The Geology of Australia
The Geology of Australia

Author: Robert Henderson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-09-06

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 1107432413

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From Uluru to the Great Dividing Range, The Geology of Australia explores the timeless forces that have shaped this continent.

Tropical Rainforests
Tropical Rainforests

Author: Eldredge Bermingham

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2005-08

Total Pages: 761

ISBN-13: 0226044688

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Synthesizing theoretical & empirical analyses of the processes that help shape these unique ecosystems, 'Tropical Rainforests' looks at the effects of evolutionary histories, past climate change, & ecological dynamics on the origin & maintenance of tropical rainforest communities.

Biological Processes Associated with Impact Events
Biological Processes Associated with Impact Events

Author: Charles Cockell

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-05-18

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 3540257365

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The biological effects of asteroid and comet impacts have been widely viewed as primarily destructive. The role of an impactor in the K/T boundary extinctions has had a particularly important influence on thinking concerning the role of impacts in ecological and biological changes. th During the 10 and final workshop of the ESF IMPACT program during March 2003, we sought to investigate the wider aspects of the involvement of impact events in biological processes, including the beneficial role of these events from the prebiotic through to the ecosystem level. The ESF IMPACT programme (1998-2003) was an interdisciplinary effort that is aimed at understanding impact processes and their effects on the Earth environment, including environmental, geological and biological changes. The IMPACT programme has 15 member states and the activities of the programme range from workshops to short courses on topics such as impact stratigraphy, shock metamorphism, etc. The program has also awarded mobility grants and been involved in the development of teaching aids and numerous publications, including this one.

Crustal Heat Flow
Crustal Heat Flow

Author: G. R. Beardsmore

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-08-06

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780521797030

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A handbook for geologists and geophysicists who manipulate thermal data; professionals researchers, and advanced students.

Large Meteorite Impacts III
Large Meteorite Impacts III

Author: Thomas Kenkmann

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 0813723841

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"The third volume of the series “Large Meteorite Impacts” provides an updated and comprehensive overview of modern impact crater research. In 26 chapters, more than 90 authors from Europe, the United States, Russia, Canada, and South Africa give a balanced, firsthand account of the multidisciplinary field of cratering science, with reports on field studies, geophysical analyses, and experimental and numerical simulations. Nine chapters focus on structure, geophysics, and cratering motions of terrestrial craters. Recent advances in impact ejecta studies and shock metamorphism are assembled, each with seven chapters, and three chapters extend the scope from a terrestrial to a planetary perspective."--pub. desc.

Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinents and Global Evolution
Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinents and Global Evolution

Author: Steven Michael Reddy

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9781862392830

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The Palaeoproterozoic era (2500-1600 Ma) is a critical period of Earth history, with dynamic evolution from the deep planetary interior to its surface environment. Several lines of geological evidence suggest the existence of at least one pre-Rodinia supercontinent, named Nuna or Columbia, which formed near the end of Palaeoproterozoic time. Prior to this assembly, there may have been an older supercontinent (Kenorland) or perhaps only independently drifting supercratons. The tectonic records of amalgamation and dispersal of these ancient landmasses provide a framework that links processes of the deep Earth with those of its fluid envelope. The sixteen papers in this volume present reviews and new analytical data that span the geological record of Palaeoproterozoic Earth. The volume is useful as a reference book for students and professional geoscientists interested in this important period of global evolution.