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  • Mammoth Cave

    A Human and Natural History

    Edited by Horton H. Hobbs III, Rickard A Olson, Elizabeth G Winkler, David C. Culver ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book reveals the science and beauty of Mammoth Cave, the world's longest cave, which has played an important role in the natural sciences. It offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary treatment of the cave, combining insights from leading experts in fields ranging from archeology and cultural history to life science and geosciences. The first animals specialized for cave life in North ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

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  • The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood

    A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood

    by David R. Montgomery ...
    How the mystery of the Bible's greatest story shaped geology: a MacArthur Fellow presents a surprising perspective on Noah's Flood.In Tibet, geologist David R. Montgomery heard a local story about a great flood that bore a striking similarity to Noah’s Flood. Intrigued, Montgomery began investigating the world’s flood stories and—drawing from historic works by theologians, natural philosophers, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Volcanoes, Earthquakes And Tsunamis: Teach Yourself

    by David Rothery ...
    Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis is the essential guide to what causes the most frightening geological events with which we are faced today. It covers plate tectonics, the intricacies of each terrible phenomina, and their effects as well as the impact they have on each other, how they can be predicted and, if possible, controlled.NOT GOT MUCH TIME?One, five and ten-minute introductions to key ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Hard Road West

    History and Geology along the Gold Rush Trail

    by Keith Heyer Meldahl ...
    The dramatic journeys of the 19th century Gold Rush come to life in this geologist's tour of the American West and the events that shaped the land.In 1848, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. The dramatic terrain these settlers crossed is so familiar to us now that it is hard to imagine how frightening—even godforsaken—its sheer ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Engineering Rock Mechanics

    Part 2: Illustrative Worked Examples

    by John A Hudson ...
    Engineering Rock Mechanics Part II: Illustrative Worked Examples can be used as an independent book or alternatively it complements an earlier publication called Engineering Rock Mechanics: An Introduction to the Principles by the same authors. It contains illustrative worked examples of engineering rock mechanics in action as the subject applies to civil, mining, petroleum and environmental ... Read more

    $206.99 USD

  • Digging Up Arkansas Diamond Mining History

    Genuine Diamonds Found in Arkansas, #7

    by Glenn W. Worthington ...
    Series Book 7 - Genuine Diamonds Found in Arkansas
    Go on an archaeological adventure with this author as he digs up portions of some 90-year-old bricks at Arkansas' Crater of Diamonds State Park. Learn what letters are embossed on them and help figure out the coded message they convey. How do these pieces of old bricks fit into the history of the diamond recovery plant that used to sit at this site? How many diamonds were recovered by this plant? ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Modeling of Volcanic Processes

    Edited by Chi-Yu King, Roberto Scarpa ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

    $49.99 USD

  • Medical Geochemistry

    Geological Materials and Health

    Edited by Paolo Censi, Thomas Darrah, Yigal Erel ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book includes a collection of chapters illustrating the application of geochemical methods to investigate the interactions between geological materials and fluids with humans. Examples include the incorporation and human health effects of inhaling lithogenic materials, the reactivity of biological fluids with geological materials, and the impact on nascent biomineral formation. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Introduction to Environmental Modeling

    by William G. Gray, Genetha A. Gray ...
    This textbook presents an understanding of how basic physical descriptions can be translated into mathematical analogues that provide an opportunity to investigate environmental processes. Examples come from a range of hydrologic, atmospheric, and geophysical problems. The emphasis is on simple examples and calculations that add to understanding. The book provides a sense for the meaning of ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Typhoon Turning Atlas

    by Weihong Qian, Xiaolong Shan, Haoyuan Liang ...
    Typhoons with unusual tracks are difficult to forecast with respect to whether, when, and where typhoon turning occurs based on traditional synoptic charts and numerical weather forecast model products. This typhoon turning atlas provides an additional tool to deal with the typhoon turning question by using a physical decomposition method together with thousands of plots. In particular, this atlas ... Read more

    $111.99 USD

  • Thermal Convection, Magnetic Field, and Differential Rotation in Solar-type Stars

    by Hideyuki Hotta ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This thesis describes the studies on the solar interior where turbulent thermal convection plays an important role. The author solved, for the first time, one of the long-standing issues in solar physics, i.e., the maintenance mechanism of the solar differential rotation in the near-surface shear layer. The author attacked this problem with a newly developed approach, the reduced speed of sound ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Heavy Minerals in Use

    Edited by Maria A. Mange, David T. Wright ...
    Series Book 58 - Developments in Sedimentology
    The book is structured thematically, encompassing principles, processes and products, practice and applications. Discussion of processes that control heavy mineral assemblages throughout the rock cycle are presented by leading experts, whose key-note works are followed by specialist case studies. Each work also provides details on the geology of the study area, techniques and data treatment. The ... Read more

    $161.99 USD