Books in Earth and planetary sciences

Elsevier's Earth and Planetary Sciences collection brings together pioneering research on the complexities of our planet and beyond. Covering topics from Earth's structural dynamics and ecosystems to planetary exploration, these titles support advancements in geoscience, environmental science, and space studies, offering essential insights for researchers, professionals, and students.

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GNSS Applications to Monitor Natural Hazards

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Joseph Awange
English
eBook
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GNSS Applications to Monitor Natural Hazards offers step-by-step GNSS methodologies for reproducibility of the techniques covered, with explanations on how they can be employed for hazard monitoring and mitigation. The book provides an understanding of the applications, benefits, and methods for implementing the techniques in research and how these methods can be used to provide early warning to mitigating catastrophic events.GNSS Applications to Monitor Natural Hazards provides GNSS methodologies for researchers, professionals, and professors working with GNSS technologies or those wanting to relate the application of GNSS to natural hazards.

Handbook of Satellite Land Products

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Shunlin Liang + 1 more
English

Handbook of Satellite Land Products compiles the key information of as many satellite products as possible for each essential land variable. It provides a comprehensive list of openly accessible high-level satellite products that characterize the essential land surface variables of the Earth system, including the original data sources, inversion algorithms, product characteristics, validation accuracy, and any existing applications. Each product includes satellite data inversion methodology and high-level product generation and application information, allowing for comparison of different products and selection of the correct ones for different applications.This book will help researchers, professors, and graduate students grasp the knowledge of existing satellite land products, understand the advantages and limitations, and follow the practical application examples.

Spatial Statistics and Analysis

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Anzhelika Antipova
English

Spatial Statistics and Analysis: Techniques and Applications provides a comprehensive exploration of the theoretical and foundational principles, as well as the applicational aspects of spatial statistics and analysis using the latest, most up-to-date data. It functions as a one-stop standalone resource for both instructors and undergraduate and graduate students using spatial analysis in geography and other earth sciences, as well as public health, engineering, urban and regional planning, criminal justice, epidemiology, and social sciences. Additionally, Spatial Statistics and Analysis: Techniques and Applications is also useful for postgraduate students, researchers, social science practitioners, policy makers, government organizations and those who wish to gain an insight into spatial data analysis. It begins with a clear introduction of the key terms and tools in spatial statistics. Following on from that, it progresses into scales of measurement in spatial analysis and using these to analyze data distributions. Through the provision of compelling hands-on exercises, the book navigates complex topics such as spatial dataset visualizations, spatial statistical relationships and correlation, point features distributions and point pattern analysis. From there, the book moves into areal features distributions and areal pattern analysis using global and local statistics as well as complex spatial patterns and geostatistical analysis. Lastly it delineates the theory of spatial error and uncertainty, and real-world application of Markov chains. This textbook incorporates supplementary resources in the form of instructional slides for teaching, key for lab activities, data sets and high-quality graphic illustrations for students and instructors.

Stratigraphy

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Octavian Catuneanu
English

Stratigraphy is a complete review of each type of stratigraphy in a consistent and systematic manner, including definitions, concepts, practical applications, and case studies in every chapter. The book opens with an overview of stratigraphy along with the historical principles of the discipline. Each of the following chapters defines and explains a specific type of stratigraphy in depth. These types include lithostratigraphy (lithology), biostratigraphy (fossil content), chemostratigraphy (geochemical properties), magnetostratigraphy (magnetic polarity), chronostratigraphy (absolute age), cyclostratigraphy (relationship to astronomical forcing), allostratigraphy (lithological discontinuities), and sequence stratigraphy (stratal stacking patterns). Each chapter follows the same outline and includes the same elements, creating a convenient and accessible reference to quickly review and compare the different types of stratigraphy. This invaluable text provides a key reference for stratigraphic correlation in a wide range of applications.

Water Scarcity Management

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Omid Rahmati + 2 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Drought and the condition of water scarcity lead to several socio-economic, social and environmental impacts. Whatever the approaches of drought management, policymakers and planners require novel methods to analyze data and model drought processes and its connection with water scarcity. In recent years, artificial intelligence-based and earth observation approaches have been progressively developed and applied in domain of water-related disasters. The target of this book is to present new advances and achievements in the fields of drought monitoring, analyzing, and modeling using artificial intelligence algorithms (e.g., machine learning, deep learning, etc.), statistical indices, and a diverse range of satellite remote sensing and geo-spatial data sets. Water Scarcity Management: Towards the Application of Artificial Intelligence and Earth Observation Data will help students gain knowledge on drought prediction using new free-access earth observation data and machine learning models. It will also guide scientists, researchers, and urban planners with the monitoring of water resources and key elements of hydrological cycle.

Remote Sensing at Night

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Qingling Zhang
English

Remote Sensing at Night: Technologies, Applications, and Perspectives covers the critical role of remote sensing in understanding Earth's nighttime environment, offering a holistic approach through a wide range of case studies, making the subject accessible to readers with diverse scientific backgrounds. It showcases recent advances in nighttime remote sensing by harnessing the capabilities of the latest Earth observation satellites for nightlight, thermal infrared, and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technologies. The book details the advances of remote sensing technologies in nightscape monitoring for a range of practical and research applications, Earth observation datasets, and challenges. Remote Sensing at Night: Technologies, Applications, and Perspectives equips readers with multidisciplinary knowledge and practical solutions for nighttime monitoring, providing up-to-date global case studies and methodologies for researchers, graduate students, scientists, and academics in remote sensing, geospatial research, and environmental science.

Mine Tailings

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Akira Otsuki + 2 more
English

Mine Tailings: Fundamental and Engineering Aspects of Colloidal/Fine Mine Wastes closely examines mine waste and issues related to storage, safety, the environment, water, and sustainability. The book opens with a review of the regulations and global standards of tailings management along with a look at common types of tailings storage facilities. Several chapters detail the behavior of tailings materials, such as particle interactions and dispersion/aggregation, rheology of mineral suspensions, soil mechanics, and toxic substance treatment. There is an in-depth look at managing the closure of mine waste management facilities as well as the safety of tailings storage facilities. Finally, the authors examine the environmental, social, and government factors necessary for sustainable mining operations. This text provides a valuable resource for researchers and engineers interested in understanding and mitigating the impacts of mine waste.

Geospatial Techniques in Climate Change Monitoring and Environmental Mapping

1st Edition
Volume 10
November 1, 2025
Jung-Sup Um + 3 more
English

Geospatial Techniques in Climate Change Monitoring and Environmental Mapping: Advances and Applications explores the innovative methods and applications of remote sensing for climate-change-related studies. Climate change requires a comprehensive approach that integrates various disciplines and perspectives, which remote sensing technology and data acquisition can greatly improve. The book opens with an examination of climate observation and monitoring, the consolidation of remote sensing data systems in environmental mapping, and the tracking of air pollution by remote sensing data. Climate change is comprehensively covered with chapters covering the use of remote sensing data to monitor and predict climate change; mapping, monitoring, and characterization of land change with climate time series data; tracking climate change and tropical cyclones using geospatial technique; the system dynamics model of economic development and climate change; and a close look at climate change mitigation, adaptation, and future directions. Climate modelling, validation, uncertainty mapping are also explored. Finally, the guiding role of the application of remote sensing data in government climate policies and sustainable approaches for risk reduction of global climate change issues are discussed in depth. This cutting-edge reference offers readers the latest thinking on the spatial techniques that scientists across disciplines can employ in the fight against climate change.

The Archean Earth

2nd Edition
October 1, 2025
Martin Homann + 10 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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The Archean Earth: Tempos and Events, Second Edition is a process-based reference book that focuses on the most important events in early Earth, bringing together experts across Earth Sciences to give a comprehensive overview of the main events of the Archean Eon, as well as of the rates at which important geological and geobiological processes occurred in the same time interval. Over the last two decades, significant progress has been made in our understanding of the processes and events on the early Earth corresponding to advances in the analytical technologies and the continuing efforts of many colleagues that pursue their passion of unravelling the Archean rock record.The book addresses the origin of the Earth, succeeding impact events, and the evolution of the early Earth, covering topics such as Archean tectonics, volcanism, generation of continental crust, and the ongoing debate about the onset of plate tectonics; the evolution and models for Earth's hydrosphere and atmosphere; the Archean atmosphere and chemical sedimentation; and sedimentation through Archean time; among others. Each topic is well-illustrated and includes a closing commentary at the end of each chapter, leading up to the final chapter which blends the major geological events and rates at which important processes occurred into a synthesis, postulating a number of "event clusters" in the Archean when significant changes occurred in many natural systems and geological environments

Remote Sensing, Big Data, and GeoAI

1st Edition
October 1, 2025
Erin Bunting + 3 more
English

Remote Sensing, Big Data, and GeoAI: Exploring Applications with Geospatial Insights is an in-depth analysis of the transformative power of AI and Big Data in remote sensing. This book provides readers with the knowledge and tools to utilize these technologies to enhance decision-making and analysis. Starting from fundamental concepts, it progresses to advanced applications, offering accessible explanations and real-world examples to bridge the gap between theory and practice.The book uses a structured format to balance theoretical knowledge with immersive case studies, giving readers a deeper understanding of practical implications.It also covers ethical and legal considerations, making it an invaluable resource for researchers, professionals, and students keen on using AI and Big Data techniques in remote sensing to solve complex geospatial challenges.

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