Frontiers of Earth Science

Frontiers of Earth Science

Author: K.L. Shrivastava

Publisher: Scientific Publishers

Published: 2015-01-01

Total Pages: 672

ISBN-13: 938610234X

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This book incorporate papers describing new and exciting results and timely reviews integrating an immense amount of knowledge in the field. Frontiers of Earth Science, the inter-and intra-disciplinary volume sets out to imbibes sixty selectively invited research papers from distinguished earth scientists. The volume incorporate sections on Mineral deposits, Climate Change and Environment, Remote Sensing, Stratigraphy and Palaeobiology, Petrology, Groundwater and Seismology and Tectonics. The book is an everlasting and invaluable documents and reference for academia, industry and planners specialized in the field of the Earth Science and for those who need updated information of current research. The volume will also be equally significant for advance level students and research scholars throughout the world.


Frontiers of Geographic Information Technology

Frontiers of Geographic Information Technology

Author: Sanjay Rana

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-02-08

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 3540313052

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Originally intended for desktop mapping and analysis, Geographic Information Systems have been coupled to other technologies, due to the limitations in commercially available systems, and has occurred in areas including visualisation, simulation, data storage and management and decision support. This book, written by an international group of experts, focuses on the use of GIS and the technology it has been allied to. A companion website offers additional materials and links.


Space-Time Integration in Geography and GIScience

Space-Time Integration in Geography and GIScience

Author: Mei-Po Kwan

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-09-18

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 9401792054

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Space-time analysis is a rapidly growing research frontier in geography, GIS, and GIScience. Advances in integrated GPS/GIS technologies, the availability of large datasets (over time and space), and increased capacity to manage, integrate, model and visualize complex data in (near) real time, offer the GIS and geography communities extraordinary opportunities to begin to integrate sophisticated space-time analysis and models in the study of complex environmental and social systems, from climate change to infectious disease transmission. This volume specifically focuses on research frontiers, comparative research, and research and application interactions in this field in the US and China, arguably the two most dynamic loci for this work today. The contributions to this book, by top researchers in China and the US, productively highlight the differences and similarities in approaches and directions for space-time analysis in the two countries. In light of the recent rapid progress in GIScience research on space-time integration in both countries, the book’s focus on research frontiers in these two countries will attract great interest in both countries and in other parts of the world as well as among related disciplines. In addition, the book also explores the impact of collaborative research and publications underway in this area between the US and China and will provide an overview of these collaborative efforts and programs. This book will not only be of interest to university-based GIS researchers and students, but also to those interested in this new area of research and applications like researchers and developers in business, internet mapping and GIS and location based services (LBS).


New Frontiers in Integrated Solid Earth Sciences

New Frontiers in Integrated Solid Earth Sciences

Author: S.A.P.L. Cloetingh

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-12-01

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9048127378

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Man’s intensifying use of the Earth’s habitat has led to an urgent need for scientifically advanced ‘geo-prediction systems’ that accurately locate subsurface resources and forecast the timing and magnitude of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and land subsidence. As advances in the earth sciences lead to process-oriented ways of modeling the complex processes in the solid Earth, the papers in this volume provide a survey of some recent developments at the leading edge of this highly technical discipline. The chapters cover current research in predicting the future behavior of geologic systems as well as the mapping of geologic patterns that exist now in the subsurface as frozen evidence of the past. Both techniques are highly relevant to humanity’s need for resources such as water, and will also help us control environmental degradation. The book also discusses advances made in seismological methods to obtain information on the 3D structure of the mantle and the lithosphere, and in the quantitative understanding of lithospheric scale processes. It covers recent breakthroughs in 3D seismic imaging that have enhanced the spatial resolution of these structural processes, and the move towards 4D imaging that measures these processes over time. The new frontier in modern Earth sciences described in this book has major implications for oceanographic and atmospheric sciences and our understanding of climate variability. It brings readers right up to date with the research in this vital field.


Frontiers in Geochemistry

Frontiers in Geochemistry

Author: Russell Harmon

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-03-03

Total Pages: 573

ISBN-13: 1444329979

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This book is a contribution to the International Year of Planet Earth arising from the 33rd International Geological Congress, held in Oslo, Norway during August 2008. The first section of the book considers aspects of geochemical processes which led to the development of the solid Earth as it is today. The second portion of the book shows how the rapidly-evolving analytical tools and approaches presently used by geochemists may be used to solve emerging environmental and other societal problems. This unique collection of reviews, with contributions from a range of internationally distinguished scientists, will be invaluable reading for advanced students and others interested in the central role geochemistry in the earth sciences.


Grey Literature in Library and Information Studies

Grey Literature in Library and Information Studies

Author: Dominic Farace

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2010-09-27

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 3598441495

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The further rise of electronic publishing has come to change the scale and diversity of grey literature facing librarians and other information practitioners. This compiled work brings together research and authorship over the past decade dealing with both the supply and demand sides of grey literature. While this book is written with students and instructors of Colleges and Schools of Library and Information Science in mind, it likewise serves as a reader for information professionals working in any and all like knowledge-based communities.


Frontiers in Geofluids

Frontiers in Geofluids

Author: Bruce W. D. Yardley

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-03-10

Total Pages: 639

ISBN-13: 1444394894

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Frontiers in Geofluids is a collection of invited papers chosen to highlight recent developments in our understanding of geological fluids in different parts of the Earth, and published to mark the first ten years of publication of the journal Geofluids. The scope of the volume ranges from the fundamental properties of fluids and the phase relationships of fluids encountered in nature, to case studies of the role of fluids in natural processes. New developments in analytical and theoretical approaches to understanding fluid compositions, fluid properties, and geological fluid dynamics across a wide range of environments are included. A recurrent theme of research published in Geofluids is the way in which similar approaches can be applied to geological fluids in very different settings and this is reflected in the diverse range of applications of fluid studies that are included here. They include deep groundwater flow, hydrocarbons in faulted sedimentary basins, hydrothermal ores, and multiphase flow in mid-ocean ridge systems. Other topics covered are geothermal waters, crustal metamorphism, and fluids in magmatic systems. The book will be of great interest to researchers and students interested in crustal and mantle fluids of all sorts.