Earth Sciences

In Meaningful Pasts, Russell Johnston and Michael Ripmeester explore two strands of identity-making among residents of the Niagara region in Ontario, Canada. First, they describe the region's official narratives, most of which celebrate the achievements...

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This book explores the alternative experiences of children and young people whose everyday lives contradict ideas and ideals of normalcy from the local to the global context. Presenting empirical research and conceptual interventions from a variety of...

Throughout history, swamps have been idealized and demonized, purged and protected. They are considered to be places of evil, pestilence and death, as well as diverse ecosystems teeming with life. They can be obstacles to development and remnants of...

Ecohydrological Interfaces Comprehensive overview of the process dynamics and interactions governing ecohydrological interfaces Summarizing the interdisciplinary investigation of ecohydrological interface functioning, Ecohydrological Interfaces advances...

An American Empire, constructed over the last century, long ago overtook European colonialism, and it has been widely assumed that the new globalism it espoused took us "beyond geography." Neil Smith debunks that assumption, offering an incisive argument...

A clear understanding of the processes responsible for observed rock microstructures is essential for making reliable petrogenetic interpretations, including inferences made from chemical and isotopic analyses of minerals. This volume presents a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989333139Author Glenn WolffFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Dca, Inc.Publisher Dca, Inc.Weight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm

Australia has one of the longest, most diverse and pristine coastlines in the world. From the oldest rocks on the planet to those that are still evolving, the Australian coast is a dynamic, ever-changing suite of dramatic landforms and productive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953616210Author Thomas F McLoughlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Readersmagnet LLCPublisher Readersmagnet LLCWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm)...

The study of internal gravity waves provides many challenges: they move along interfaces as well as in fully three-dimensional space, at relatively fast temporal and small spatial scales, making them difficult to observe and resolve in weather and...

This textbook presents a comprehensive overview of the environmental impacts of various types of outdoor recreation, and how these can be best managed. As a field of study, recreational ecology is both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary, and the...

This magnificently produced atlas provides a unique visual survey of the profound economic, political, and social changes taking place in China, as well as their implications for the world at large. China has the world's fastest-growing economy and is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062954817Author Thich Nhat HanhFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Teleconnections is a central concept in the scientific search for an improved understanding of potential linkages between weather and climate anomalies that occur over relatively large distances. The editors of this 1991 volume brought together...

Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences, Third Edition, explains the latest statistical methods used to describe, analyze, test, and forecast atmospheric data. This revised and expanded text is intended to help students understand and communicate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780890964606Author Texas A&M University PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Texas A & M University PressPublisher Texas A & M University...

A gripping history of the polar continent, from the great discoveries of the nineteenth century to modern scientific breakthroughsAntarctica, the ice kingdom hosting the South Pole, looms large in the human imagination. The secrets of this vast frozen...

The second edition of Julien's textbook presents an analysis of rivers from mountain streams to river estuaries. The book is rooted in fundamental principles to promote sound engineering practice. State-of-the-art methods are presented to underline...

Bringing together leading researchers from geography, political science, sociology, public policy and technology studies, Disrupted Cities exposes the politics of well-known disruptions such as devastation of New Orleans in 2005, the global SARS outbreak...

As capitalism develops and state socialism disintegrates, divisions of labor are being reorganized, with major implications for the distribution of power in society. Yet the concept of division of labor has been one of the most neglected in contemporary...

Teeming with weird and wonderful life--giant clams and mussels, tubeworms, "eyeless" shrimp, and bacteria that survive on sulfur--deep-sea hot-water springs are found along rifts where sea-floor spreading occurs. The theory of plate tectonics predicted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241528881Author Thomas George BonneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical...

Money and Finance After the Crisis provides a critical multi-disciplinary perspective on the post-crisis financial world in all its complexity, dynamism and unpredictability. Contributions illuminate the diversity of ways in which money and finance...

Earth has become a huge mine, with a greater quantity and variety of fundamental mineral resources being extracted year after year. Technology, from electric cars to everyday electrical equipment, consume vast amounts of scarce raw materials. On a planet...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262536318Author James Rodger FlemingFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm

White Identities provides a comprehensive overview of this debate, drawing together the various strands of recent research into an accessible but challenging introduction. The author argues that 'White Studies', as it is presently conceived, is an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942876243Author Aretas N NdimoforFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Spears Media PressPublisher Spears Media PressWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm)...

Fully updated throughout, including revised illustrations and new images from NASA missions, this new edition provides an overview of Earth's history from a planetary science perspective for Earth science undergraduates. Earth's evolution is described in...

This 1987 volume presents thirty papers on the archaeological uses of flint. They were presented at the Fourth International Flint Symposium in 1983, and together they give an interdisciplinary review. For publication by Cambridge, each paper has been...

This book contributes to the current discussion on global environmental changes by discussing modifications in marine ecosystems related to global climate changes. In marine ecosystems, rising atmospheric CO2 and climate changes are associated with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307275523Author Richard ForteyFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

This book introduces stochastic dynamical systems theory in order to synthesize our current knowledge of climate variability. Nonlinear processes, such as advection, radiation and turbulent mixing, play a central role in climate variability. These...

The Atlas of African Affairs is divided into five sections dealing with environmental, historical, political and economic issues and with Southern Africa. Throughout, the book presents an interdisciplinary, integrated perspective on African affairs. Most...

Spatial and cultural analysis have recently found much common ground, focusing in particular on the nature of the city. Place/Culture/Representation brings together new and established voices involved in the reshaping of cultural geography. The authors...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143112136Author Ivor van HeerdenFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams)...

This book delves into the reasons behind and the consequences of the implementation gap regarding the right to prior consultation and the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America. In recent years, the economic...

Weather, water, and climate. How we feel, how productive we are, even our sheer existence, depends on these three things. The United States' economic activity varies annually by 1.7% due to weather-that is more than $500 billion dollars each year!...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783039285624Author Maria Dolores EstebanFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 576gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm * 18mm

The description for this book, A View of the Sea: A Discussion between a Chief Engineer and an Oceanographer about the Machinery of the Ocean Circulation, will be forthcoming.Reviews"Henry Stommel has interesting and often original views about life in...