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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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  • Mazon Creek Fossils

    • 1st Edition
    • Matthew H. Nitecki
    • English
    Mazon Creek Fossils documents the proceedings of a Symposium on Mazon Creek Fossils held at the campus of the University of Michigan during the annual meeting of the North-Central section of the Geological Society of America, 1 May 1978. The present volume contains most of the papers presented at that meeting, and two contributions prepared for it but not delivered in Ann Arbor. The volume is divided into four parts. Part contains papers on sedimentation, fossil distribution, and the origin of the concretions. Part II on paleobotany includes studies on soft-sediment cementation enclosing Mazon plant fossils and diversity and stratigraphic Age of the Mazon Creek flora. The papers in Part III focus on invertebrate paleontology. It includes studies on soft-bodied coelenterates in the Pennsylvanian of Illinois and the centipedes (Chilopoda) of the Mazon Creek. Part IV on vertebrate paleontology includes papers on fishes of the Mazon Creek Fauna and Amphibamus grandiceps as a possible frog ancestor.

  • Themes in the Historical Geography of France

    • 1st Edition
    • Hugh D. Clout
    • English
    Themes in the Historical Geography of France compiles several selected themes in the historical geography of France. This book discusses the practice of historical geography in France; peopling and the origins of settlement; early urban development; and retreat of rural settlement. The regional contrasts in agrarian structure; reclamation of coastal marshland; petite culture on 1750-1850; and reclamation of wasteland during the 18th and 19th centuries are also elaborated. This compilation likewise covers the historical geography of Western France; urban growth on 1500-1900; and agricultural change and industrial development in the 18th and 19th centuries. This publication is beneficial to historians and geographers aiming to acquire knowledge of the historical geography of France.

  • Mendip: Its Swallet Caves and Rock Shelters

    • 2nd Edition
    • H. E. Balch
    • English
    Mendip - Its Swallet Caves and Rock Shelters, Second Edition provides detailed descriptions of caves and rock shelters of the Mendip Hills. The book contains photographs, surveys, and descriptions of rock caves in Mendip Hills such as Swildon's Hole, Long Wood Swallet, Eastwater Cavern, Lamb Lair, and G.B. Cave. Also included are descriptions of the caves of the Burrington District, western and eastern Mendip, and discussions on the antiquity of the Mendip caves and the distribution of the Mendip swallets. Spelunkers or potholers and speleologists will find the book very informative and interesting.

  • Oceanography and Surface Layer Meteorology in the B/C Scale

    Global Atmospheric Research Program Atlantic Tropical Experiment (Gate)
    • 1st Edition
    • Gerold Siedler
    • English
    Oceanography and Surface Layer in Meteorology in the B/C Scale is a collection of papers that deals with the oceanic and atmospheric boundary layers in the region in or close to the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) in the Eastern Atlantic. Papers discuss global atmospheric circulation to improve weather prediction and climate modeling in line with the objectives of the Global Atmospheric Research Programme (GARP). In particular, the GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE) addresses the means of estimating the effects of smaller tropical weather systems on synoptic scale circulations. GATE also facilitates the development of numerical modeling and prediction methods. One paper compares a mathematical representation of the transport of energy by convective clouds and the cloud free environment with a relationship based on the physical structure of the cloud and environment. Another paper analyzes model simulations made for various upwelling velocities, rainfall events, wind stress events, diurnal heating cycles, and internal tidal forcing using the GATE dominant scales of tropical weather systems. The model simulations show that in the GATE C-Scale demarcation area, no single process dominates. The collection will be appreciated by meteorologists, environmentalists, merchant marines, students studying hydrology, and by people working in the general earth sciences.

  • The Development Potential of Precambrian Mineral Deposits

    Natural Resources and Energy Division, U.N. Department of Technical Co-Operation for Development
    • 1st Edition
    • Sam Stuart
    • English
    The Development Potential of Precambrian Mineral Deposits covers several aspects of Precambrian mineral resource potential and assessment towards mineral exploration and mineral reserves. This book contains 27 chapters and begins with an overview of the world production and consumption of certain minerals. The next chapters describe the physical and chemical characteristics of certain mineral ores, as well as the mineral content of certain rock assemblages. These topics are followed by discussions of the geographical distribution of some ores, including discovered metal bearing zones in Africa. Considerable chapters are devoted to exploration techniques in tropical, temperate, and sub-arctic Precambrian areas. The remaining chapters examine the action of metamorphic and other geological processes in mobilizing ore minerals. The book will prove useful to geologists, researchers, and geology students.

  • Mining Research

    Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Missouri, February, 1961
    • 1st Edition
    • George B. Clark
    • English
    Mining Research is a collection of research papers presented at the International Symposium on Mining Research, held at the University Of Missouri in February 1961. The compendium contains a wide array of investigations into various categories of mining research. Two prominent research categories are dynamic and static rock mechanics, and explosives and blasting. The book presents research papers that deal with subjects on the fundamentals and performance of ammonium nitrate-fuel-surfact... explosives; evaluation of explosive performance; mine environmental studies; spectroscopic analysis of ores; and using techniques of statistical analysis to plan sampling programs. Geologists and mining engineers will find the book very insightful.

  • Seismic Data Analysis Techniques in Hydrocarbon Exploration

    • 1st Edition
    • Enwenode Onajite
    • English
    Seismic Data Analysis Techniques in Hydrocarbon Exploration explains the fundamental concepts and skills used to acquire seismic data in the oil industry and the step-by-step techniques necessary to extract the sections that trap hydrocarbons as well as seismic data interpretation skills. It enhances the ability to interpret seismic data and use that data for basin evaluation, structural modeling of a fault, reservoir characterization, rock physics analysis, field development, and production studies. Understanding and interpreting seismic data is critical to oil and gas exploration companies. Arming young geoscientists with a reference that covers the key principles of seismic data analysis will enhance their job knowledge, skills and performance. A fundamental grasp of seismic data enhances employability and aids scientists in functioning effectively when working with seismic data in industry.

  • Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 98
    • Roger A Pielke Sr
    • English
    The 3rd edition of Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling is a fully revised resource for researchers and practitioners in the growing field of meteorological modeling at the mesoscale. Pielke has enhanced the new edition by quantifying model capability (uncertainty) by a detailed evaluation of the assumptions of parameterization and error propagation. Mesoscale models are applied in a wide variety of studies, including weather prediction, regional and local climate assessments, and air pollution investigations.

  • Aeronomy

    • 1st Edition
    • P. M. Banks + 1 more
    • English
    Aeronomy, Part A is an attempt to make a comprehensive exposition of the processes in aeronomy, the study of composition, movement, and thermal balance of the upper regions of the planetary atmosphere. The text covers topics such as atmospheric regions and atmospheric density, the temperature and molecular mass of the atmosphere; the permanent constituents and the molecular and isotonic composition of the homosphere; and the transition from the homosphere to the heterosphere. Also covered are topics such as the temperature gradient and energies in the thermosphere, conditions at 200km and above 250km, solar radiation and ionization, and aeronomic reactions. The book is recommended for scientists, especially natural physicists, who would like to know more about the field of aeronomy and its advances.

  • Waves on Beaches and Resulting Sediment Transport

    Proceedings of an Advanced Seminar, Conducted by the Mathematics Research Center, the University of Wisconsin, and the Coastal Engineering Research Center, U. S. Army, at Madison, October 11–13, 1971
    • 1st Edition
    • R. E. Meyer
    • English
    Waves on Beaches and Resulting Sediment Transport documents the proceedings of an Advanced Seminar held in October, 1971, aiming to offer a coherent, interdisciplinary view of the state of physical research in coastal oceanography and the direction in which this subject is moving. The articles range from wave refraction to littoral erosion, and the authors from geologists to mathematicians. The book opens with a study on the characteristics of wave records in the coastal zone. This is followed by separate chapters on sediment transport in beaches; equations for water waves; small-amplitude normal oscillations of a liquid body; and wave behavior near caustics in models and in nature. Subsequent chapters deal with nonlinear wave interaction in a variety of physical phenomena including deep water waves; the study of longshore currents; sediment suspension by periodic waves; forms of sediment accumulation in the beach zone; run-up on beaches; and the wave breaking process in shallow water.

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