Geological Surface Processes (Geomorphology)

This book provides a general survey of Geocryology, which is the study of frozen ground called permafrost. Frozen ground is the product of cold cli...

An entertaining pop-sci narrative investigating ice patch archaeology and the role of glaciers in the development of human culture.Glaciers figure ...

An NPR Best Book of the YearWinner of the CLMP Firecracker Award in Creative NonfictionThe Quickening is a book of hope.Elizabeth Kolbert, author o...

Geodynamics of the Alps consists of three volumes. This first volume describes the recent and present-day structure and tectonic setting of the Alp...

Nature's Fury: Navigating Natural Hazards in Mountainous Topographies shall be a comprehensive guide to the unique challenges and hazards associate...

There is an affirming transformation, basically in the form of core methodology, in recent geomorphological studies. This book on New Advancement i...

For many years, planetary science has been taught as part of the astronomy curriculum, from a very physics-based perspective, and from the framewor...

The volume on Advances in Planetary GIS is composed of innovative contributions from researchers (and users) in the field of planetary sciences and...

The coasts cover a diverse range of ecosystems within marine, estuarine, and freshwater environments. They are some of the most heavily populated a...

The earths cryosphere, which includes snow, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, ice shelves, sea ice, river and lake ice, and permafrost, contains abou...

Take this book to the beach; it will open up a whole new world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps, and graphics, it explores one ...

The Brazilian Northeast, comprising 1,600,000 km2 and nine States (Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte...

Sediment Cascades: An Integrated Approach provides a comprehensive overview that addresses the transport of sediment through the landscape. Suitabl...

This unique richly-illustrated account of the landforms and geology of the worlds coasts, presented in a country-by-country (state-by-state) sequen...

This comprehensive introduction explores the life and teachings of Confucius, and development of Confucian thought, from ancient times to the prese...

Although much is known about the processes and effects of land degradation and climate change, little is understood about the links between them. L...