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  • The Permafrost Environment

    by Stuart A. Harris ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1986, The Permafrost Environment examines how the search for oil, gas and minerals in the arctic region instigated new and vitally important needs to understand the permafrost environment. The construction of roads, airfields, buildings and pipelines in this inhospitable environment has posed enormous problems for engineers and geologists. This book is a comprehensive ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Geocryology

    Characteristics and Use of Frozen Ground and Permafrost Landforms

    by Stuart A. Harris, Anatoli Brouchkov, Cheng Guodong ...
    This book provides a general survey of Geocryology, which is the study of frozen ground called permafrost. Frozen ground is the product of cold climates as well as a variety of environmental factors. Its major characteristic is the accumulation of large quantities of ice which may exceed 90% by volume. Soil water changing to ice results in ground heaving, while thawing of this ice produces ground ... Read more

    $132.99 USD

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    The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time

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    "Michael Benton's splendid book brings back to Earth Science a sense of adventure. . . . It is both a wonderfully good read and a valued reference." —James Lovelock, author of Gaia and Homage to GaiaToday it is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact 65 million years ago that killed half of all species then living. Far less well-known is a much greater catastrophe ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Earth History and Palaeogeography

    by Trond H. Torsvik, L. Robin M. Cocks ...
    Using full-colour palaeogeographical maps from the Cambrian to the present, this interdisciplinary volume explains how plate motions and surface volcanism are linked to processes in the Earth's mantle, and to climate change and the evolution of the Earth's biota. These new and very detailed maps provide a complete and integrated Phanerozoic story of palaeogeography. They illustrate the development ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Earthquake Resistant Buildings

    Dynamic Analyses, Numerical Computations, Codified Methods, Case Studies and Examples

    by M.Y.H. Bangash ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This concise work provides a general introduction to the design of buildings which must be resistant to the effect of earthquakes. A major part of this design involves the building structure which has a primary role in preventing serious damage or structural collapse. Much of the material presented in this book examines building structures. Due to the recent discovery of vertical components, it ... Read more

    $215.99 USD

  • Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 7

    Education, Professional Ethics and Public Recognition of Engineering Geology

    Edited by Giorgio Lollino, Massimo Arattano, Silvia Peppoloni, Marco Giardino, Ricardo Oliveira ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book is one out of 8 IAEG XII Congress volumes and deals with education and the professional ethics, which scientists, regulators and practitioners of engineering geology inevitably have to face through the purposes, methods, limitations and findings of their works. This volume presents contributions on the professional responsibilities of engineering geologists; the interaction of ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Geology of Southwest Gondwana

    Edited by Siegfried Siegesmund, Miguel A. S. Basei, Sebastian Oriolo, Pedro Oyhantçabal ...
    Series series Regional Geology Reviews
    This book focuses on the geological evolution of Southwest (SW) Gondwana and presents state-of-the-art insights into its evolution. It addresses the diachronic assembly of continental fragments derived from the break-up of the Rodinia supercontinent later amalgamated to build SW Gondwana during the Neoproterozoic–Cambrian transition, which on a global scale includes parts of present-day South ... Read more

    $395.99 USD

  • Biblical Geology

    The Gap Theory Model of Creation in Light of its Experienced and Critical Opponents

    by Daniel G. McCrillis Th. D. ...
    In this book, we will discover the most accurate account of creation as taught from Scripture and verified by science. We will leave no stone unturned as we venture through the following fields of study: Stratigraphy, Meteorology, Obliquity, Dinosaurs, The Fossil Record, Star Light, Greek, Hebrew, Angelology, Creation, the Fall, History, and Theology. In this book, the Gap Theory Model of Creation ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Nile River

    Edited by Abdelazim M. Negm ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume offers up-to-date and comprehensive information on various aspects of the Nile River, which is the main source of water in Egypt. The respective chapters examine the Nile journey; the Aswan High Dam Reservoir; morphology and sediment quality of the Nile; threats to biodiversity; fish and fisheries; rain-fed agriculture, rainfall data, and fluctuations in rainfall; the impact of climate ... Read more

    $305.99 USD

  • Arming the Confederacy

    How Virginia’s Minerals Forged the Rebel War Machine

    by Robert C. Whisonant ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This is a fresh look at the American Civil War from the standpoint of the natural resources necessary to keep the armies in the field. This story of the links between minerals, topography, and the war in western Virginia now comes to light in a way that enhances our understanding of America’s greatest trial. Five mineral products – niter, lead, salt, iron, and coal – were absolutely essential to ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Physics of Petroleum Reservoirs

    Edited by Su Huang, Xuetao Hu, Fayang Jin, Shuyong Hu ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book introduces in detail the physical and chemical phenomena and processes during petroleum production. It covers the properties of reservoir rocks and fluids, the related methods of determining these properties, the phase behavior of hydrocarbon mixtures, the microscopic mechanism of fluids flowing through reservoir rocks, and the primary theories and methods of enhancing oil recovery. It ... Read more

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  • Monoethylene Glycol as Hydrate Inhibitor in Offshore Natural Gas Processing

    From Fundamentals to Exergy Analysis

    by Alexandre Mendonça Teixeira, Lara de Oliveira Arinelli, José Luiz de Medeiros, Ofélia de Queiroz Fernandes Araújo ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book addresses several issues related to hydrate inhibition and monoethylene glycol (MEG) recovery units (MRUs) in offshore natural gas fields, from fundamentals to engineering aspects and from energy consumption assessment to advanced topics such as exergy analysis. The assessment of energy degradation in MRUs is critical in offshore rigs, and the topic of exergy theory has by no means been ... Read more

    $49.99 USD