Kategoria BISAC: Science >> Earth Sciences - Geology

Bei der Bewirtschaftung von Grundwasservorkommen die zur Trinkwasserversorgung genutzt werden, gewinnen Aspekte der Wasserbeschaffenheit zunehmend an Bedeutung. Um wasserwirtschaftlich relevante Probleme bewerten und managen zu konnen, ist ein vertieftes und quantitatives geochemisches Prozessverstandnis erforderlich. Mit der vorgestellten Methode der "Wirkungsanalyse mit Stoffflussmodellen" konnen die fur die Rohwasserbeschaffenheit verantwortlichen hydrogeochemischen Prozesse und Reaktionen identifiziert und quantifiziert werden.

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This book provides a broad panorama of mineral deposits, covering their origin and geological characteristics, the principles of the search for ores and minerals, and the investigation of newly found deposits. Practical and environmental issues that arise during the life cycle of a mine and after its closure are addressed, with an emphasis on sustainable and -green- mining.

The interplay between Geology and Biology has shaped the Earth from the early Precambrian, 4 billion years ago. Moving beyond the borders of the classical core disciplines, Geobiology strives to identify chains of cause-and-effect and synergisms between the geo- and the biospheres that have been driving the evolution of life in modern and ancient environments. Combining modern methods, geobiological information can be extracted not only from visible remains of organisms, but also from organic molecules, rock fabrics, minerals, isotopes and other tracers. An understanding of these processes...

Coral reefs are the largest landforms built by plants and animals. Their study therefore incorporates a wide range of disciplines. This encyclopedia approaches coral reefs from an earth science perspective, concentrating especially on modern reefs. Currently coral reefs are under high stress, most prominently from climate change with changes to water temperature, sea level and ocean acidification particularly damaging. Modern reefs have evolved through the massive environmental changes of the Quaternary with long periods of exposure during glacially lowered sea level periods and short...

One of the first books to focus exclusively on tidal sedimentology, this volume comprehensively covers both modern and ancient systems as well as siliciclastic and carbonate sediments, and compiles contributions from internationally recognized experts.

Makes connections between diseases, drugs and signaling in those chapters not specifically devoted to pathogens.

Reviews background in first 5 chapters then offers chapters on cancers and apoptosis and on bacteria and viruses.

Signaling in the immune, endocrine (hormonal) and nervous systems covered along with cancer, apoptosis and gene regulation.

Each chapter ends with a problem section to facilitate discussion.

Geostatistics is concerned with estimation and prediction problems for spatially continuous phenomena, using data obtained at a limited number of spatial locations. The name reflects its origins in mineral exploration, but the methods are now used in a wide range of settings including public health and the physical and environmental sciences. Model-based geostatistics refers to the application of general statistical principles of modeling and inference to geostatistical problems. This volume is the first book-length treatment of model-based geostatistics.

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High levels of uncertainty are a trademark of geological investigations, such as the search for oil, diamonds, and uranium. So business ventures related to geology, such as mineral exploration and mining, are naturally associated with higher risks than more traditional entrepreneurial ventures in industry and economy. There are also a number of dangerous natural hazards, e.g. earthquakes, volcanic activities, and inundations, that are the direct result of geological processes. It is of paramount interest to study them all, to describe them, to understand their origin and - if possible - to...