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Watershed Models
CRC Press 2005; US$ 189.95Singh (civil and environmental engineering, Louisiana State U.-Baton Rouge) and Frevert (US Bureau of Reclamation, Denver) have compiled two previous collections of mathematical models for watershed hydrology, in 1995 and 2002. Here they offer a third describing 24 popular models not included in those. Research and practicing engineers, most but no more...
Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice
CRC Press 2005; US$ 139.95Many advances in spaceborne instrumentation, remote sensing, and data analysis have occurred in recent years, but until now there has been no book that reflects these advances while delivering a uniform treatment of the remote sensing of frozen regions. Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice identifies unifying themes and ideas in these fields and presents... more...
Rivers of the World
ABC-CLIO 2002; US$ 85.00"Rivers of the World" is a treatment of some 200 of the world's rivers. In these pages you'll find rivers both tranquil and untamed, renowned and obscure, but each historically significant in its own right. more...
Northwest California
University of California Press 2006; US$ 15.95Northwestern California is mainly known for its majestic redwood forests and incomparable coastline, but there is much more in its rich biota and scenery. The forests are part of the most diverse temperate coniferous forest in the world. Rugged mountains, numerous lakes, wilderness areas, and wild rivers attract outdoor enthusiasts and geologists came... more...
The Doomsday Book
Vision Paperbacks 2006; US$ 16.99Looking at the threats to civilisation, this book explains the story and the science behind each one, and provides an assessment of how serious they are and what can and is likely to be done about them. Examining the fate of ancient civilsations and explaining the lessons they teach us, it explores the likelihood of survival when disaster hits. more...
Inventing the Earth
Wiley 2008; US$ 149.95This book chronicles how successive generations of natural philosophers, geologists and geomorphologists have come to invent the view of the Earth over the past 250 years. Chronicles how successive generations of natural philosophers, geologists and geomorphologists have come to invent different views of the Earth over the last 250 years. Uses... more...
Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards
United Nations University Press 2006; US$ 39.00A seemingly non-stop series of disasters has shown that societies worldwide seem unprepared for the threats posed by natural hazards: Hurricane Katrina, drought in Africa; flooding in China and Germany; earthquakes in Pakistan and India; a tsunami in South-East Asia; and forest fires in Portugal, Australia and North America. The tragic impacts... more...
The Geomorphology of the Great Barrier Reef
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 64.00Reference on geomorphological studies on reefs for researchers and graduate students in geomorphology and oceanography. more...
Asian And Pacific Coasts 2003, Proceedings Of The 2nd International Conference
World Scientific Publishing Company 2004; US$ 114.00This book presents the experience of coastal and port engineering development, as well as coastal environmental problems, in Asian and Pacific countries. It also provides information and promotes technological progress and activities, international technical transfer and cooperation, and opportunities for engineers and researchers to maintain and improve... more...
The Periglacial Environment
Wiley 2007; US$ 199.95The Periglacial Environment, Third Edition , provides an authoritative overview of the world???s cold, non-glacial environments. Emphasis is placed upon the North American and Eurasian polar lowlands, but examples are also drawn from Antarctica, the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau, and the northern mid-latitudes. First published in 1976 and subsequently... more...









