Earth Sciences

In 1980, the science world was stunned when a maverick team of researchers proposed that a massive meteor strike had wiped the dinosaurs and other fauna from the Earth 66 million years ago. Scientists found evidence for this theory in a "crater of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789870459Author Charles LyellFormat PaperbackPage Count 426Imprint Pantianos ClassicsPublisher Pantianos ClassicsWeight(grams) 980gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

Copies are supplied by TSO's on-demand publishing serviceBook InformationISBN 9780118801225Author J.R. EarpFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint British Geological SurveyPublisher British Geological Survey

Late Quaternary Environmental Change addresses the interaction between human agency and other environmental factors in the landscapes, particularly of the temperate zone.Taking an ecological approach, the authors cover the last 20,000 years during which...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783036537221Author Gaya HerringtonFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 662gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm * 18mm

Geographies of Globalization 2nd edition offers an animated and fully-updated exposition of the geographical impacts of globalization and the contribution of human geography to studies and debates in this area. Energetic and engaging, this book: *...

A magnificent illustrated journey into California's famed deserts and the astonishingly abundant life they contain.2023 Glenn Goldman Award Winner for California Lifestyle, Chosen by the California Independent Booksellers AllianceA San Francisco...

Terrestrial Navigation: A Primer for Deck Officers and Officer of the Watch Exams prepares the reader for the Officer of the Watch and Master/Mate certificates required by all officers on commercial seagoing vessels. Revision and self-test guide to all...

This book is a study in economic geography, treated historically. Its primary purpose is to describe and explain the industrial geography of London since 1861, using the most recent statistics available for that purpose, noting that this work was...

This book makes a significant contribution to the history of placemaking, presenting grassroots to top-down practices and socially engaged, situated artistic practices and artsled spatial inquiry that go beyond instrumentalising the arts for development...

Climate predictions - and the computer models behind them - play a key role in shaping public opinion and our response to the climate crisis. Some people interpret these predictions as 'prophecies of doom' and some others dismiss them as mere...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781119569534Author Kevin M. HiscockFormat PaperbackPage Count 600Imprint Wiley-BlackwellPublisher John Wiley and Sons LtdWeight(grams) 178g

In this revision of the calanoid copepod family Heterorhabdidae, 7 genera and 59 species are recognized, and 25 species are described as new. Included are keys to the genera and descriptions and illustrations of all species. A hypothesis of phylogenetic...

Geotechnical Engineering Calculations and Rules of Thumb, Second Edition, offers geotechnical, civil and structural engineers a concise, easy-to-understand approach to selecting the right formula and solving even most difficult calculations in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780878426966Author Don HyndmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Mountain PressPublisher Mountain PressWeight(grams) 907gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm *...

The 6th edition of this highly respected text builds upon the successful structure, engaging writing style and clear presentation of previous editions. Examining urban social geography from a theoretical and historical perspective, it also explores how...

What is the past? It is a time as well as a place. Acclaimed author Peter D. Ward describes the tools that contemporary scientists use to uncover facts about the past - terrain, climate, and the life forms that once inhabited this planet. Time Machines...

This textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students presents a multidisciplinary approach to understanding ocean circulation and how it drives and controls marine biogeochemistry and biological productivity at a global scale. Background...

The stereographic projection is an essential tool in the fields of structural geology and geotechnics, which allows three-dimensional orientation data to be represented and manipulated. This book has been designed to make the subject as accessible as...

Over the many millennia that the human race has inhabited our planet, a use has been found for almost everything that is to be found on it. However, since the Industrial Revolution, many of the resources that we have come to rely on are being depleted,...

Tornadoes are the most violent, magnificent, and utterly unpredictable storms on earth, reaching estimated wind speeds of 300 mph and leaving swathes of destruction in their wake. In Tornado Alley, Howard Bluestein draws on two decades of experience...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568221984Author ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Instructional FairPublisher Instructional FairWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 274mm * 213mm...

An accessible and comprehensive introduction to key concepts in globalization written by leading authors in the field In the comprehensively revised Third Edition of Globalization: A Basic Text, distinguished researchers and authors George Ritzer and...

Descriptive Physical Oceanography, Sixth Edition, provides an introduction to the field with an emphasis on large-scale oceanography based mainly on observations. Topics covered include the physical properties of seawater, heat and salt budgets,...

This book introduces systematically the cryospheric science, covering the formation, development, evolution, and research methods of each component of the cryosphere, the interaction between the cryosphere and the other spheres of the climate system and...

Climate change. Nuclear devastation. Bio-hazard. The Large Hadron Collider. What do these things have in common? They all have the potential to end our world. Every great scientific creation of man is balanced by an equal amount of danger - there's no...

This book examines the 'other' side of the countryside, a place also inhabited (and visited) by women, children, teenagers, the elderly, gay men and lesbians, black and ethnic minorities, the unemployed and the poor. These groups have remained largely...

Despite the modern dominance of computer graphics programs and digital cameras, the ability todraw geological structures manually remains a necessity in academic geology and beyond. Drawings serve for quick and simple documentation in the field or at the...

Geographical data are used in so many aspects of our lives today, ranging from disaster relief operations through to finding directions on our mobile phones. We can all be data collectors, adding locational information as we capture digitally our...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682800614Author Baby ProfessorFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Baby ProfessorPublisher Baby ProfessorWeight(grams) 77gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm *...

This textbook provides an overview of the origin and preservation of carbonate sedimentary rocks. The focus is on limestones and dolostones and the sediments from which they are derived. The approach is general and universal and draws heavily on...

This book is a unique study of the great wind storms of the last 500 years that have affected the British Isles and the seas and coasts of northwest Europe. This is the only region for which there is sufficient information available in archives to make...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849483193Author Rhona MacLeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Bright Red PublishingPublisher Bright Red Publishing

Global climate change is one of the most important issues humanity faces today. This updated, second edition assesses the sensible, senseless and biased proposals for averting the potentially disastrous consequences of global warming, allowing the reader...

The new edition of this popular textbook, once again, provides an indispensable guide for the next generation of mineralogists. Designed for use on one- or two-semester courses, this second edition has been thoughtfully reorganised, making it more...

DECOLONISING GEOGRAPHY? “This book presents an extraordinarily sensitive account of geography’s histories in five African countries subjected to British colonial rule. Craggs and Neate draw together political and imaginative processes of decolonisation,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734907421Author Pierre LescaudronFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Red Pill PressPublisher Red Pill PressWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385181013Author American Geological InstituteFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Through original research conducted in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, Places of Possibility shows how community land ownership can open up the political, social, environmental, and economic terrain to more socially just and sustainable possibilities than...

This textbook deals with the most important items in Marine Geology, including some pioneer work. The list of topics has grown greatly in the last few decades beyond the items identified by Eugen Seibold as central and now includes prominently such...