (the rigid or mechanically strong outer layer of the Earth, which contains the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle) have taken place at one scale in the laboratory and at an entirely different scale in the field. Laboratory experiments are generally restricted to centimeter-sized samples and day- or year-length times, while geological processes occur over tens to hundreds of kilometers and millions of years. The application of laboratory results to geological systems necessitates extensive extrapolation in...
Traditionally, investigations of the rheology and deformation of the lithosphere (the rigid or mechanically strong outer layer of the Earth, which con...
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243,81 zł |
The Essence of Chaos
ISBN: 9780295975146 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Chaos surrounds us. Seemingly random events -- the flapping of a flag, a storm-driven wave striking the shore, a pinball's path -- often appear to have no order, no rational pattern. Explicating the theory of chaos and the consequences of its principal findings -- that actual, precise rules may govern such apparently random behavior -- has been a major part of the work of Edward N. Lorenz. In The Essence of Chaos, Lorenz presents to the general reader the features of this "new science," with its far-reaching implications for much of modern life, from weather prediction to... Chaos surrounds us. Seemingly random events -- the flapping of a flag, a storm-driven wave striking the shore, a pinball's path -- often appear to ... |
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133,77 zł |
Oceanographic History: The Pacific and Beyond
ISBN: 9780295982397 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. From a study of knowledge of the sea among indigenous cultures in the South Seas to inquiries into the subject of sea monsters, from studies of Pacific currents to descriptions of ocean-going research vessels, the sixty-three essays presented here reflect the scientific complexity and richness of social relationships that characterize ocean-ographic history. Based on papers presented at the Fifth International Congress on the History of Oceanography held at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (the first ICHO meeting following the cessation of the Cold War), the volume features an... From a study of knowledge of the sea among indigenous cultures in the South Seas to inquiries into the subject of sea monsters, from studies of Pac... |
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298,54 zł |
The Sea Knows No Boundaries: A Century of Marine Science Under Ices
ISBN: 9780295982595 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Set against the backdrop of ongoing geopolitical conflict of the twentieth century, the history of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) illustrates the complexity of forging international collaboration to tackle environmental resource issues and pursue scientific knowledge. Originally brought together to address the problem of overfishing in the North Atlantic, ICES founders envisioned an international scientific collaboration that would achieve knowledge impossible from investigations by a single nation. In describing the successes and failures of the scientific... Set against the backdrop of ongoing geopolitical conflict of the twentieth century, the history of the International Council for the Exploration of... |
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277,95 zł |
Oceanographers and the Cold War: Disciples of Marine Science
ISBN: 9780295984827 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Oceanographers and the Cold War is about patronage, politics, and the community of scientists. It is the first book to examine the study of the oceans during the Cold War era and explore the international focus of American oceanographers, taking into account the roles of the U.S. Navy, United States foreign policy, and scientists throughout the world. Jacob Hamblin demonstrates that to understand the history of American oceanography, one must consider its role in both conflict and cooperation with other nations. Paradoxically, American oceanography after World War II was... Oceanographers and the Cold War is about patronage, politics, and the community of scientists. It is the first book to examine the study of ... |
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483,83 zł |
Wisconsin's Weather and Climate
ISBN: 9780299171841 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The land that is now called Wisconsin has a place in weather history. Its climate has ranged from tropical to polar over hundreds of millions of years and even today, that s the seeming difference between July and January here. And Wisconsinites have played key roles in advancing the science of meterology and climatology: Increase Lapham helped found the National Weather Service in the nineteenth century; Eric Miller was the first to broadcast regular weather reports on the radio in the 1920s; Verner Suomi pioneered tracking weather by satellite; and Reid Bryson has been a leader in studying...
The land that is now called Wisconsin has a place in weather history. Its climate has ranged from tropical to polar over hundreds of millions of years...
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158,14 zł |
Tectonic Uplift and Climate Change
ISBN: 9780306456428 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 535 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. A significant advance in climatological scholarship, Tectonic Uplift and Climate Change is a multidisciplinary effort to summarize the current status of a new theory steadily gaining acceptance in geoscience circles: that long-term cooling and glaciation are controlled by plateau and mountain uplift. Researchers in many diverse fields, from geology to paleobotany, present data that substantiate this hypothesis. The volume covers most of the key, dramatic transformations of the Earth's surface.
A significant advance in climatological scholarship, Tectonic Uplift and Climate Change is a multidisciplinary effort to summarize t...
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589,01 zł |
Ocean Pulse: A Critical Diagnosis
ISBN: 9780306458002 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. There are many conferences, workshops and meetings annually around the world, each emphasizing a specialty area for scientific exploration and research. Yet in very few instances, if at all, do the multidisciplinary aspects of science get presented so one may see the diversity of dependencies these seemingly disparate disciplines actually have. The Explorers Club and the U. S. National Park Service collaborated to make a first attempt at what will continue to be an "ocean pulse'" effort; conferences combining the aquaculture sciences; the search for underwater antiquities and the...
There are many conferences, workshops and meetings annually around the world, each emphasizing a specialty area for scientific exploration and researc...
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628,28 zł |
Advances in Microbial Ecology, Volume 16
ISBN: 9780306461750 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Volume 16 of Advances in Microbial Ecology has a difficult history. Nearly halfway through its completion, Gwynfryn Jones had to resign as managing edi tor for health reasons, and he asked me to take over. I want to thank Gwyn for his dedicated work in this publication series, and wish him all the best for the future. After the change in editorship, some authors had to be encouraged on rather short notice to provide their chapters in order to make appearance of this volume possible within a reasonable period of time. Nonetheless, I think that the articles we present with this volume represent...
Volume 16 of Advances in Microbial Ecology has a difficult history. Nearly halfway through its completion, Gwynfryn Jones had to resign as managing ed...
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392,66 zł |
Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements in Coal and Coal Combustion Byproducts
ISBN: 9780306462887 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 359 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. The accumulation of large amounts of ash from fossil fuel combustion for electric power generation is becoming a major environmental concern in the United States. Fur thermore, stringent environmental requirements mandated by the Environmental Pro tection Agency including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act as well as state and local environmental regulations may result in even more ash production with subsequent contact with the environment. The concentrations of trace elements in coal residues are extremely variable and depend on the composition of the...
The accumulation of large amounts of ash from fossil fuel combustion for electric power generation is becoming a major environmental concern in the Un...
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589,01 zł |
Reconstructing Ocean History: A Window Into the Future
ISBN: 9780306462931 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 443 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. This volume is one outcome of the 6th International Conference on Paleoceano graphy (ICP VI). The conference was held August 23-28, 1998 in Lisbon, Portugal. The meeting followed the traditional format of a small number of invited oral presentations complemented by a large number ofcontributed posters. Over 550 participants attended, representing thirty countries and nearly 450 posters were presented. The invited speakers addressed the main themes of the 5oral sessions. The session topics were: Polar-Tropical and Interhemisphere Linkages; Does the Ocean Cause, or Respond to, Abrupt Climatic...
This volume is one outcome of the 6th International Conference on Paleoceano graphy (ICP VI). The conference was held August 23-28, 1998 in Lisbon, Po...
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785,36 zł |
Volcanic Processes: Mechanisms in Material Transport
ISBN: 9780306466250 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 590 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. The topics incorporated in this volume include: foundations of transport theory; properties of igneous materials; mantle convection and melt segregation; magma chambers; magma ascent in conduits; and pyroclastic dispersions.
The topics incorporated in this volume include: foundations of transport theory; properties of igneous materials; mantle convection and melt segregati...
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313,96 zł |
Geologic Modeling and Simulation: Sedimentary Systems
ISBN: 9780306466755 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Modeling and simulation were introduced to the earth sciences about four decades ago. Modeling has proven its worth and now it is an accepted procedure for analyzing and solving geological problems. The papers in this collection are focused on modeling sediment deposition and sedimentary sequences and have a decidedly practical flavor. Some of the leading simulation packages, such as CORRELATOR, SEDFLUX, SEDpak, SEDSIM, STRATA, and STRATSIM are applied to problems in hydrocarbon exploration, oil production, groundwater development, coal-bed appraisal, geothermics, and environmental diagnosis....
Modeling and simulation were introduced to the earth sciences about four decades ago. Modeling has proven its worth and now it is an accepted procedur...
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589,01 zł |
Heterogeneity in the Crust and Upper Mantle: Nature, Scaling, and Seismic Properties
ISBN: 9780306474477 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 349 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Most of our knowledge about the physical structure and the chemical composition of the Earth's deep interior is inferred from seismic data. The interpretation of seismic waves generally follows the assumption that the Earth's physical structure is grossly layered and that fluctuations of the physical parameters within individual layers are smooth in structure and small in magnitude. While this view greatly facilitates the analytic and interpretative procedure, it is clearly at odds with evidence from outcrops and boreholes, which indicates that compositional, structural and petrophysical...
Most of our knowledge about the physical structure and the chemical composition of the Earth's deep interior is inferred from seismic data. The interp...
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313,96 zł |
Studies of Cave Sediments: Physical and Chemical Records of Paleoclimate
ISBN: 9780306478277 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This comprehensive volume on cave sediments provides case studies from around the world, gives guidance on appropriate applications of techniques, and their limitations, synthesizes methods that can be used to decipher complex deposits and includes chemical deposits as well as clastic sediments.
This comprehensive volume on cave sediments provides case studies from around the world, gives guidance on appropriate applications of techniques, and...
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542,24 zł |
Measuring and Understanding Coastal Processes
ISBN: 9780309041294 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Much of the U.S. coastline is rapidly changing--mostly eroding. That fact places increasing pressure on the planners and managers responsible for coastal development and protection, and could have a direct effect on many of the 125 million Americans living within 50 miles of the coast who rely on its resources and beaches for their livelihood or recreation. Although rapid advances have been made in the measurement systems needed to understand and describe the forces and changes at work in the surf-zone environment, their potential for allowing more accurate and reliable planning and...
Much of the U.S. coastline is rapidly changing--mostly eroding. That fact places increasing pressure on the planners and managers responsible for coas...
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59,55 zł |
The Eruption of Nevado del Ruiz Volcano Colombia, South America, November 13, 1985
ISBN: 9780309044776 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. On November 13, 1985, catastrophic mudflows swept down the slopes of the erupting Nevado del Ruiz volcano, destroying structures in their paths. Various estimates of deaths ranged as high as 24,000 residents. Though the nature and extent of risk posed by the mudflows to local communities were well documented before the event and extensive efforts had been made to communicate this information to those at risk, the affected communities were caught largely unaware. On November 13, 1985, catastrophic mudflows swept down the slopes of the erupting Nevado del Ruiz volcano, destroying structures in their paths. Va... |
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178,79 zł |
Oceanography in the Next Decade: Building New Partnerships
ISBN: 9780309047944 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Oceanography has moved into the spotlight of urgent social concern, because of the oceans' impact on issues such as global climate change, biodiversity, and even national security. This new volume points to improved partnerships between ocean scientists, federal agencies, and the oceanographic institutions as the key to understanding the oceans and their effects on our lives.
Oceanography has moved into the spotlight of urgent social concern, because of the oceans' impact on issues such as global climate change, biodiver... |
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200,47 zł |
Practical Lessons from the Loma Prieta Earthquake
ISBN: 9780309050302 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Loma Prieta earthquake struck the San Francisco area on October 17, 1989, causing 63 deaths and $10 billion worth of damage. This book reviews existing research on the Loma Prieta quake and draws from it practical lessons that could be applied to other earthquake-prone areas of the country. The volume contains seven keynote papers presented at a symposium on the earthquake and includes an overview written by the committee offering recommendations to improve seismic safety and earthquake awareness in parts of the country susceptible to earthquakes. The Loma Prieta earthquake struck the San Francisco area on October 17, 1989, causing 63 deaths and $10 billion worth of damage. This book reviews ... |
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222,14 zł |
Effects of Past Global Change on Life
ISBN: 9780309051279 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. What can we expect as global change progresses? Will there be thresholds that trigger sudden shifts in environmental conditions--or that cause catastrophic destruction of life? What can we expect as global change progresses? Will there be thresholds that trigger sudden shifts in environmental conditions--or that cause cata... |
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287,15 zł |