Forensic Explosion Seismology
This book discusses active source seismology, focusing on the technologies and applications for underwater, nuclear, and chemical explosions. It presents seismological investigations for discriminating between earthquakes and man-made explosions for defense sciences.
Geological and seismic activity alters hydrogen and methane flows from the ground, changing the air’s electrical characteristics. This book uses field observations to illustrate how atmospheric-electrical monitoring can be used to solve problems in geophysics.
Green Tribology
Green tribology is a new field addressing global environmental and energy crises. This is the only academic monograph in the world which systematically validates the principles and practice of green tribology, featuring the author’s new concept of natural disaster tribology.
This book challenges traditional consensus on groundwater flow. Revising the theory’s mathematical and physical foundations, it improves analytical equations, debunks myths, and bridges the gap between steady-state and time-dependent calculations from a new perspective.
Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment
Good EIA reports are crucial for sustainable decision-making, but guidelines on quality are lacking. This book, based on a review of over 150 reports, bridges that gap. It describes the features of a good quality EIA report, with case studies to help professionals prepare them.
This book presents up-to-date research on climate and land use change impacts on water resources. Illustrated with case studies and mathematical modelling, it provides a concise overview for graduate students, engineers, and researchers in the environmental sciences.
Indian Environmental Impact Assessment Practice
This book critically examines the components of Indian EIA practice and highlights the learnings. Using a case study method, it will benefit academics and researchers, and will also be handy to environment ministries, EIA professionals, and project proponents.
For millennia, Indigenous Australians have engineered the landscape with sophisticated knowledge. This book recognizes their ingenuity, grounded in sustainability and respect, and presents a much-needed challenge to a Western engineering worldview.
This book presents a theory of infrasound propagation in the atmosphere’s fine-scale layered structure. It explains experimental data from pulsed sources by developing a theory of how anisotropic inhomogeneities are formed by internal gravity waves and vortex structures.
The author studies dynamic processes in lithospheric plates, developing a mathematical apparatus based on Laplace and Fourier transforms. This collection of articles is for geophysics researchers and senior students, and is recommended reading for university geodynamics courses.
The dominant theory of plate tectonics fails to fully explain continental deformation. This book explores intracontinental tectonics, classifying orogeny and proposing that global tectonics is a combination of transcontinental, plate, and intracontinental tectonics.
Large Dam and River Dynamics
This book explores fluvial geomorphology and its role in floodplain management. It details quantitative and statistical techniques for analyzing river dynamics and highlights applications in managing land and water resources. For researchers, planners, and policy makers.
Lipid Oxidation Products
This book describes the neglected processes of photooxidation and autoxidation in phototrophs. It details their mechanisms, focusing on oxidation products as tracers, and discusses how temperature and solar irradiance affect them, impacting the ultimate fate of organic matter.
Lost World of Rēkohu
Lost World of Rēkohu explores the extraordinary fossil record of the Chatham Islands. This ancient land was forested with dinosaurs, and its warm waters hosted the largest sea monsters that ever lived—a tale of life in Zealandia never told before.
Marine Monitoring Platforms
This book presents a comprehensive study of the challenges and technologies for observing the ocean environment. It describes state-of-the-art marine platforms and provides a vision for the future, with recommendations for ocean monitoring in the Irish context.
This book summarizes the latest research on applying nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms with artificial neural networks (ANNs) to solve real-world hydrology problems. Discover novel models for rainfall prediction, water level forecasting, and imputing missing data.
This book covers mineral resource estimation, from classic geometric to modern geostatistical techniques. It includes essential theory, mine planning, international codes, and extensive diagrams. A comprehensive textbook and reference for students and mining geologists.
As sustainability becomes a priority for mining enterprises, operations must meet strict environmental safety provisions. This book highlights the problem of ensuring a future mining engineer’s environmental competence.
Mine Planning for Resource Sustainability
The first of its kind, this book offers a detailed, step-by-step guide to solving mine planning problems. For students and professionals, its integration of spreadsheet modelling allows the reader to analyze meaningful exercises beyond traditional assignments.
Mineral Resources in Iceland
This book honors the Icelandic coal miners who helped their nation survive the World Wars. The first overview of its kind, it covers the history of coal mining in Iceland, from the largest commercial galleries to the small pits used by local farmers.