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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.

  • Advances in Geophysics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 24
    • English

  • Deformations of an Elastic Earth

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 31
    • Lanzano
    • English

  • Vitamins and Hormones

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 39
    • English

  • Anchoring in Rock and Soil

    • 2nd Edition
    • Volume 33
    • L. Hobst + 1 more
    • English

  • Groundwater in Civil Engineering

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 35
    • L. Rétháti
    • English
    Based on the fundamentals of geotechnics and hydrology, this book includes chapters on hydraulics, hydrogeology, pedology, hydrochemistry, meteorology and mathematical statistics. The first part deals with theoretical and methodological problems and mathematical methods; and the second presents methods of obtaining solutions to practical problems.

  • Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 8
    • L.P. Dake
    • English
    "This book is fast becoming the standard text in its field", wrote a reviewer in the Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology soon after the first appearance of Dake's book. This prediction quickly came true: it has become the standard text and has been reprinted many times. The author's aim - to provide students and teachers with a coherent account of the basic physics of reservoir engineering - has been most successfully achieved. No prior knowledge of reservoir engineering is necessary. The material is dealt with in a concise, unified and applied manner, and only the simplest and most straightforward mathematical techniques are used. This low-priced paperback edition will continue to be an invaluable teaching aid for years to come.

  • Diamonds and Diamond Grading

    • 1st Edition
    • G. Lenzen
    • English

  • Paraffin Products

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 14
    • G. Mózes
    • English

  • Physical Oceanography of Coastal and Shelf Seas

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 35
    • B. Johns
    • English
    This book provides a thorough treatment of both theoretical and observational aspects of the interaction between the sea-floor and the near-sea-floor dynamics; the effect this has on the distribution of internal and seabed stress; and the relevance of the associated dynamics to sedimentation processes. The theoretical work described involved both analytical and numerical modelling studies of a wide range of near-shore and shelf processes. These provide a valuable store of information on the interaction between the sea-floor and the dynamics of the overlying water. The book also includes an account of tidal analysis techniques and how these are being applied in the analysis of tidal current measurements. The observational studies relate to measurements of near-sea-floor turbulence and sand-transport in the littoral zone.

  • Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 30
    • Adrian Gill
    • English
    A systematic, unifying approach to the dynamics of the ocean and atmosphere is given in this book, with emphasis on the larger-scale motions (from a few kilometers to global scale). The foundations of the subject (the equations of state and dynamical equations) are covered in some detail, so that students with training in mathematics should find it a self-contained text. Knowledge of fluid mechanics is helpful but not essential. Simple mathematical models are used to demonstrate the fundamental dynamical principles with plentiful illustrations from field and laboratory.

  • The Earth's Climate, Past and Future

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 29
    • Budyko
    • English

  • Advances in Heat Transfer

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 15
    • English

  • Fundamentals of Fractured Reservoir Engineering

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 12
    • T.D. van Golf-Racht
    • English
    In the modem language of reservoir engineering by reservoir description is understood the totality of basic local information concerning the reservoir rock and fluids which by various procedures are extrapolated over the entire reservoir. Fracture detection, evaluation and processing is another essential step in the process of fractured reservoir description. In chapter 2, all parameters related to fracture density and fracture intensity, together with various procedures of data processing are discussed in detail. After a number of field examples, developed in Chap. 3, the main objective remains the quantitative evaluation of physical properties. This is done in Chap. 4, where the evaluation of fractures porosity and permeability, their correlation and the equivalent ideal geometrical models versus those parameters are discussed in great detail. Special rock properties such as capillary pressure and relative permeability are reexamined in the light of a double-porosity reservoir rock. In order to complete the results obtained by direct measurements on rock samples, Chap. 5 examines fracturing through indirect measurements from various logging results. The entire material contained in these five chapters defines the basic physical parameters and indicates procedures for their evaluation which may be used further in the description of fractured reservoirs.

  • Advances in Geophysics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 23
    • English

  • Advances in Genetics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 21
    • English

  • Advanced Techniques for Clay Mineral Analysis

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 34
    • J.J. Fripiat
    • English
    Invited Contributions from the Symposium held during the 7th International Clay Conference, Bologna and Pavia, Italy, 6-12 Sept. 1981

  • Phosphorites on the Sea Floor

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 33
    • G.N. Baturin
    • English

  • Time Series Methods in Hydrosciences

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 17
    • A.H. El-Shaarawi + 1 more
    • English

  • Symposium on Geochemistry of Groundwater

    26th International Geological Congress, Paris, 1980
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 16
    • English

  • Seepage and Groundwater

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 13
    • M.A. Mariño + 1 more
    • English

  • Precambrian Banded-Iron-Formations

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 5
    • Y.P. Mel'nik
    • English

  • Sedimentary structures, their character and physical basis Volume 1

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 30A
    • English

  • Analytical Profiles of Drug Substances and Excipients

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 10
    • English

  • Advances in Geophysics Supplement 2

    • 1st Edition
    • S. W. Stewart
    • English

  • The Urban Climate

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 28
    • Helmut E. Landsberg
    • English
    The Urban Climate aims to summarize analytical studies directed toward physical understanding of the rural-urban differences in the atmospheric boundary layer. Attempts to quantify conditions have met with some success. There is certainly a clear understanding of the physical relations that create the climatic differences of urbanized areas. Although some of the earlier classical studies are cited here, the emphasis is on the work done during the last decade and a half. This volume comprises 11 chapters, beginning with an introductory chapter discussing the literature surrounding the topic, its historical development, and the problem of local climate modification. The second chapter presents an assessment of the urban atmosphere on a synoptic and local scale, and examines the observational procedures involved. The following chapters then go on to discuss urban air composition; urban energy fluxes; the urban heat island; the urban wind field; models of urban temperature and wind fields; moisture, clouds, and hydrometeors; urban hydrology; special aspects of urban climate; and finally, urban planning. This book will be of interest to practitioners in the fields of meteorology, urban planning, and urban climatology.

  • Vitamins and Hormones

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 38
    • English

  • Energy at the surface of the earth : an introduction to the energetics of ecosystems

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 27
    • Miller
    • English

  • Advances in Geophysics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 22
    • English

  • An Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 26
    • Liou
    • English

  • Enhanced Oil Recovery

    Proceedings of the third European Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery, held in Bournemouth, U.K., September 21-23, 1981
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 13
    • English

  • Precambrian Plate Tectonics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 4
    • A. Kröner
    • English

  • Dumping and Mining

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 2
    • English

  • Stormwater Hydrology and Drainage

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 14
    • D.J. Stephenson
    • English

  • Abnormal Formation Pressures

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 2
    • W.H. Fertl
    • English

  • The Baltic Sea

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 30
    • A. Voipio
    • English

  • Waves in the Ocean

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 20
    • P.H. LeBlond + 1 more
    • English
    This is a book which will be welcomed not only by researchers and engineers, but also by teachers and students, as it contains the only comprehensive review of the dynamics of ocean waves. Existing books are now either out of date or restricted to specialized aspects of the subject, whereas this book covers all types of ocean waves, ranging from capillary to planetary waves. Because of its completeness of coverage, its use of elementary mathematics and the provision of numerous problems and exercises, the book will be an indispensable text for everyone. It is completed by a very lengthy bibliography which includes many references to the Russian literature.

  • Sedimentary dynamics of continental shelves

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 32
    • English

  • Precambrian of the Southern Hemisphere

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 2
    • D.R. Hunter
    • English

  • Archean Greenstone Belts

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 3
    • K.C. Condie
    • English

  • Pipeline Design for Water Engineers

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 15
    • English

  • An Introduction to Atmospheric Physics

    • 2nd Edition
    • Volume 25
    • Robert G. Fleagle + 1 more
    • English
    This book is addressed to those who wish to understand the relationship between atmospheric phenomena and the nature of matter as expressed in the principles of physics. The interesting atmospheric phenomena are more than applications of gravitation, of thermodynamics, of hydrodynamics, or of electrodynamics; and mastery of the results of controlled experiment and of the related theory alone does not imply an understanding of atmospheric phenomena. This distinction arises because the extent and the complexity of the atmosphere permit effects and interactions that are entirely negligible in the laboratory or are deliberately excluded from it. the objective of laboratory physics is, by isolating the relevant variables, to reveal the fundamental properties of matter; whereas the objective of atmospheric physics, or of any observational science, is to understand those phenomena that are characteristic of the whole system. For these reasons the exposition of atmospheric physics requires substantial extensions of classical physics. It also requires that understanding be based on a coherent "way of seeing" the ensemble of atmospheric phenomena. Only then is understanding likely to stimulate still more general insights.

  • Weather Modification by Cloud Seeding

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 24
    • Dennis
    • English

  • Advances in Geophysics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 21
    • English

  • Numerical Modelling of Marine Hydrodynamics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 26
    • H.-G. Ramming + 1 more
    • English

  • Continental Red Beds

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 29
    • P. Turner
    • English

  • Marine Turbulence

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 28
    • J.C.J. Nihoul
    • English

  • Mixing in Inland and Coastal Waters

    • 1st Edition
    • Hugo B. Fischer + 4 more
    • English
    This book is an outgrowth of research contributions and teaching experiences by all the authors in applying modern fluid mechanics to problems of pollutant transport and mixing in the water environment. It should be suitable for use in first year graduate level courses for engineering and science students, although more material is contained than can reasonably be taught in a one-year course, and most instructors will probably wish to cover only selected potions. The book should also be useful as a reference for practicing hydraulic and environmental engineers, as well as anyone involved in engineering studies for disposal of wastes into the environment. The practicing consulting or design engineer will find a thorough explanation of the fundamental processes, as well as many references to the current technical literature, the student should gain a deep enough understanding of basics to be able to read with understanding the future technical literature evolving in this evolving field.

  • An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology

    • 2nd Edition
    • J.R. Holton
    • Anton L. Hales
    • English
    An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology, Second Edition deals with rapid advances in the science of dynamic meteorology. This book presents dynamic meteorology as a cohesive subject with a central unifying body of theory, namely, the quasi-geostrophic system. Topics range from the basic conservation laws to circulation and vorticity, planetary boundary layer, synoptic scale motions in middle latitudes, atmospheric oscillations, midlatitude synoptic systems, dynamics of the stratosphere, and tropical motions. This volume is comprised of 12 chapters and begins with a discussion on the fundamental fluid dynamics necessary for understanding large-scale atmospheric motions, including expanded treatments of atmospheric thermodynamics and of the planetary boundary layer. The reader is then introduced to the basics of modern dynamical meteorology, including the stratospheric dynamics. The energetics of the lower stratosphere, vertically propagating planetary waves, the quasi-biennial oscillation, and the ozone layer are considered. The final chapter reviews the dynamics of the tropical atmosphere, with emphasis on large-scale motions in the equatorial zone, the origin of equatorial disturbances, and tropical cyclones. A number of additional problems that span a wide range in difficulty are included, and answers to selected problems are provided. Throughout the book, the emphasis is on physical principles rather than mathematical elegance. Some use is made of vector calculus. This book is a valuable resource for meteorologists and those working in the field of atmospheric sciences.

  • Fish Physiology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 8
    • English

  • Advances in Heat Transfer

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 14
    • English

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