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Collecting Rocks, Gems & Minerals
F+W Media 2010; US$ 17.99Three Guides in One! Identification, Values, Lapidary Uses Designed with beginners in mind, yet filled with valuable technical information for advanced collectors, Collecting Rocks, Gems and Minerals takes you from being just someone who appreciates rocks to a true "collector." Easy-to-use, quick reference format arranged by category and color... more...
Nature Guide Rocks and Minerals
DK Publishing 2012; US$ 14.95All new text, some re-use images, but no disclaimer needed. This is a new, fresh series of Nature Guides with all-new content. With a clean, modern design, these books are perfect for the beginner naturalist and family reference. From trees to rocks and minerals, and birds to stars and planets, each volume provides a thorough introduction and detailed,... more...
Research for Development in the Dry Arab Region
International Development Research Centre 2006; US$ 18.00Can dryland communities cope with the global changes sweeping the world today? Is their predicament limited to their difficulty of building livelihoods on precarious natural resources? Can development research and external interventions offer any sustainable and fruitful partnerships to this end? This book relates the story of a relationship between... more...
Alaska
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 13.99The history of Alaska is filled with stories of new land and new riches -- and ever present are new people with competing views over how the valuable resources should be used: Russians exploiting a fur empire; explorers checking rival advances; prospectors stampeding to the clarion call of "Gold!"; soldiers battling out a decisive chapter in world... more...
Melt Inclusions in Volcanic Systems
Elsevier Science 2003; US$ 170.00Melt inclusions provide a unique record of the physical and chemical processes operating in active magma chambers associated with volcanic systems. This book includes a summary of modern techniques used to study and interpret melt inclusions in volcanic rocks, as well as descriptive studies of specific volcanoes. These various studies document the... more...
Living Rivers
Springer 2007; US$ 229.99All over the world, sustainable river basin management is a leading principle of policy plans and legal instruments for water management. This book demonstrates an integrative perspective on trends and challenges in river science and management. It describes the three pillars underneath sustainable water management, ecology, economy and sociology. more...
Environmental Policy Convergence in Europe
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 30.00Examines the impact of economic globalisation and international institutions on the development of national environmental policies. more...
Diagenesis in sediments and sedimentary rocks
Elsevier Science 1979; US$ 155.00Diagenesis in sediments and sedimentary rocks more...
Diagenesis
Elsevier Science 1988; US$ 155.00Diagenesis is a highly developed, interdisciplinary field of study. It is reciprocal in that it borrows from numerous scientific or technological specialities and then, in turn, repays them with useful results. Too often, however, the information gained and concepts developed remain unintegrated instead of being utilized quickly by several related... more...
Green Marine Clays
Elsevier Science 1988; US$ 145.00Green Marine Clays provides a comparative study of four authigenic marine clays: the well-known glaucony marine facies; the newly-identified sedimentary facies - verdine; the old oolitic ironstone facies; and the celadonite-bearing facies. The book demonstrates that the sea bottom plays host to a variety of clay minerals specific to the marine environment:... more...









