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Volcanoes and the Environment
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 64.00A comprehensive, accessible guide to how volcanism has affected our planet's environment. It spans a variety of topics across disciplines, and considers the various impacts of volcanic activity. This book is intended for students and researchers interested in environmental change, and those working on natural hazard planning and mitigation. more...
Continental Scientific Drilling
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2007; US$ 119.99The International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) was established in 1996 to coordinate research that involves drilling into the continental crust. After 10 years of successful international and multidisciplinary drilling projects, this volume provides a review and synthesizes the accomplishments of the past decade of the International... more...
Environmental Geology
Springer 2007; US$ 299.99This handbook describes a broad spectrum of methods in the fields of remote sensing, geophysics, geology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, and microbiology designed to investigate landfill, mining and industrial sites. The descriptions provide information about the principle of the methods, applications, fundamentals, instruments, survey practice, processing... more...
Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 79.00Advanced textbook outlining the physical, chemical, and biological properties of sedimentary rocks through petrographic microscopy, geochemical techniques, and field study. more...
Earth Science and Human History 101
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 50.00How much has human history been influenced by the earth and its processes? This volume in the Science 101 series describes how both slow changes and rapid, violent, ones have impacted the development of civilizations throughout history. Slow changes include variations in climate, progressive development of types of tools and sources of energy, and... more...
Earth Materials
Wiley 2010; US$ 99.95Minerals and rocks form the foundation of geologic studies. Excellent textbooks currently exist in mineralogy, igneous petrology, sedimentary petrology and metamorphic petrology. It is not our intention to compete with these textbooks. However, many universities have compressed separate mineralogy and petrology courses into a one- or two-semester Earth... more...
New Frontiers in Integrated Solid Earth Sciences
Springer 2009; US$ 99.99Man's intensifying use of the Earth's habitat has led to an urgent need for scientifically advanced 'geo-prediction systems' that accurately locate subsurface resources and forecast the timing and magnitude of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and land subsidence.As advances in the earth sciences lead to process-oriented ways of modeling... more...
Why Geology Matters
University of California Press 2011; US$ 24.95Volcanic dust, climate change, tsunamis, earthquakes?geoscience explores phenomena that profoundly affect our lives. But more than that, as Doug Macdougall makes clear, the science also provides important clues to the future of the planet. In an entertaining and accessibly written narrative, Macdougall gives an overview of Earth?s astonishing history... more...
Geology For Dummies
Wiley 2011; US$ 21.99Get a rock-solid grasp on geology Geology is the study of the earth's history as well as the physical and chemical processes that continue to shape the earth today. Jobs in the geosciences are expected to increase over the next decade, which will increase geology-related jobs well above average projection for all occupations in the coming years.... more...
Climate Change and Global Sustainability
United Nations University Press 2011; Not AvailableClimate change owing to global warming is a paramount concern for society in the twenty-first century, and it is not an issue that can be solved by individual academic or scientific disciplines working in isolation. Because climate change involves a wide range of interlinked problems, solutions must be pursued in an interdisciplinary manner. This book... more...









