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Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences
Sediment Provenance: Influences on Compositional Change from Source
to Sink provides a thorough and inclusive overview that features
data-based case studies on a broad range of dynamic aspects in
sedimentary rock structure and deposition. Provenance data plays a
critical role in a number of aspects of sedimentary rocks,
including the assessment of palaeogeographic reconstructions, the
constraints of lateral displacements in orogens, the
characterization of crust which is no longer exposed, the mapping
of depositional systems, sub-surface correlation, and in predicting
reservoir quality. The provenance of fine-grained sediments-on a
global scale-has been used to monitor crustal evolution, and
sediment transport is paramount in considering restoration
techniques for both watershed and river restoration. Transport is
responsible for erosion, bank undercutting, sandbar formation,
aggradation, gullying, and plugging, as well as bed form migration
and generation of primary sedimentary structures. Additionally, the
quest for reservoir quality in contemporary hydrocarbon exploration
and extraction necessitates a deliberate focus on diagenesis. This
book addresses all of these challenges and arms geoscientists with
an all-in-one reference to sedimentary rocks, from source to
deposition.
All undergraduate and postgraduate students of science and
engineering faculties will be benefited by this book. It is meant
for all undergraduate and postgraduate students of civil
engineering science faculty and geology irrespective of their
specializations. This book is based mainly on a course of lectures
prepared to cover the syllabus of engineering geology course in
Universities all over the country. The book will be useful for
Civil Engineering students of other universities also. The
engineering geology portion of the book also covers the engineering
geology included in the B.Sc, M. Sc and M. Tech courses in geology
and the book will meet the requirements of students of geology as
far as engineering geology is concerned like practicing engineers
who need a simple introduction to the principles of geology which
are important from the point of view of engineering will get them
in this book."
Integrated Management of Salt Affected Soils in Agriculture is a
concise guide to evaluating and addressing soil issues related to
saline content. Methods focused, the book combines agricultural and
soil-based insights to efficiently remediate salt-affected soil.
Environmental stress conditions such as salinity have a devastating
impact on plant growth and yield, causing considerable loss to
agricultural production worldwide. Soil salinity control prevents
soil degradation by salinization and reclaim already saline soils.
This book will help develop the proper management procedures, to
solve problems of crop production on salt-affected soils.
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