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  • 14th International Congress for Applied Mineralogy (ICAM2019)

    Belgorod State Technological University named after V. G. Shukhov, 23–27 September 2019, Belgorod, Russia

    Edited by Sergey Glagolev ...
    Series series Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences
    This open access proceedings of the 14th International Council for Applied Mineralogy Congress (ICAM) in Belgorod, Russia cover a wide range of topics including applied mineralogy, advanced and construction materials, ore and industrial minerals, mineral exploration, cultural heritage, etc. It includes contributions to geometallurgy, industrial minerals, oil and gas reservoirs as well as stone ... Read more

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  • 2012 Guide to Natural Gas Hydraulic Fracturing from Shale Formations: Improving the Safety and Performance of Hydraulic Fracturing and Fracking

    The important controversy over hydraulic fracturing for shale gas production is covered in detail in this ebook, with a collection of up-to-date official documents and publications on the risks and rewards of shale gas. New material includes the work of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Natural Gas Subcommittee striving to improve the safety and environmental performance of fracturing; EPA ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 2023 Avalanche Catastrophe Risk Analysis

    by Wayne Adams ...
    Wayne Adams predicted the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes of July 4 and 5 occurred north and northeast of the town of Ridgecrest, California, and west of Searles Valley, California with tremendous accuracy months in advance. Wayne has also forecasted the avalanche in California on March 3, 2018, that closed a portion of the California highway months in advance. Now he is bringing this forecast method ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 21st Century U.S. Military Manuals: Geology Training Manual 3-34.61 - Relating the Science to Military Engineering, Construction of Dams, Tunnels, Roads, Airfields, Bridges, Water Supply - Rocks and Minerals, Volcanoes, Field Work

    This important U.S. Army document, Geology Training Manual 3-34.61, has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format. The purpose of this manual is to relate the science of geology to military engineering. It is to be used for both reference and training. The manual is not intended to make geologists out of military engineers, but rather to present some of the geologic ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 28 Climate Change Elevator Pitches

    Short Explanations on the Scientific Basis of Man-man Climate Change

    by Rob Honeycutt ...
    If you stepped into an elevator and had 2 minutes to explain some aspect of climate science to someone, could you do it? Most people lack the time to become fully informed on this critical issue. The science is complex and varied. Here are 28 quick pitches to help you better understand this issue which we should all be concerned about.Chapters01 ancient sunlight02 radiative gases03 the greenhouse ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • 2D/3D Boundary Element Programming in Petroleum Engineering and Geomechanics

    Edited by Nobuo Morita ...
    2D/3D Boundary Element Programming in Petroleum Engineering and Geomechanics, Volume 72, is designed to make it easy for researchers, engineers and students to begin writing boundary element programs. This reference covers the fundamentals, theoretical developments, programming and applications. Both fluid flow through porous media and structural problems are used for coding exercises. Included ... Read more

    $157.99 USD

  • 3-D Structural Geology

    A Practical Guide to Surface and Subsurface Map Interpretation

    Manyimportant decisions,ranging from locating an oil prospect or a land-fill site to determining the location and sizeof an earthquake-producingfault,are based on geo logical maps. Because a map-scale structure is never completely sampled in three dimensions, geological maps and the cross sections derived from maps are always interpretations. The interpretation may be complicated by direct ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • 371 Days That Scarred Our Planet

    by Russ Miller ...
    This is probably the easiest to read and understand book available that describes what happened to Planet Earth during and after the 371 days that Noah and seven others remained secure inside the ark. They left behind a one-continent world and landed in a newly-shattered world, the one great land mass having been ripped apart into the continents we know today. Stones and bones tell the story. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 3D Geoscience Modeling

    Computer Techniques for Geological Characterization

    This book is a result of a career spent developing and applying computer techniques for the geosciences. The need for a geoscience modeling reference became apparent during participation in several workshops and conferences on the subject in the last three years. For organizing these, and for the lively discussions that ensued and inevitably contributed to the contents, I thank Keith Turner, Brian ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • 3D, 4D and Predictive Modelling of Major Mineral Belts in Europe

    Edited by Pär Weihed ...
    Series series Mineral Resource Reviews
    This book presents the results of the major EU project Promine. For the first time there is now a European database available on mineral deposits, as well as 3D, 4D and predictive models of major mineral belts in Europe: Fennoscandia (Skellefteå and Vihanti-Pyhäsalmi), the Fore-Sudetic basin (Kupferschiefer deposits in Poland and Germany), the Hellenic belt in northern Greece, and the Iberian ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • 4th Rock from the Sun

    The Story of Mars

    by Nicky Jenner ...
    Everything you ever wanted to know about the red planet revealed in an up-close and personal tour of MarsMars is ingrained in our culture, from David Bowie's extra-terrestrial spiders to H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds. The red planet has inspired hundreds of scientists, authors and filmmakers - but why? What is it about this particular planet that makes it so intriguing?Ancient mythologies ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • 50 Must-See Geological Sites

    The book presents 50 of the most recognizable and geologically interesting sites around South Africa, including some of palaeontological or historical renown and some of mining interest. The diverse selection includes sites such as Chapman’s Peak, Howick Falls, Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gardens, Mapungubwe, Tswaing Meteorite Crater and the Fraserburg Fossil Surface. Each site is unpacked to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • 5th Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static and Mobile Measurements (TG-SMM 2019)

    Proceedings of the Symposium in Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 1 – 4, 2019

    Series Book 153 - International Association of Geodesy Symposia
    This open access volume contains the proceedings of the 5th Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static and Mobile Measurements (TG-SMM2019) held in St. Petersburg, Russia, October 1 – 4, 2019. The symposium was hosted by the State Research Center of the Russian Federation Concern CSRI Elektropribor, JSC and was attended by 75 participants from 15 different countries. 32 oral and 20 poster ... Read more

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  • A Biogeoscience Approach to Ecosystems

    Biogeoscience is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field that aims to bring together biological and geophysical processes. This book builds an enhanced understanding of ecosystems by focusing on the integrative connections between ecological processes and the geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. Each chapter provides studies by researchers who have contributed to the biogeoscience synthesis, ... Read more

    $81.99 USD

  • A Brief History of Earth

    Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

    Harvard’s acclaimed geologist “charts Earth’s history in accessible style” (AP)“A sublime chronicle of our planet." –Booklist, STARRED reviewHow well do you know the ground beneath your feet?Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ice, rocked by a nearby meteor strike, or perhaps choked by poison gases, drowned beneath ocean, ... Read more

    $14.49 USD

  • A Brief History of Geology

    Geology as a science has a fascinating and controversial history. Kieran D. O'Hara's book provides a brief and accessible account of the major events in the history of geology over the last two hundred years, from early theories of Earth structure during the Reformation, through major controversies over the age of the Earth during the Industrial Revolution, to the more recent twentieth-century ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • A Brief Treatise on Geology; Or Facts and Suggestions, and Inductions in that Science

    First published in 1831, this volume contains a vintage treatise on geology, with a focus on the formation of the earth. Although much of the information is now out-dated, "A Brief Treatise on Geology" will appeal to those with an interest in the history and development of modern geology, and it would make for a wonderful addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Form of our ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Comprehensive Database of Tests on Axially Loaded Piles Driven in Sand

    A Comprehensive Database of Tests on Axially Loaded Driven Piles in Sands reviews the critical need to develop better load-test databases for piles driven in sands. The key quality parameters, population of current entries and reporting formats are described before offering preliminary results obtained from comparisons between axial capacities calculated by various predictive approaches and site ... Read more

    $112.99 USD

  • A Concise Dictionary of Paleontology

    This authored dictionary presents a unique glossary of paleontological terms, taxa, localities, and concepts, with focus on the most significant orders, genera, and species in terms of historical turning points such as mass extinctions. The book is an accurate and up-to-date collection of the most important paleontological terms and taxa, and may be used as a resource by students, researchers, ... Read more

    $215.99 USD

  • A Concise Geologic Time Scale

    2016

    A Concise Geologic Time Scale: 2016 presents a summary of Earth's history over the past 4.5 billion years, as well as a brief overview of contemporaneous events on the Moon, Mars, and Venus. The authors have been at the forefront of chronostratigraphic research and initiatives to create an international geologic time scale for many years, and the charts in this book present the most up-to-date ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • A Concise Guide to Geopressure

    Origin, Prediction, and Applications

    Geopressure drives fluid flow and is important for hydrocarbon exploration, carbon sequestration, and designing safe and economical wells. This concise guide explores the origins of geopressure and presents a step-by-step approach to characterizing and predicting pressure and least principal stress in the subsurface. The book emphasizes how geology, and particularly the role of flow along ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • A Crack in the Edge of the World

    America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906

    The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences

    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    This new edition includes 10,000 entries which cover all areas of geoscience, including planetary science, oceanography, palaeontology, mineralogy and volcanology. In this edition, 675 new entries have been added, and include expanded coverage of planetary geology and earth-observing-satellites. Other new entries terms such as Ianammox, Boomerangian, earth rheological layering, and metamorphic ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • A dinamikus Föld eszméje

    Földrengések, cunamik, klímaváltozás, tengerszint-emelkedés: mind olyan hívószó, amik részévé váltak mindennapi életünknek, holott évtizedekkel korábban csak tudósok foglalkoztak velük. Mindezen változások hátterében bolygónk áll, amit – részben a fent említett folyamatok következményeként – manapság egészen másként látunk. Bolygónk változékony egyensúlyi rendszerek kényes egymásra hatásából ... Read more

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