Jordan is an outdoor geological museum. This book offers simple, up-to-date findings and clear illustrations to help students, researchers, and non-geologists gain insight into Jordan’s unique geological set-up.
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.
This book focuses on the physical processes in the World Ocean which regulate natural climate variability. It analyses Atlantic and Indo-Pacific signals and assesses the ocean’s role in the recent hiatus of global warming and the probability of abrupt climate change.
Why We Study the Physics of the Ocean
This book reviews physical oceanography, from its history to its future challenges. It relates the physics of the ocean to topical issues like climate change and ocean forecasting, helping you understand how the ocean fits into the complex system of the global environment.
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.
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.
Earth Science and Deuterium Nuclear Reactions
Many of Earth’s greatest mysteries—its internal heat, atmospheric composition, and the creation of elements—remain unsolved. This book shows these phenomena could be explained by nuclear fusion in our planet’s core, offering solutions to the problems now threatening our world.
This book presents the development and implementation of a Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) numerical model for studying the initial spread of oil on a calm sea. The results are in concordance with James Fay’s pioneering predictions for oil slick diameters.
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.
The Ages of the Earth
Considering cosmogonies, theological dogmas, natural philosophy, Deism and the inevitable secularism of the Age of Enlightenment, Álvaro recounts the struggle that the human mind has undertaken, over two millennia, against creationist myths.
This book discusses the state of the art of OSL dating of Late Quaternary deposits in the Amazonian lowlands. It introduces OSL dating principles, applications, sampling, statistical methods, and techniques adapted for this challenging region.
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.
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.
The Three–ray Megacontinent of the Earth
This book reveals a fundamental discovery: the southern continents are part of a single three-beam megacontinent. This proof represents a new level in understanding the structure and evolution of our planet, and will appeal to all with an interest in Earth’s history.
This book proposes a model of the global carbon cycle linking the Earth’s crust and the biosphere. It shows how periodic carbon dioxide injections from colliding tectonic plates control photosynthesis, explaining mass extinctions, “explosions of life,” and oil distribution.
Oceans and Society
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the “Oceans and Society: Blue Planet” initiative, a global effort to coordinate ocean-observing programmes for societal benefit. Readers will learn how ocean observations are integrated and applied to benefit us all.
Atmosphere Aerosol, Phytoplankton and its Influence on Climate Forming in the Pacific Ocean
This collection of new articles presents an overview of current research on atmosphere aerosol and phytoplankton communities. Born from a unique sailing conference, it investigates climate change’s influence and is of interest to specialists in ocean monitoring.
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.