Preliminary Performance-Baes Analysis Relevant to Dose-Based Performance Measures for a Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain
ISBN: 9781494939502 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards recommended that standards for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain should 1. set a limit on the risk of individuals, 2. use the critical group approach, as defined by the international Commission on Radiological Protection; 3. define the critical group using present knowledge and cautious, reasonable assumptions; 4. use a time period for conducting compliance assessment that includes the period of greatest risk; and 5. use a stylized calculation to assess whether the...
The National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards recommended that standards for the disposal of high-level ...
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Utah's Unique Uintas: Reflecting on a lifetime of back-trail memories
ISBN: 9781489568656 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The sub-title of this book is "Reflecting on a lifetime of back-trail memories." It features photos, maps, information and stories relating to the Uinta Mountains in northeastern Utah, the highest mountain range in Utah and the only major mountain chain in North America with an east - west axis.
The sub-title of this book is "Reflecting on a lifetime of back-trail memories." It features photos, maps, information and stories relating to the Uin...
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Insectivorous Plants
ISBN: 9781489582157 / Angielski / Miękka / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, e...
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Karpaty i Podkarpacie BR LTW
ISBN: 9788375653359 / Polski / Miękka ze skrzydełka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Prezentowany tom jest reprintem książki "Karpaty" A. F. Ossendowskiego z roku 1933. Dokładnie odwzorowuje pisownię, układ graficzny i ilustracje wydania pierwszego. Jest to pierwsza reedycja tej pracy po 1933 roku.
Prezentowany tom jest reprintem książki "Karpaty" A. F. Ossendowskiego z roku 1933. Dokładnie odwzorowuje pisownię, układ graficzny i ilustracje ...
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Geochronologic and Geochemical Data from Mesozoic Rocks in the Black Mountain Area Northeast of Victorville, San Bernardino County, California
ISBN: 9781497549852 / Angielski / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This document details geochronologic and geochemical data for Mesozoic rocks in the Black Mountain area northeast of Victorville, California, to supplement previous geologic mapping. These data, together with previously published results, limit the depositional age of the sedimentary Fairview Valley Formation to Early Jurassic, refine the ages and chemical compositions of selected units in the overlying Jurassic Sidewinder Volcanics and of related intrusive units, and limit the age of some post-Sidewinder faulting in the Black Mountain area to a brief interval in the Late Jurassic.
This document details geochronologic and geochemical data for Mesozoic rocks in the Black Mountain area northeast of Victorville, California, to suppl...
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Ice, Fire, and Nutcrackers: A Rocky Mountain Ecology
ISBN: 9781607813620 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why do quaking aspens grow in prominent clumps rather than randomly scattered across the landscape? Why and how does a rufous hummingbird drop its metabolism to one-hundredth of its normal rate? Why do bull elk grow those enormous antlers?Using his experience as a biologist and ecologist, George Constantz illuminates these remarkable slices of mountain life in plain but engaging language. Whether it sketches conflict or cooperation, surprise or familiarity, each story resolves when interpreted through the theory of evolution by natural selection.
These provocative accounts of birds,... Why do quaking aspens grow in prominent clumps rather than randomly scattered across the landscape? Why and how does a rufous hummingbird drop its met...
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Mountain Main: Visual Journey into the Beauty of the Sawtooth's
ISBN: 9781479163892 / Angielski / Miękka / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the last five summers I have taken at least one, sometimes two excursions into the deep wild of the Sawtooth Wilderness Area, located South of Stanley, Idaho. In July of 2012, my hiking partner and I managed to have our most breath-taking, unforgettable journey of our lives. In this little book, which celebrates this auspicious and dangerous journey, I hope to share with you some of the wonder in which we partook. Enjoy
For the last five summers I have taken at least one, sometimes two excursions into the deep wild of the Sawtooth Wilderness Area, located South of Sta...
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Economic Assessment of Appalachia
ISBN: 9781500589707 / Angielski / Miękka / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Appalachian Region, as defined by Congress, stretches more than 1,000 miles from northeastern Mississippi to the southern tier of New York. Spanning 205,000 square miles in 420 counties across 13 states, Appalachia is home to 25 million people and to diverse economic, social, and natural landscapes. The Appalachian Region confronts a combination of challenges that few other parts of the country face-mountainous terrain, dispersed population, environmental issues, and lack of financial and human capital. While the Region has a wide array of natural and human resources to meet these...
The Appalachian Region, as defined by Congress, stretches more than 1,000 miles from northeastern Mississippi to the southern tier of New York. Spanni...
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One Hundred Mountains of Japan
ISBN: 9780824836771 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The more deeply you go into a long-held tradition, the more secrets and surprises it yields up. Mighty Ontake is like that. The mountain's inexhaustible treasury of riches is like some endless storybook with its pages uncut. As one follows the rambling plot along, one is always looking forward to reading more. Every page yields things never found in other books. Ontake is that kind of mountain." One Hundred Mountains is that kind of book. "Nowhere in the world do people hold mountains in so much regard as in Japan," observed the author, Kyuya Fukada, in the afterword to his most... "The more deeply you go into a long-held tradition, the more secrets and surprises it yields up. Mighty Ontake is like that. The mountain's inexhau... |
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One Hundred Mountains of Japan
ISBN: 9780824847524 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The more deeply you go into a long-held tradition, the more secrets and surprises it yields up. Mighty Ontake is like that. The mountain's inexhaustible treasury of riches is like some endless storybook with its pages uncut. As one follows the rambling plot along, one is always looking forward to reading more. Every page yields things never found in other books. Ontake is that kind of mountain." One Hundred Mountains is that kind of book. "Nowhere in the world do people hold mountains in so much regard as in Japan," observed the author, Kyuya Fukada, in the afterword to his most... "The more deeply you go into a long-held tradition, the more secrets and surprises it yields up. Mighty Ontake is like that. The mountain's inexhau... |
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The Third Dimension: A Comparative History of Mountains in the Modern Era
ISBN: 9781874267782 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A pioneering examination of the three-dimensionality of the earth from the perspective of history and the humanities. This book considers the variegated world of mountains and their development during the last 500 years. It takes as its starting point the United Nations environmental conference of 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, where the mountains were officially recognised as a topic of the world community. Important precedents for this new agenda were built in the early modern period and in the nineteenth century, as European societies began to exceed their traditional limitations. The book begins...
A pioneering examination of the three-dimensionality of the earth from the perspective of history and the humanities. This book considers the variegat...
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Nobody but the Wind
ISBN: 9781505367782 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Przewodnik - celownik - Tatry Polskie wyd. I
ISBN: 9788328313231 / Polski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Przewodniki-Celowniki to nowatorskie publikacje turystyczne, opisujące najciekawsze miasta i regiony Europy. Ich wyróżnikiem są dokładne mapy oraz zwięzłe, przygotowane w formie leksykonu i ilustrowane zdjęciami opisy atrakcji turystycznych. Nowe przewodniki dają swobodę podczas zwiedzania, wolność i niezależność podczas wycieczek i podroży. Pozwalają w prosty sposób odnajdywać w terenie interesujące miejsca i identyfi kować obiekty. Mapa, tekst i zdjęcia uzupełniają się i tworzą wzajemnie powiązaną całość, która sprawi, że samodzielne zwiedzanie regionu...
Przewodniki-Celowniki to nowatorskie publikacje turystyczne, opisujące najciekawsze miasta i regiony Europy. Ich wyróżnikiem są dokładne mapy ora...
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Bieszczady. Góry magiczne LIBRA
ISBN: 9788363526771 / Polski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tamte Bieszczady są jak oleodruki z wizerunkami świętych, jakie uratowałem z domu moich dziadków.
Moje Bieszczady, w których mieszkałem kilkanaście lat, przemierzyłem w radosnym korowodzie młodości. Zapewne zbyt pospiesznie, dlatego nie rozumiałem ich, ale podziwiałem. I nieustannie wracam do nich wiedziony nostalgią za utraconym krajobrazem. Bieszczady są jak drabina do nieba, po której się tylko wychodzi w coraz większym zachwycie... Andrzej Potocki Tamte Bieszczady są jak oleodruki z wizerunkami świętych, jakie uratowałem z domu moich dziadków.
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The Valley of Flowers: An Adventure in the Upper Himalaya
ISBN: 9789385288722 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1931, a party of British mountaineers-including Frank S. Smythe-on their way back from a successful ascent of Mount Kamet, were looking for shelter from inclement weather in the wilderness above Joshimath in present-day Uttarakhand when they came upon the lush and colourful Bhyundar Valley, the Valley of Flowers. In the monsoon of 1937, Smythe returned to the Valley with four Tibetans from Darjeeling-his climbing partners and factotums-provisions, and six weeks of leisure.
On this adventure, Smythe extensively explored the Valley, identifying and collecting flowers and seeds from among... In 1931, a party of British mountaineers-including Frank S. Smythe-on their way back from a successful ascent of Mount Kamet, were looking for shelter...
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Mountains of the Heart: A Natural History of the Appalachians
ISBN: 9781938486883 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Part natural history, part poetry, "Mountains of the Heart"is full of hidden gems and less traveled parts of the Appalachian Mountains
Stretching almost unbroken from Alabama to Belle Isle, Newfoundland, the Appalachians are one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world. In "Mountains of the Heart," renowned author and avid naturalist Scott Weidensaul shows how geology, ecology, climate, evolution, and 500 million years of history have shaped one of the continent's greatest landscapes into an ecosystem of unmatched beauty. This edition celebrates the book's 20th anniversary of... Part natural history, part poetry, "Mountains of the Heart"is full of hidden gems and less traveled parts of the Appalachian Mountains
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Mountains
ISBN: 9780765682338 / Angielski / Miękka / 155 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Always awe-inspiring, mountainous areas contain hundreds of millions of years of history, stretching back to the earliest continental landforms. This book shows how mountains are characterized by their distinctive geological, ecological, and biological conditions. Often, they are so large that they create their own weather patterns. They also store nearly one-third of the world s freshwater in the form of ice and snow on their slopes. Despite their daunting size and often formidable climates, mountains are affected by growing local populations, as well as distant influences, such as air... Always awe-inspiring, mountainous areas contain hundreds of millions of years of history, stretching back to the earliest continental landforms. Th... |
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Wild Life on the Rockies
ISBN: 9781514630778 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This nature book contains the record of a few of the many happy days and novel experiences which I have had in the wilds. For more than twenty years it has been my good fortune to live most of the time with nature, on the mountains of the West. I have made scores of long exploring rambles over the mountains in every season of the year, a nature-lover charmed with the birds and the trees. On my later excursions I have gone alone and without firearms.
This nature book contains the record of a few of the many happy days and novel experiences which I have had in the wilds. For more than twenty years i...
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Rhythms of Change in Rocky Mountain National Park
ISBN: 9780700623365 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To contemplate an alpine lake or a ribbon of white water twisting down the face of the Rocky Mountains is to appreciate the majesty of this block of bedrock thrust up from Earth's interior, weathering eons of nature's assaults. To learn what humans, in our brief lifespan, have done here is to acquire a sobering sense of our place in the natural world. Ellen Wohl's account of a year in the life of Rocky Mountain National Park reflects a lifelong interest in these rhythms and disruptions. Informed by a deep and intimate understanding of the landscape, her Rocky Mountain journal is a lyrical...
To contemplate an alpine lake or a ribbon of white water twisting down the face of the Rocky Mountains is to appreciate the majesty of this block of b...
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Mlima Kilimanjaro Fahari Yetu
ISBN: 9789987735419 / Swahili / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mlima Kilimanjaro upo katika nchi ya Tanzania, Mkoa wa Kilimanjaro. Ni mlima mrefu kuliko milima yote katika Bara la Afrika. Ni miongoni mwa milima mirefu ambayo imesimama peke yake.
Mlima Kilimanjaro upo katika nchi ya Tanzania, Mkoa wa Kilimanjaro. Ni mlima mrefu kuliko milima yote katika Bara la Afrika. Ni miongoni mwa milima mi...
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112,18 zł |