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Isle of Wight - Landscape and Geology (Paperback): John Downes Isle of Wight - Landscape and Geology (Paperback)
John Downes
R575 R502 Discovery Miles 5 020 Save R73 (13%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Isle of Wight is a geological gem with its 110km (68 mile) long coastline displaying a range of rocks dating from Lower Cretaceous to Oligocene age. Many of the sands and clays yield fossil bivalves and gastropods, and its famous dinosaur footprints attract much attention from geologists and tourists alike. Yet the scenic beauty of the island is the product of its differing strata, former earth movements and the erosive power of the sea and the rivers. The monoclinal fold that crosses the island forms the chalk downland ridge that ends in the splendid cliffs of Culver in the east and The Needles in the west. By contrast, the softer rocks produce low, slumped cliffs often cut by steep-sided chines or alternatively, on the north coast, branching estuaries and salt marsh creeks. With over 120 colour illustrations this book discusses the geological processes that created the island's distinctive landscape; it provides a field guide to the identification of rocks and fossils and includes details of nineteen itineraries to discover the geological examples and fossils discussed.

The 2nd International Conference of International Researchers of the Education for Environmental Citizenship 2022 (Hardcover):... The 2nd International Conference of International Researchers of the Education for Environmental Citizenship 2022 (Hardcover)
Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis, Pedro Reis, Marie Christine Knippels
R1,397 R1,213 Discovery Miles 12 130 Save R184 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Rouge River Revived - How People Are Bringing Their River Back to Life (Paperback): John H. Hartig, James L Graham Rouge River Revived - How People Are Bringing Their River Back to Life (Paperback)
John H. Hartig, James L Graham
R615 R558 Discovery Miles 5 580 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Rouge River is a mostly urbanized watershed of about 500 square miles populated by nearly 1.4 million people. While not geographically large, the river has played an outsized role in the history of southeast Michigan, most famously housing Ford's massive Rouge Factory, designed by architect Albert Kahn and later memorialized in Diego Rivera's renowned "Detroit Industry" murals. In recent decades, the story of the Rouge River has also been one of grassroots environmental activism. After pollution from the Ford complex and neighboring factories literally caused the river to catch on fire in 1969, community groups launched a Herculean effort to restore and protect the watershed. Today the Rouge stands as one of the most successful examples of urban river revival in the country. Rouge River Revived describes the river's history from pre-European times into the 21st century. Chapters cover topics such as Native American life on the Rouge; indigenous flora and fauna over time; the river's role in the founding of local cities; its key involvement in Detroit's urban development and intensive industrialization; and the dramatic clean-up arising from citizen concern and activism. This book is not only a history of the environment of the Rouge River, but also of the complex and evolving relationship between humans and natural spaces.

Antarctic Climate Evolution (Paperback, 2nd edition): Fabio Florindo, Martin Siegert, Laura Desantis, Tim Naish Antarctic Climate Evolution (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Fabio Florindo, Martin Siegert, Laura Desantis, Tim Naish
R4,103 Discovery Miles 41 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Antarctic Climate Evolution, Second Edition, enhances our understanding of the history of the world's largest ice sheet, and how it responded to and influenced climate change during the Cenozoic. It includes terrestrial and marine geology, sedimentology, glacier geophysics and ship-borne geophysics, coupled with results from numerical ice sheet and climate modeling. The book's content largely mirrors the structure of the Past Antarctic Ice Sheets (PAIS) program (www.scar.org/science/pais), formed to investigate past changes in Antarctica by supporting multidisciplinary global research. This new edition reflects recent advances and is updated with several new chapters, including those covering marine and terrestrial life changes, ice shelves, advances in numerical modeling, and increasing coverage of rates of change. The approach of the PAIS program has led to substantial improvement in our knowledge base of past Antarctic change and our understanding of the factors that have guided its evolution.

The Geology and Paleontology of Queensland and New Guinea - With Sixty-Eight Plates and a Geological Map of Queensland... The Geology and Paleontology of Queensland and New Guinea - With Sixty-Eight Plates and a Geological Map of Queensland (Hardcover)
Robert Logan Jack, Robert Etheridge
R898 Discovery Miles 8 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Stream Flow Recors for the Water Year 1938/1939; 1938/1939 (Hardcover): Pennsylvania Dept of Forests and Wa, Geological Survey... Stream Flow Recors for the Water Year 1938/1939; 1938/1939 (Hardcover)
Pennsylvania Dept of Forests and Wa, Geological Survey (U .S.)
R797 Discovery Miles 7 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ocean Science Data - Collection, Management, Networking and Services (Paperback): Giuseppe Manzella, Antonio Novellino Ocean Science Data - Collection, Management, Networking and Services (Paperback)
Giuseppe Manzella, Antonio Novellino
R3,203 Discovery Miles 32 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Ocean Science Data: Collection, Management, Networking, and Services presents the evolution of ocean science, information, theories, and data services for oceanographers looking for a better understanding of big data. The book is divided into chapters organized under the following main issues: marine science, history and data archaeology, data services in ocean science, society-driven data, and coproduction and education. Throughout the book, particular emphasis is put on data products quality and big data management strategy; embracing tools enabling data discovery, data preparation, self-service data accessibility, collaborative semantic metadata management, data standardization, and stream processing engines. Ocean Science Data provides an opportunity to start a new roadmap for data management issues, to be used for future collaboration among disciplines. This will include a focus on organizational objectives such as improved performance, competitive advantage, innovation, the sharing of lessons learned, integration, and continuous improvement of data management organization. This book is written for ocean scientists at postgraduate level and above as well as marine scientists and climate change scientists.

Monitoring Land Subsidence Using Remote Sensing (Hardcover): Massimo Fabris, Nicola Cenni, Simone Fiaschi Monitoring Land Subsidence Using Remote Sensing (Hardcover)
Massimo Fabris, Nicola Cenni, Simone Fiaschi
R1,346 R1,183 Discovery Miles 11 830 Save R163 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Monograph on the Lias Ammonites of the British Islands; text (Hardcover): Thomas 1809-1884 Wright Monograph on the Lias Ammonites of the British Islands; text (Hardcover)
Thomas 1809-1884 Wright
R1,143 Discovery Miles 11 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Computers in Earth and Environmental Sciences - Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technologies in Hazards and Risk... Computers in Earth and Environmental Sciences - Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technologies in Hazards and Risk Management (Paperback)
Hamid Reza Pourghasemi
R4,276 Discovery Miles 42 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Computers in Earth and Environmental Sciences: Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technologies in Hazards and Risk Management addresses the need for a comprehensive book that focuses on multi-hazard assessments, natural and manmade hazards, and risk management using new methods and technologies that employ GIS, artificial intelligence, spatial modeling, machine learning tools and meta-heuristic techniques. The book is clearly organized into four parts that cover natural hazards, environmental hazards, advanced tools and technologies in risk management, and future challenges in computer applications to hazards and risk management. Researchers and professionals in Earth and Environmental Science who require the latest technologies and advances in hazards, remote sensing, geosciences, spatial modeling and machine learning will find this book to be an invaluable source of information on the latest tools and technologies available.

The Joint Arctic Weather Stations - Science and Sovereignty in the High Arctic, 1946-1972 (Hardcover): Daniel Heidt, P.Whitney... The Joint Arctic Weather Stations - Science and Sovereignty in the High Arctic, 1946-1972 (Hardcover)
Daniel Heidt, P.Whitney Lackenbauer
R2,362 Discovery Miles 23 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Joint Arctic Weather Stations were five meteorological and scientific monitoring stations constructed at Resolute, Eureka, Mould Bay, Isachsen, and Alert with the cooperation of the Canadian Department of Transport's meteorological branch and the United States Weather Bureau. From 1947 to the early 1970s as few as four Canadians and four Americans worked and lived at each of the four satellite stations, observing and collecting scientific data.This is the first systematic account of the Joint Arctic Weather Stations, a project that profoundly shaped state activates and scientific inquiry in the Arctic Archipelago. Drawing on extensive archival evidence, unpublished personal memoirs, and interviews with former employees, The Joint Arctic Weather Stations analyzes the diplomatic, scientific, social, military, and environmental dimensions of the program alongside each station as a nexus of state planning and personal agency. Contrary to previous scholarship, The Joint Arctic Weather Stations reveals that Canadian officials sought-and achieved-a firm policy that afforded effective control of Canada's Arctic while enjoying the advantages of American contribution to the joint meteorological program. It explores the changing ways science was conducted over time and how the details of everyday life at remote stations, from the climate to leisure activities to debates over alcohol, hunting, and leadership, shaped the program's effectiveness. An exploration of the full duration of the Joint Arctic Weather Stations from high-level planning and diplomacy to personal interactions in the stations makes this book an essential exploration of collaborative polar science in the North American Arctic.

Delegations and Members as on July 24th, 1913 (Hardcover): International Geological Congress (12th Delegations and Members as on July 24th, 1913 (Hardcover)
International Geological Congress (12th
R716 Discovery Miles 7 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Geochemistry and Mineral Resources (Hardcover): Hosam M. Saleh, Amal I. Hassan Geochemistry and Mineral Resources (Hardcover)
Hosam M. Saleh, Amal I. Hassan
R3,680 Discovery Miles 36 800 Out of stock
Soil Moisture Importance (Hardcover): Ram Swaroop Meena, Rahul Datta Soil Moisture Importance (Hardcover)
Ram Swaroop Meena, Rahul Datta
R3,325 Discovery Miles 33 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Precipitation - Earth Surface Responses and Processes (Paperback): Jesus Rodrigo-Comino Precipitation - Earth Surface Responses and Processes (Paperback)
Jesus Rodrigo-Comino
R3,842 Discovery Miles 38 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Precipitation: Earth Surface Responses and Processes provides readers with a general and indispensable overview of processing rainfall processes through radar techniques, numerical models, geostatistical tools, photogrammetric methods, plots, indexes of connectivity or rainfall simulations. The handbook follows a clear and consistent format, and is structured as follows: Introduction (State-of-the-Art); Part 1. Rainfall and climate/atmosphere; Part 2. Models and applications; Part 3. Rainfall as a key actor playing the main role affecting different ecosystems. Part 3: Rainfall affecting the earth surface from different scales and landforms; Part 4: Rainfall and stormwater quality management in urban and rural areas. Precipitation is a key factor needed for understanding landscape evolution and ecosystem services. Knowing the main precipitation composition, mechanisms and processes allows for efficient land management plans and ecosystem restoration activities. However, precipitation shows different responses under specific environments depending on the climate (from the arid to the polar areas), parent material, scale (from the raindrops to catchment scale), intensity, landscape morphologies (soil sealing, rills, gullies or rivers) or human activities (agriculture or urban areas). Precipitation: Earth Surface Responses and Processes bring this information together and provides indispensable material in a holistic manner for students, scientists and lecturers from different environmental disciplines such as climatology, meteorology, geomorphology, hydrology, soil science, geography, engineering, or ecology.

Inversion of Geophysical Data, Volume 62 (Hardcover): Cedric Schmelzbach Inversion of Geophysical Data, Volume 62 (Hardcover)
Cedric Schmelzbach
R6,830 R5,711 Discovery Miles 57 110 Save R1,119 (16%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Formation and Structure of Planets, Volume 62 in the Advances in Geophysics series, highlights new chapters on a variety of topics in the field, including The evolution of multi-method imaging of structures and processes in environmental geophysics, An introduction to variational inference in Geophysical inverse problems, Moment tensor inversion, and more.

Contribution of X-ray Fluorescence Techniques in Cultural Heritage Materials Characterisation (Hardcover): Anna Galli, Letizia... Contribution of X-ray Fluorescence Techniques in Cultural Heritage Materials Characterisation (Hardcover)
Anna Galli, Letizia Bonizzoni
R1,420 R1,236 Discovery Miles 12 360 Save R184 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Eric Sloane's Weather Book (Hardcover): Eric Sloane Eric Sloane's Weather Book (Hardcover)
Eric Sloane
R534 Discovery Miles 5 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Quantocks and North Somerset Coast - Landscape and Geology (Paperback): Dave Green Quantocks and North Somerset Coast - Landscape and Geology (Paperback)
Dave Green
R680 R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Save R73 (11%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

West Somerset is an area of great geological diversity, straddling the Tees-Exe Line between highland and lowland Britain. The story of the last 400 million years of Earth history can be gleaned from its rocks: the opening and closing of oceans, the collision of continents and a journey across the Equator. The area may also provide the key to settle the controversy about the origin of South-West England, whose ancient geology is so different from the rest of the country. This unique and diverse geology is also the reason why it is one of the most beautiful and varied stretches of landscape in England. With nearly 170 illustrations, including maps, charts, diagrams and colour photographs, this book describes and explains the evidence for the geological history of the area, from the Palaeozoic, through the Mesozoic to the Pleistocene and Holocene. Regional guides, which discuss the factors that led to the landscape we see today and offer places of interest to visit, cover: the Northern Brendon Hills and Minehead; the Southern Brendon Hills; Wellington and the Blackdown Hills; Wiveliscombe and the Vale of Stogumber; the Quantock Hills; West Somerset coast and the Cannington and Bridgwater Lowlands.

Biohydrometallurgy of Chalcopyrite (Paperback): Hongbo Zhao, Congren Yang, Xian Zhang, Yisheng Zhang, Guanzhou Qiu Biohydrometallurgy of Chalcopyrite (Paperback)
Hongbo Zhao, Congren Yang, Xian Zhang, Yisheng Zhang, Guanzhou Qiu
R3,700 Discovery Miles 37 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bioleaching of chalcopyrite is always a challenge and research hotspot. The low copper extraction and dissolution kinetics restricted the industrial application of chalcopyrite bioleaching. To solve this problem, the dissolution process and passivation mechanism of chalcopyrite in bioleaching should be first studied, then the rate-limiting steps should be analysed explicitly, and finally the intensifying method can be put forward. Many scholars have made efforts to investigate the dissolution mechanism of chalcopyrite in bioleaching. However, there is no congruence of opinion as yet. Biohydrometallurgy of Chalcopyrite summarizes and discusses the reported research findings. In addition, this book publishes the related results found by the authors' research. Then, the dissolution mechanism of chalcopyrite in bioleaching is interpreted. Finally, the process intensification techniques of chalcopyrite bioleaching are provided and discussed. Hence, this book provides useful reference and guidance in both laboratory research and industrial production.

Analysis of Chemical Residues in Agriculture (Paperback): Silvio Vaz Jr. Analysis of Chemical Residues in Agriculture (Paperback)
Silvio Vaz Jr.
R4,223 Discovery Miles 42 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Analysis of Chemical Residues in Agriculture presents a focused, yet comprehensive guide on how to identify, evaluate and analyze the wide range of chemicals that impact our food production system. The book presents a variety of analytical technologies and methods in order to help professionals, researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students understand chemical residues in agriculture and apply them to applications for the detection and quantification of chemical residues - both organic and inorganic - in several agricultural matrices, including crops, fruits, meat, food, feed, soil and water. Agriculture remains one of the most strategic sectors for the global economy and well-being. However, it is seen as a source of environmental and health concerns mainly due to the high amount of pesticides and fertilizers used in production systems around the world; moreover, a thorough understanding of the topic is necessary when we consider livestock production systems also apply large amounts of veterinary drugs to treat illness and promote increases in productivity.

Introduction to Ore-Forming Processes, 2nd Edition (Paperback, 2nd Edition): L. Robb Introduction to Ore-Forming Processes, 2nd Edition (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
L. Robb
R1,484 Discovery Miles 14 840 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A comprehensive account of ore-forming processes, revised and updated The revised second edition of Introduction to Ore-Forming Processes offers a guide to the multiplicity of geological processes that result in the formation of mineral deposits. The second edition has been updated to reflect the most recent developments in the study of metallogeny and earth system science. This second edition contains new information about global tectonic processes and crustal evolution that continues to influence the practice of economic geology and maintains the supply of natural resources in a responsible and sustainable way. The replenishment of depleted natural resources is becoming more difficult and environmentally challenging. There is also a change in the demand for mineral commodities and the concern around the non-sustainable supply of 'critical metals' is now an important consideration for planners of the future. The book puts the focus on the responsible custodianship of natural resources and the continuing need for all earth scientists to understand metallogeny and the resource cycle. This new edition: Provides an updated guide to the processes involved in the formation of mineral deposits Offers an overview of magmatic, hydrothermal and sedimentary ore-forming processes Covers the entire range of mineral deposit types, including the fossil fuels and supergene ores Relates metallogeny to global tectonics by examining the distribution of mineral deposits in space and time Contains examples of world famous ore deposits that help to provide context and relevance to the process-oriented descriptions of ore genesis Written for students and professionals alike, Introduction to Ore-Forming Processes offers a revised second edition that puts the focus on the fact that mineral deposits are simply one of the many natural wonders of geological process and evolution.

Application of Climatic Data in Hydrologic Models (Hardcover): Mohammad Valipour, Sayed M Bateni Application of Climatic Data in Hydrologic Models (Hardcover)
Mohammad Valipour, Sayed M Bateni
R1,408 R1,225 Discovery Miles 12 250 Save R183 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Changing Weather (Paperback): Nellie Wilder Changing Weather (Paperback)
Nellie Wilder
R246 R229 Discovery Miles 2 290 Save R17 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Observe how weather can drastically change how a single street looks with this science reader. With images that are easy to identify and clear, simple sentence structures, this science reader simplifies scientific concepts for young students as they improve their reading skills. A fun and easy science experiment and Your Turn! activity provide more in-depth opportunities for additional learning. Nonfiction text features include a glossary and an index. Engage students in learning with this dynamic text!

Water Flow, Solute and Heat Transfer in Groundwater (Hardcover): Alexander Yakirevich Water Flow, Solute and Heat Transfer in Groundwater (Hardcover)
Alexander Yakirevich
R1,536 R1,337 Discovery Miles 13 370 Save R199 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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