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    Perspectives in Urban Ecology

    Introduction: From Urban Nature Studies to Ecosystem Services,- 1. Particulate Matter in the Urban Atmosphere: Concentration, Distribution, Reduction. Results of Studies in the Berlin Metropolitan Area,- 2. Contamination of Urban Surface and Ground Water...
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  • Ethohydraulik Ethohydraulik
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    Ethohydraulik

    Geleitwort von Prof. Dr.-Ing. h.c. mult. Franz Nestmann.- Fische im Wasserbau.- Der Weg zur Ethohydraulik.- Die drei Phasen der Ethohydraulik.- Grundlagen der Ethohydraulik.- Vorbereitung ethohydraulischer Untersuchungen.- Methodische Instrumente der...
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  • Natural Time Analysis Natural Time Analysis
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    Natural Time Analysis

    This book deals with the theory and the applications of a new time domain, termed natural time domain, that has been forwarded by the authors almost a decade ago (P.A. Varotsos, N.V. Sarlis and E.S. Skordas, Practica of Athens...
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  • Bodenmechanik und Grundbau Bodenmechanik und Grundbau
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    Bodenmechanik und Grundbau

    Das vorliegende Buch ist bewusst kompakt gehalten und verzichtet weitgehend auf Doppelspurigkeiten und Redundanz. Die Gliederung ist übersichtlich und der Inhalt auf Anwendbarkeit angelegt, wobei Tabellen und ausgearbeitete...
    $184.00

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  • Dyke Swarms Dyke Swarms
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    Dyke Swarms

    Dykes occur in a wide variety of geological and tectonic settings and their detailed study through space and time is imperative for understanding several geological events. Dykes are believed to be an integral part of ...
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  • Advances in Research in Karst Media Advances in Research in Karst Media
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    Advances in Research in Karst Media

    The Malaga Symposia Series provides an international forum for scientific debate on the progress made in research into karst environments. The 2010 meeting of the 4th International ISKA presents 80 papers in four key areas:...
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  • Mine Wastes Mine Wastes
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    Mine Wastes

    This book is not designed to be an exhaustive work on mine wastes. It aims to serve undergraduate students who wish to gain an overview and an understanding of wastes produced in the mineral industry. An introductory textbook addressing the science of...
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  • True-3D in Cartography True-3D in Cartography
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    True-3D in Cartography

    As corroborated by the never-sagging and even increasing interest within the last decade, the intuitive attraction of "True 3D" in geodata presentation is well worth covering its current status and recent developments in a compendium like the present one...
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  • Sciences of Geodesy - I Sciences of Geodesy - I
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    Sciences of Geodesy - I

    This series of reference books describes sciences of different elds in and around geodesy with independent chapters. Each chapter covers an individual eld and describes the history, theory, objective, technology, development,...
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  • Advanced Ocean Modelling Advanced Ocean Modelling
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    Advanced Ocean Modelling

    This book focuses on motions of incompressible ?uids of a freely moving surface being in?uenced by both the Earth's rotation and density strati?cation. In contrast to traditional textbooks in the ?eld of geophysical ?uid...
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  • Chlorinated Paraffins Chlorinated Paraffins
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    Chlorinated Paraffins

    Chlorinated paraffins are one of the last classes of chlorinated compounds that are still being produced worldwide and used in high quantities in many applications. They are particularly used in cutting oils in the metal...
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  • Light Scattering Reviews 5 Light Scattering Reviews 5
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    Light Scattering Reviews 5

    Light scattering by densely packed inhomogeneous media is a particularly ch- lenging optics problem. In most cases, only approximate methods are used for the calculations. However, in the case where only a small number of...
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  • Introduction to Medical Geology Introduction to Medical Geology
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    Introduction to Medical Geology

    Geochemistry of the Tropical Environment.- Bioavailability of Trace Elements and Risk Assessment.- Medical Geology of Fluoride.- Iodine Geochemistry and Health.- Nitrates in the Geochemical Environment.- Medical Geology of Arsenic.- Water Hardness in...
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  • Advances in GIScience Advances in GIScience
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    Advances in GIScience

    The Association of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe (AGILE) was established in early 1998 to promote academic teaching and research on GIS at the European level. Since then, the annual AGILE c- ference has...
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  • Mechanics of Wind-blown Sand Movements Mechanics of Wind-blown Sand Movements
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    Mechanics of Wind-blown Sand Movements

    Wind-Blown Sand Environment.- Flows of the Near-Surface Boundary Layer.- Sand Motion near the Sand Bed Surface.- Wind-Blown Sand Electrification.- Wind-Blown Sand Flux and its Prediction.- Aeolian Geomorphology and its Simulation#x2013;Aeolian Sand...
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  • Research Trends in Geographic Information Science Research Trends in Geographic Information Science
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    Research Trends in Geographic Information Science

    Section I: Philosophical background and Semantics.- Ontology, Epistemology, Teleology: Triangulating Geographic Information Science.- Geonoemata Elicited: Concepts, Objects, and Other Uncertain Geographic Things.- Virtue Ethics for GIS Professionals.-...
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  • Groundwater Geophysics Groundwater Geophysics
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    Groundwater Geophysics

    Petrophysical properties of permeable and lowpermeable rocks.- Seismic methods.- Geoelectrical methods.- Complex conductivity measurements.- Electromagnetic methods - frequency domain.- The transient electromagnetic method.- Ground penetrating radar.-...
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  • Location Based Services and TeleCartography II Location Based Services and TeleCartography II
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    Location Based Services and TeleCartography II

    Modelling.- A Formal Model for Mobile Map Adaptation.- Using Activity Theory to Identify Relevant Context Parameters.- Congestion Visualization Based on Probe Vehicle Data.- Where do you Roll Today? Trajectory Prediction by SpaceRank and Physics Models.-...
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  • The European Information Society The European Information Society
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    The European Information Society

    The Association of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe (AGILE) was established in early 1998 to promote academic teaching and research on GIS at the European level. AGILE seeks to ensure that the views of the...
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  • Demands of Expanding Populations and Development Planning Demands of Expanding Populations and Development Planning
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    Demands of Expanding Populations and Development Planning

    The Ecosystem and Development.- Populations: Growth, Braking, Contraction.- Population Needs for Well-Being.- The Surface/Near-Surface Atmosphere.- Water: An Essential, Limited, Renewable Resource.- Soil Formation, Quality, Sustainability.- "Green"...
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  • Nonlinear Time Series Analysis in the Geosciences Nonlinear Time Series Analysis in the Geosciences
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    Nonlinear Time Series Analysis in the Geosciences

    Applications in Climatology and Atmospheric Sciences.- Subsampling Methodology for the Analysis of Nonlinear Atmospheric Time Series.- Global Patterns of Nonlinearity in Real and GCM-Simulated Atmospheric Data.- Prediction of Extreme Events.- Analysis of...
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  • The Earth's Atmosphere The Earth's Atmosphere
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    The Earth's Atmosphere

    The author has sought to incorporate in the book some of the fundamental concepts and principles of the physics and dynamics of the atmosphere, a knowledge and understanding of which should help an average student of science to...
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  • Flood Warning, Forecasting and Emergency Response Flood Warning, Forecasting and Emergency Response
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    Flood Warning, Forecasting and Emergency Response

    Recent flood events in Europe, the USA and elsewhere have shown the devastating impact that flooding can have on people and property. Flood warning and forecasting systems provide a well-established way to help to reduce the...
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  • Soil Mineral -- Microbe-Organic Interactions Soil Mineral -- Microbe-Organic Interactions
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    Soil Mineral -- Microbe-Organic Interactions

    Part I. Fundamental,- 1.Soil-physical-chemical-biological interfacial interactions: An overview,- 2. Sorption and desorpton of arsenic by soil minerals in the presence of nutrients and organics,- 3. Role of bacteria and bacteria-soil composites in metal...
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  • Advances in Digital Terrain Analysis Advances in Digital Terrain Analysis
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    Advances in Digital Terrain Analysis

    Advances in Digital Terrain Analysis: The TADTM Initiative.- Digital Representation for Terrain Analysis.- Quantification of Terrain Processes.- Models of Topography.- Multi-Scale Digital Terrain Modelling and Analysis.- A Seamless and Adaptive LOD Model...
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  • Geological Storage of Highly Radioactive Waste Geological Storage of Highly Radioactive Waste
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    Geological Storage of Highly Radioactive Waste

    A major part of this book is based on work performed by several of the national organizations that are responsible for disposal of radioactive waste from nuclear reactors, with the Author involved in the research as well in the...
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  • Water Politics and Development Cooperation Water Politics and Development Cooperation
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    Water Politics and Development Cooperation

    The importance of the political sphere for understanding and solving water sector problems is the basic rationale of this book, which is the outcome of the Fifth Dialogues on Water, organised at the German Development...
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  • Mass Extinction Mass Extinction
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    Mass Extinction

    Mass Extinction - a general view.- Late Ordovician mass extinction.- The End Ordovician; an ice age in the middle of a greenhouse.- Silurian global events - at the tipping point of climate change.- Late Devonian mass extinction.- Late Permian mass...
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  • Planetary Systems Planetary Systems
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    Planetary Systems

    Planetary Systems.- Detection Methods.- Extrasolar Planets, 12 Years After the First Discovery.- What we Learn from the Solar System.- Stellar Formation and Protoplanetary Disks.- The Dynamics of Planetary Systems.- Structure and Evolution of an...
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  • The Origin of Clay Minerals in Soils and Weathered Rocks The Origin of Clay Minerals in Soils and Weathered Rocks
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    The Origin of Clay Minerals in Soils and Weathered Rocks

    Fundamentals of Clay Mineral Crystal Structure and Physicochemical Properties.- Basics for the Study of Soil and Weathered Rock Geochemical Systems.- The Development of Soils and Weathering Profile.- Clay Mineral Formation in Weathered Rocks: Water/Rock...
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  • Secondary Metabolites in Soil Ecology Secondary Metabolites in Soil Ecology
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    Secondary Metabolites in Soil Ecology

    1 Secondary Metabolites in Soil Ecology .................................................... 1 Petr Karlovsky Part I Detection and Analysis 2 Detection of Antibiotics Produced by Soil and Rhizosphere Microbes In Situ ......... 23 Linda S. Thomashow,...
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  • Advances in Geoinformatics Advances in Geoinformatics
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    Advances in Geoinformatics

    The GeoInfo series of scientific conferences is an annual forum for exploring research, development and innovative applications in geographic information science and related areas. This book provides a privileged view of what...
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  • Ocean Forecasting Ocean Forecasting
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    Ocean Forecasting

    The Advanced Study Courses in the field of Marine Science and Technology were part of the training programme developed from 1989 until 1999 within MAST, the Marine Science and Technology Programme of the European Union. They...
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  • Analysis of Climate Variability Analysis of Climate Variability
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    Analysis of Climate Variability

    This volume has grown from an Autumn School about "Analysis of Climat~ Variability - Applications of Statistical techniques" on Elba in November 1993. We have included those lectures which referred explicitly to appli­ cations...
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  • Stochastic Climate Theory Stochastic Climate Theory
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    Stochastic Climate Theory

    The author describes the stochastic (probabilistic) approach to the study of changes in the climate system. Climatic data and theoretical considerations suggest that a large part of climatic variation/variability has a random...
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  • Atmospheric Methane Atmospheric Methane
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    Atmospheric Methane

    Methane is an important greenhouse gas that can cause global warming. The present concentrations of methane are nearly three times higher than several hundred years ago. Today, more than 60% of the atmospheric methane comes...
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  • Advances in Positioning and Reference Frames Advances in Positioning and Reference Frames
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    Advances in Positioning and Reference Frames

    Klaus-Peter Schwarz, lAG President The University of Calgary The Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Geodesy (lAG) was held from September 3 to 9, 1997 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in conjunction with the 18th...
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  • Geomorphology of the Tropics Geomorphology of the Tropics
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    Geomorphology of the Tropics

    Geomorphological research in the humid to seasonal tropics has primarily concentrated on the most characteristic landform assemblage of this zone, namely that of stepped, largely undissected etchplains, often dotted with...
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  • Bifurcations, Instabilities, Degradation in Geomechanics Bifurcations, Instabilities, Degradation in Geomechanics
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    Bifurcations, Instabilities, Degradation in Geomechanics

    Propagation des surfaces de discontinuite dans un milieu elastoplastique.- The Concept of Bifurcation in Geomechanics.- Experimental Aspects.- Third Invariant Dependent Single Yield Surface Model and Localization Conditions for High Porosity Sandstone.-...
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  • Milestones in Geosciences Milestones in Geosciences
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    Milestones in Geosciences

    Since the early decades of the last century, some eminent European scientists have contributed to the creation of a new perspective of our planet Earth. Some outstanding scientific articles were published in the journal...
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