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“michael a summerfield”

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  • Global Geomorphology

    by Michael A. Summerfield ...
    The plate tectonics revolution in the earth sciences has provided a valuable new framework for understanding long-term landform development. This innovative text provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject of global geomorphology, with the emphasis placed on large-scale processes and phenomena. Integrating global tectonics into the study of landforms and incorporating planetary ... Read more

    $120.99 USD

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  • Basin and Range

    by John McPhee ...
    Series Book 1 - Annals of the Former World
    The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world—a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Unconventional Petroleum Geology

    by Caineng Zou ...
    Unconventional Petroleum Geology is the first book of its kind to collectively identify, catalog, and assess the exploration and recovery potential of the Earth's unconventional hydrocarbons. Advances in hydrocarbon technology and petroleum development systems have recently made the exploration of unconventional hydrocarbons—such as shale gas, tight sandstone oil and gas, heavy oil, tar sand, and ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

  • Microwave Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces

    Techniques and Methods

    by Nicolas Baghdadi, Mehrez Zribi ...
    Microwave Remote Sensing of Land Surface: Techniques and Methods brings essential coverage of the space techniques of observation on continental surfaces. The authors explore major applications and provide detailed chapters on physical principles, physics of measurement, and data processing for each technique, bringing readers up-to-date descriptions of techniques used by leading scientists in the ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • A Brief Treatise on Geology; Or Facts and Suggestions, and Inductions in that Science

    by Biblicus Delvinus ...
    First published in 1831, this volume contains a vintage treatise on geology, with a focus on the formation of the earth. Although much of the information is now out-dated, "A Brief Treatise on Geology" will appeal to those with an interest in the history and development of modern geology, and it would make for a wonderful addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Form of our ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Climate, Fire and Human Evolution

    The Deep Time Dimensions of the Anthropocene

    by Andrew Y. Glikson, Colin Groves ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The book outlines principal milestones in the evolution of the atmosphere, oceans and biosphere during the last 4 million years in relation with the evolution from primates to the genus Homo – which uniquely mastered the ignition and transfer of fire. The advent of land plants since about 420 million years ago ensued in flammable carbon-rich biosphere interfaced with an oxygen-rich atmosphere. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Periglacial Preconditioning of Debris Flows in the Southern Alps, New Zealand

    by Katrin Sattler ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This thesis represents one of the few studies so far that systematically analyses environmental conditions within debris flow source areas to determine their relative importance for debris flow development. Environmental site conditions, such as slope gradient and debris availability, influence the spatial and temporal distribution of debris flows in high-alpine areas. However, current ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Ancient Landscapes of Western North America

    A Geologic History with Paleogeographic Maps

    by Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Allow yourself to be taken back into deep geologic time when strange creatures roamed the Earth and Western North America looked completely unlike the modern landscape. Volcanic islands stretched from Mexico to Alaska, most of the Pacific Rim didn’t exist yet, at least not as widespread dry land; terranes drifted from across the Pacific to dock on Western Americas’ shores creating mountains and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Environment and Earth Observation

    Case Studies in India

    Edited by D. Mitra, V. K. Dadhwal, S. Hazra, A. Mukhopadhyay, A. R. Ghosh ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents relevant and contemporary research on the remote sensing of landscapes, agriculture & forestry, geomorphology, coasts & oceans, natural hazards and wild habitats. It highlights the application of remote sensing in understanding natural processes and oceanic features, as well as in creating mapping inventories of water resources across different spatial and temporal scales. ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • The Hatfield Lunar Atlas

    Digitally Re-Mastered Edition

    by Anthony Cook ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    "The Hatfield Lunar Atlas" has become an amateur lunar observer's bible since it was first published in 1968.A major update of the atlas was made in 1998, using the same wonderful photographs that Commander Henry Hatfield made with his purpose-built 12-inch (300 mm) telescope, but bringing the lunar nomenclature up to date and changing the units from Imperial to S.I. metricThis edition is ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Carbonate Facies in Geologic History

    by J.L. Wilson ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Since 1950 geologists have learned more about the origin and lithification of carbonate sediments than in all the previous years of the history of science. This is true in all the diverse fields of carbonate geology: the study of Recent environments, marine zoology and botany, organic geochemistry, trace element and isotope geochemistry, mineralogy, microfacies of depositional environments, and ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Planktic Foraminifers in the Modern Ocean

    by Ralf Schiebel, Christoph Hemleben ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides a comprehensive overview of the taxonomy, biology, sedimentation, and carbonate geochemistry of modern species. Students, early career and advanced scientists alike will profit from a broad synthesis of the current understanding of planktic foraminifers as an ecological indicator, biogeochemical factories, and proxies in paleoceanography. The classification of modern species is ... Read more

    $80.99 USD