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Sedimentology
Wiley 2009; US$ 79.95Sedimentology has seen many significant advances and changes over the past 40 years, ranging from facies modelling to sequence stratigraphy; chemostratigraphy to basin analysis; and the integration of studies of physical, chemical and, increasingly, biological processes in the interpretation and prediction of sedimentary environments and products.... more...
Low-Grade Metamorphism
Wiley 2009; US$ 179.95Low-Grade Metamorphism explores processes and transformations in rocks during the early stages of metamorphic recrystallization. There has been little analysis and documentation of this widespread phenomenon, especially of the substantial and exciting advances that have taken place in the subject over the last decade. This book rectifies that shortfall,... more...
Ore Geology and Industrial Minerals
Wiley 2009; US$ 129.95Much new data and many new ideas have emerged in the area of ore geology and industrial minerals since publication of the second edition of this text in 1987. The overriding philosophy behind this new edition is the inclusion and integration of this new material within the established framework of the text. The third edition is re-presented in the... more...
Valuing Environmental and Natural Resources
Edward Elgar Publishing 2002; US$ 40.00Non-market valuation has become a broadly accepted and widely practised means of measuring the economic values of the environment and natural resources. This book provides a guide to the statistical and econometric practices that economists employ in estimating non-market values. more...
Carbonate Sedimentology
Wiley 2009; US$ 155.00Carbonate rocks (limestones and dolomites) constitute a major part of the geological column and contain not only 60% of the world's known hydrocarbons but also host extensive mineral deposits. This book represents the first major review of carbonate sedimentology since the mid 1970's. It is aimed at the advanced undergraduate - postgraduate level and... more...
Sedimentary Facies Analysis
Wiley 2009; US$ 150.00This book celebrates the professional career of Harold Reading, who has played a leading role in the development of the IAS, and has been at the roots of the development of 'facies sedimentology' as an art in itself and as a major tool in the broader field of geology. This special collection of original research papers from Harold Reading's students... more...
Elements of Ecological Economics
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 57.95Elements of Ecological Economics provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of ecological economics, an interdisciplinary project trying to give answers to the problems related to the overexploitation of the earth?s resources today. These include the problems of global warming (the greenhouse effect) and the overuse of the seas (e.g. overfishing).... more...
Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards
WIT Press 2006; US$ 598.00The state of our planet continues to deteriorate at an alarming rate. We have arrived at a situation where we need to determine urgent solutions before we reach a point of irreversible damage.This book contains papers presented at the First International Conference on Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards,... more...
Eco-Exergy as Sustainability
WIT Press 2006; US$ 158.00In recent years, the economy has determined the agenda when environmental issues are concerned using cost/benefit analyses. This inevitably leads to wrong decisions because the uncertainties of the cost/benefit analyses are often magnitudes higher than that estimated by the economists. Therefore, these analyses should be replaced or supplemented by... more...
Uncertain Path
University of California Press 2010; US$ 21.95In this provocative walking meditation, writer and former park ranger William Tweed takes us to California?s spectacular High Sierra to discover a new vision for our national parks as they approach their 100th anniversary. Tweed, who worked among the Sierra Nevada?s big peaks and big trees for more than thirty years, has now hiked more than 200 miles... more...









