Earth Sciences

Earthquakes pose myriad dangers to heritage collections worldwide. This book provides an accessible introduction to these dangers and to the method...

Using isotopes as a tool for understanding Earth processes From establishing the absolute age of the Earth to providing a stronger understanding of...

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Development Series, Volume 15.Advances in Near-surface Seismology and Ground...

MULTI-SCALE BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES IN SOIL ECOSYSTEMS Provides a state-of-the-art overview of research in soil biogeochemical processes and stra...

The author examines natural disasters around the Pacific Rim throughout history together with scientific data context to produce enlightening—and h...

Explores soil as a nexus for water, chemicals, and biologically coupled nutrient cycling Soil is a narrow but critically important zone on Earth's ...

"A World of Rivers" explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world. Ranging from the Yellow Rive...

In 1947, Robert H. Simpson lifted off in a specially equipped plane, flying directly into the path of a storm that would send most people running f...

By the middle of the nineteenth century, as scientists explored the frontiers of polar regions and the atmosphere, the ocean remained silent and in...

Every day meteorologists sift through a deluge of information to make predictions that help us navigate our daily lives. Instead of being overwhelm...

'Vivid, thrilling, a delight ... Tim Flannery is a palaeontologist and ecologist of global standing, and this is a compelling and authoritative n...

The paleoecological history of the Americas is as complex as the region is broad: stretching from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego, the New Wo...

Examining and interpreting recent spectacular fossil discoveries in China, paleontologists have arrived at a prevailing view: there is now incontro...

Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet's hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This knowledge rests not only on the record...

The Earth’s oceans are currently undergoing unprecedented changes: rivers have suffered a severe reduction in their sediment transport, and as a re...

Focuses on evaporites such as limestone, dolomite, gypsum, and halite, found in the rift and foreland basins of eastern France and northern Spain. ...

"A fine treatment of this critical time in geology's history. Although it goes against our standard histories of the field, Laudan defends her view...

"A fine treatment of this critical time in geology's history. Although it goes against our standard histories of the field, Laudan defends her view...

By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied the relatively accessible west coast for centur...

Weathering and Erosion Processes in the Natural Environment An indispensable introduction to the key environmental processes of weathering and eros...