Earth Sciences

The discussion on arsenic in the environment is complex and must grasp the importance of very many, mostly unrelated works on individual aspects. T...

This book attempts to provide a broad coverage of current information needed by public health workers, physicians, veterinarians, parasitologists, ...

This book bridges the gap between the many different disciplines used in applications of risk analysis to real world problems. Contributed by some ...

Drone Futures explores new paradigms in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in landscape and urban design. UAS or drones can be deployed with direct ap...

Biogeochemistry of Trace Metals is a compendium of the most recent information available on the effects of trace metals in soil quality and its pot...

Geologists must be able to read a geological map. That means interpreting the vertical dimension through the 2D view represented on the map and at ...

In the first two chapters of this book there is information about the needs and potential applications of indwelling transducers both present and p...

This book discusses the environmental impact of water resources projects. Information from literature related to the implementation of studies on w...

Showcases the beneftis and potential advantages of water hydraulics over oil-based media. Interweaves examples and excercises throughout the text t...

Ice is melting around the world and glaciers are disappearing. Water, which has been solid for thousands and even millions of years, is being relea...

The theory of waves is generalized on cases of strongly nonlinear waves, multivalued waves, and particlewaves. The appearance of these waves in var...

Fossils of Arabia explores how Arabian palaeontology has contributed to our understanding of the story of life, from its earliest beginnings to the...

The first chapters are fundamental, in that the physical chemistry of calcium phosphate salts is discussed, along with mineralization (with emphasi...

The Great Lakes Basin in North America holds more than 20 percent of the world's fresh water. Threats to habitats and biodiversity have economic, p...

The challenge of water scarcity as a result of insufficient seasonal rainfall and dry spell occurrences during cropping seasons is compounded by in...

The Ocean Sunfishes: Evolution, Biology and Conservation is the first book to gather into one comprehensive volume our fundamental knowledge of the...

Bringing together a wealth of knowledge, Environmental Management Handbook, Second Edition, gives a comprehensive overview of environmental problem...

This study describes the development of water management in Bangladesh, including flood control and drainage schemes. The present landuse situation...

Natural resources management has two principal dimensions : Science-illuminated (earth, space, hydrological, pedological, information, etc. sci...

This volume provides individual treatments of the major molluscan taxa. Each chapter provides an overview of the evolution, phylogeny and classific...

Radar Hydrology: Principles, Models, and Applications provides graduate students, operational forecasters, and researchers with a theoretical frame...

What can we learn about the ancient landscapes of our world, and how can those lessons improve our future in the landscapes that we all inhabit? Th...

While most books only examine the classical aspects of hydrology, the three-volume set covers multiple aspects of hydrology, and includes contribut...

Just five years ago, it was generally believed that the number of food insecure people in the world was on continuous decline. Unfortunately, wides...