This textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the geophysics of the cryosphereEarths sphere of snow and iceintended for advanced undergraduate students in geophysics, geography, geology, and envir...Lasīt vairāk
What would our lives look like if there were no (good) maps? Maps are essential for orientation, navigation, and simplifying complex environments, ultimately enhancing our understanding of the worl...Lasīt vairāk
This textbook helps to understand the real Earth data with the practical application of many handy R tools and techniques. R language and thousands of R packages can be used to solve the most sophisticated scientific problems. The book provides in...Lasīt vairāk
This textbook introduces QGIS software and shows how to use it step-by-step using many illustrations. Some topics can be understood by viewing a figure, without the need to read texts. The purposes, functions, and potential applications of the sof...Lasīt vairāk
the Earths temperature field and heat transport processes in the core, mantle, and crust of the Earth and their role indriving the geodynamo and plate tectonics.All chapters begin with a brief historical outline describing the development of each b...Lasīt vairāk
MATLAB® is used in a wide range of geoscientific applications, such as for image processing in remote sensing, for generating and processing digital elevation models, and for analyzing time series. This book introduces methods of data analysis in ...Lasīt vairāk
Designed to provide problem-area options to match student interests (from sea turtle conservation to climate migrants to urban heat islands), instructors can choose among units to best engage students, or work through units sequentially to scaffold...Lasīt vairāk
This textbook serves as a practical guide for undergraduate and graduate students in geology, hydrology, ecology, and environmental sciences, teaching them applied GIS techniques. Presented as a step-by-step tutorial across seventeen chapters, t...Lasīt vairāk
Python is used in a wide range of geoscientific applications, such as in processing images for remote sensing, in generating and processing digital elevation models, and in analyzing time series. This book introduces methods of data analysis in th...Lasīt vairāk
This textbook introduces the reader to Machine Learning (ML) applications in Earth Sciences. In detail, it starts by describing the basics of machine learning and its potentials in Earth Sciences to solve geological problems. It describes the main...Lasīt vairāk
The original approach of the book is to facilitate mineral identification by mineral plates organized according to color in transmitted plane polarized light and, in each color category, according to decreasing maximum birefringence in cross polarize...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Jul-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, ISBN-13: 9783662687611)
If you have an interest in geohazards and the repercussions of human intervention, this book will provide you with fresh insights into exciting challenges. You will learn about natural hazards like rockfall, landslides and subsidence, while also e...Lasīt vairāk
The Ice Age (Quaternary) is a period of extreme climate fluctuations that led to the growth and melting of massive ice sheets in the high latitudes. Tropical deserts, savannas, rainforests, and mountainous regions experienced equal dramatic climat...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
(Izdošanas datums: 25-Jun-2024, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, ISBN-13: 9783662657607)
This textbook is intended to display a broad, methodological introduction to geoinformatics and geoinformation science. It deals with the recording, modeling, processing and analysis as well as presenting and distributing of geodata. As an integra...Lasīt vairāk
This book is a substantially updated, revised and extended version of the book Volcanic Successions, published by Cas and Wright back in 1987. Divided into six major sections, it offers comprehensive information on magma properties; subaeri...Lasīt vairāk
The study of marine environments inevitably involves considering the problem of marine pollution, which includes questions that focus on the essential need to ensure the long-term health of these exceptional ecosystems and the lives and livelih...Lasīt vairāk
This book demonstrates that the long-term safety of nuclear waste repositories, special waste disposal and carbon storage (CCS) is highly challenging and monitoring may contribute to substantiate evidence, support decision making and legitimise th...Lasīt vairāk
the Earths temperature field and heat transport processes in the core, mantle, and crust of the Earth and their role indriving the geodynamo and plate tectonics.All chapters begin with a brief historical outline describing the development of each b...Lasīt vairāk
This textbook introduces physical geodesy. It treats the boundary-value theories of the discipline comprehensively, and provides insights to the theory of gravity reduction based on a spherical Earth model. This book is...Lasīt vairāk
This textbook provides an opportunity for undergraduate students studying the environment to work on addressing real-world environmental problems and practice the disciplinary and professional skills necessary to tackle complex issues. Each of the...Lasīt vairāk
Aggregates are among the most common natural resource used in everydays life, having enhanced life quality. They are essential for construction, being utilized in nearly all residential, commercial, and industrial building construction and most publ...Lasīt vairāk
This textbook presents an extensive manual of crystallography, including geometric crystallography, crystallochemistry, and crystallophysics. Illustrated with a wealth of figures and diagrams, it offers a thorough introduction to crystals for unde...Lasīt vairāk
This textbook explains how mountains are formed and why there are old and young mountains. It provides a reconstruction of the Earths paleogeography and shows why the shapes of South America and Africa fit so well together. Furthermore, it explain...Lasīt vairāk
This upper-undergraduate textbook teaches students programming in GIS using a mix of computer science theory and hands-on activities, with the aim of empowering students to understand fundamentals and apply their knowledge beyond the specific exam...Lasīt vairāk
This textbook serves as a practical guide for undergraduate and graduate students in geology, hydrology, ecology, and environmental sciences, teaching them applied GIS techniques. Presented as a step-by-step tutorial across seventeen chapters, t...Lasīt vairāk
Python is used in a wide range of geoscientific applications, such as in processing images for remote sensing, in generating and processing digital elevation models, and in analyzing time series. This book introduces methods of data analysis in...Lasīt vairāk
Starting from concrete examples in Geomorphology, this comprehensive textbook explains to graduate and postgraduate students, point-cloud data technology and associated methods from acquisition to final-product generation. In the last few decades,...Lasīt vairāk
This textbook introduces the reader to Machine Learning (ML) applications in Earth Sciences. In detail, it starts by describing the basics of machine learning and its potentials in Earth Sciences to solve geological problems. It describes the main...Lasīt vairāk
This textbook is a complete, up-to-date, and highly illustrated account of Structural Geology for students and professionals, and includes fundamentals of the subject with field and practical aspects. The book aims to be highly reader-friendly, conta...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
(Izdošanas datums: 24-Jun-2023, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, ISBN-13: 9783662657577)
This textbook is intended to display a broad, methodological introduction to geoinformatics and geoinformation science. It deals with the recording, modeling, processing and analysis as well as presenting and distributing of geodata. As an integra...Lasīt vairāk
