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GeoENV II: Geostatistics for Environmental Applications: Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Applications Held in Valencia, Spain, November 18-20, 1998 by Jaime Gómez-Hernández Publisher Comments This book contains selected contributions from the geoENV98 - the Second European Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Sciences, held in Valencia, Spain in November 1998. This second book of the geoENV series illustrates the developments on... (read more) List Price $239.00 Your price: $230.04 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Carbonate Reservoir Characterization by F. Jerry Lucia Publisher Comments One main target in petroleum recovery is the description of of the three-dimensional distribution of petrophysical properties on the interwell scale in carbonate reservoirs, in order to improve performance predictions by means of fluid-flow computer... (read more) List Price $169.00 Your price: $162.66 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Essentials of Geology, 2e, Part 1 by Stephen Marshak, Publisher Comments Based on the best-selling Earth: Portrait of a Planet, Essentials of Geology offers the same engaging writing, spectacular artwork, and helpful pedagogy as the parent text in a more concise format. This accessible introduction integrates traditional... (read more) Your price: $5.25 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form: An Analytical Approach by Jonathan M. Adrain Publisher Comments Phylogenetic analysis and morphometrics have been developed by biologists into rigorous analytic tools for testing hypotheses about the relationships between groups of species. This book applies these tools to paleontological data. The fossil record is... (read more) List Price $199.00 Your price: $191.54 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Receptaculitids: A Phylogenetic Debate on a Problematic Fossil Taxon by Matthew H. Nitecki Publisher Comments Receptaculitids are extinct high-level fossils that provide a window into the history of life. After the discovery and analysis of a deposit of phosphatized receptaculitids on the Baltic Sea island of –land, the authors conclude that receptaculitids... (read more) List Price $149.00 Your price: $143.41 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Petroleum Sedimentology by Winfried Zimmerle Publisher Comments Knowledge of the principles and methods of petroleum sedimentology is essential for oil and gas exploration and exploitation. This book is designed as an introductory text for students in petroleum geology and applied sedimentology as well as a useful... (read more) List Price $84.95 Your price: $81.76 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Hydrogeology of Crystalline Rocks by Ingrid Stober Publisher Comments Hydrogeology of Crystalline Rocks deals with deep groundwater in the granite and gneiss basement of the continents. It has become evident during the past years that highly mineralized water is present in an interconnected fracture network of the basement.... (read more) List Price $129.00 Your price: $124.16 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Timescales of Magmatic Processes: From Core to Atmosphere by Anthony Dosseto Publisher Comments Quantifying the timescales of current geological processes is critical for constraining the physical mechanisms operating on the Earth today. Since the Earth’s origin 4.55 billion years ago magmatic processes have continued to shape the Earth... (read more) List Price $164.95 Your price: $158.76 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Canadian Inland Seas by I.P. Martini Publisher Comments The various chapters of this book have been written by researchers who are still working in the Canadian Inland Seas region. The chapters synthesize what is known about these seas, yet much still is to be learnt. It is hoped that this collection of... (read more) List Price $287.00 Your price: $261.80 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Asbestos in the Natural Environment by H. Schreier Publisher Comments Asbestos minerals have novel properties which make them highly desirable for industrial use. While the health hazards of asbestos have long been recognized and are well documented in the medical literature, ecological and environmental research involving... (read more) List Price $206.00 Your price: $198.28 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Developing Tsunami-Resilient Communities: The National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program by Eddie N. Bernard Publisher Comments Tsunamis remain an ever-present threat to lives and property along the coasts of most of the world's oceans. Because of the geographical extent of U.S. coastlines, an earthquake in Alaska can generate a local tsunami for Alaskans and, hours later, a... (read more) List Price $159.00 Your price: $153.04 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Upscaling Multiphase Flow in Porous Media: From Pore to Core and beyond by S. Majid Hassanizadeh Publisher Comments This book provides concise, up-to-date and easy-to-follow information on certain aspects of an ever important research area: multiphase flow in porous media. This flow type is of great significance in many petroleum and environmental engineering problems,... (read more) List Price $149.00 Your price: $143.41 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Great Sand Sea in Egypt by H. Besler Publisher Comments The Great Sand Sea in Egypt presents the history of one of the large sand seas in the Sahara, beginning with the sand supply by fluvial transport from partly distant areas and also by local sandstone weathering. It also details sand as carrier of... (read more) List Price $150.00 Your price: $139.56 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Carbonate Depositional Systems: Assessing Dimensions and Controlling Parameters: The Bahamas, Belize and the Persian/Arabian Gulf by Hildegard Westphal Publisher Comments Carbonate sediments are of increasing relevance for archives of past environmental conditions and for economical reasons in areas of geothermal energy and hydrocarbon reservoirs. Complex interaction of physical and chemical parameters with biological... (read more) List Price $129.00 Your price: $124.16 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Perspectives in Carbonate Geology: A Tribute to the Career of Robert Nathan Ginsburg (Special Publication 41 of the IAS) by Peter K. K. Swart Publisher Comments This special publication Perspectives in Carbonate Geology is a collection of papers most of which were presented at a symposium to honor the 80th birthday of Bob Ginsburg at the meeting of Geological Society of America in Salt Lake City in 2005. The... (read more) Your price: $129.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Basement Tectonics 12: Central North America and Other Regions: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Basement Tectonics, Held in Norman, Oklahoma, u.s.a., May 1995 by John P. Hogan Publisher Comments The Proceedings of the Twelfth International Basement Tectonics Conference continues an emphasis on tectonic problems of the older continental crust. While the evolution of the southern margin of the North American plate receives needed attention... (read more) List Price $153.00 Your price: $147.26 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Neogene Paleontology of the Manonga Valley, Tanzania: A Window into the Evolutionary History of East Africa by Terry Harrison Publisher Comments Contributions to this volume detail paleontologic research in Manonga Valley, and shed important light on the evolutionary development of eastern Africa. Chapters provide novel insights into the taxonomy, paleobiology, ecology, and zoogeographic... (read more) List Price $195.00 Your price: $187.69 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Jan Mayen Island in Scientific Focus by Stig Skreslet Publisher Comments Jan Mayen is a volcanic island surrounded by the deep Greenland, Iceland and Norwegian Seas. There, atmospheric and oceanic processes unleash potential energy that forces very dynamic interactions between sea and air. This unique geophysical focal point... (read more) List Price $162.00 Your price: $155.92 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Introduction to Geochemistry: Principles and Applications by Kula C. C. Misra Publisher Comments This book is intended to serve as a text for an introductory course in geochemistry for undergraduate/graduate students with at least an elementary–level background in earth sciences, chemistry, and mathematics. The text, containing 83 tables... (read more) Your price: $119.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Discover Nature in the Rocks: Things to Know and Things to Do by Rebecca Lawton Publisher Comments Explains how rocks are formed; discusses fossils, erosion, the continents, earthquakes, and meteorites; and suggests projects and... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $17.28 Google eBooks - Electronic
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