Geophysics

Dynamos is a collection of lectures given in July 2007 at the Les Houches Summer School on "Dynamos".Book InformationISBN 9780080548128Author Philippe CardinFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Elsevier Science LtdPublisher Elsevier Science...

This book continues the process of systematization of knowledge about convection. It is important to put the current knowledge on weakly and strongly stratified convection in order, and provide a comprehensive description of the marginal, weakly...

This book explains the physics behind seismic ground motions and seismic waves to graduate and upper undergraduate students as well as to professionals. Both seismic ground motions and seismic waves are terms for "shaking" due to earthquakes,...

This book gives a rigorous and up-to-date study of the various AI and machine learning algorithms for resolving environmental challenges associated with blasting. Blasting is a critical activity in any mining or civil engineering project for breaking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981922157Author John StojanowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Pangea Publications LLCPublisher Pangea Publications LLCWeight(grams)...

Introduction to Applied Geophysics covers the fundamental methods of exploration geophysics in a depth and style both challenging and appropriate to undergraduates. Because of the increasing opportunities for students to conduct field experiments, the...

Despite significant advances in the understanding of earthquake generation processes and derivation of underlying physical laws, controversy remains regarding the constitutive law for earthquake ruptures and how it should be formulated. Laboratory...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940076447Author Vladimir I Keilis-BorokFormat HardbackPage Count 520Imprint Ori BooksPublisher Ori BooksWeight(grams) 1111gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643270753Author Frederick ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Morgan & Claypool PublishersPublisher Morgan & Claypool PublishersWeight(grams) 333g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783036558691Author Roman PasechnikFormat HardbackPage Count 234Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 703g

This book is an introduction to wave dynamics as they apply to earthquakes, among the scariest, most unpredictable, and deadliest natural phenomena on Earth. Since studying seismic activity is essentially a study of wave dynamics, this text starts with a...

This book is an introduction to wave dynamics as they apply to earthquakes, among the scariest, most unpredictable, and deadliest natural phenomena on Earth. Since studying seismic activity is essentially a study of wave dynamics, this text starts with a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681745961Author Jonathan BraithwaiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 157Imprint Morgan & Claypool PublishersPublisher Morgan & Claypool PublishersWeight(grams)...

This book is a concise introduction to the interactions between earthquakes and human-built structures (buildings, dams, bridges, power plants, pipelines and more). It focuses on the ways in which these interactions illustrate the application of basic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940076119Author Anna KashinaFormat HardbackImprint Dragonwell PublishingPublisher Dragonwell PublishingWeight(grams) 503g

Tectonic processes occurring in shallow subduction zones around the world generate the majority of large, damaging earthquakes. Last decade brought more understanding of these processes, showing however, their complexity and diversity from place to place...

Knowledge of the relation between sonic velocity in sediments and rock lithology is one of the keys to interpreting data from seismic sections or from acoustic logs of sedimentary sequences. Reliable correlations of rock velocity with other petrophysical...

Order from chaos is simultaneously a mantra of physics and a reality in biology. Physicist Norman Packard suggested that life developed and thrives at the edge of chaos. Questions remain, however, as to how much practical knowledge of biology can be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643278261Author Allen G. HuntFormat HardbackPage Count 177Imprint Morgan & Claypool PublishersPublisher Morgan & Claypool Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681749679Author W.R. MatsonFormat HardbackPage Count 60Imprint Morgan & Claypool PublishersPublisher Morgan & Claypool PublishersWeight(grams) 333g

The 1993 Southwest Hokkaido Earthquake of Magnitude 7. 9 (July 12, 22: 17 JST) caused serious tsunami disasters in the southwestern part of Hokkaido, particularly on Okushiri Island (a tiny island off the southwest coast of Hokkaido with a population of...

The book is an introduction to the subject of fluid mechanics, essential for students and researchers in many branches of science. It illustrates its fundamental principles with a variety of examples drawn mainly from astrophysics and geophysics as well...

Since the earliest days of human existence, the clash of thunder and trembling of the hills has struck fear into the hearts of seasoned warriors and tribal villagers alike. Great gods, demi-gods, and heroes were created to explain the awesome,...

The diverse planetary environments in the solar system react in somewhat different ways to the encompassing influence of the Sun. These different interactions define the electrostatic phenomena that take place on and near planetary surfaces. The desire...

The cryosphere encompasses all regions of the planet that experiences water in ice form for some portion of the year. In this book, authors Melody Sandells and Daniela Flocco deliver an introduction to the physics of the cryosphere.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781649518279Author Dr Purushottam BhawreFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Notion PressPublisher Notion PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493150137Author Gordon ZieglerFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Xlibris CorporationPublisher Xlibris CorporationWeight(grams) 82g

In many past and recent earthquakes it has been shown that the local conditions and, in particular, the local geology have a great influence on the observed seismic ground motion and, consequently, on the damage distribution in housing, industrial stock,...

Earthquakes in shallow subduction zones account for the greatest part of seismic energy release in the Earth and often cause significant damage; in some cases they are accompanied by devastating tsunamis. Understanding the physics of seismogenic and...

In the wake of the disastrous tsunami which struck Papua New Guinea in 1998, this volume presents 20 state-of-the-art contributions on landslide tsunamis, including earthquake characteristics and ground motions, modeling of landslides in geotechnical...

Ten years ago the author, together with eight co-authors, edited a textbook Remote Sensing for Environmental Sciences within the series on Ecological Studies of Springer-Verlag. At that time there were not yet many books available on remote sensing. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750312493Author Sergey PulinetsFormat HardbackPage Count 166Imprint Institute of Physics PublishingPublisher Institute of Physics PublishingWeight(grams)...

Graduate students in the natural sciences--including not only geophysics and space physics but also atmospheric and planetary physics, ocean sciences, and astronomy--need a broad-based mathematical toolbox to facilitate their research. In addition, they...

Sustainable Marine Resource Utilization in China: A Comprehensive Evaluation thoroughly analyzes the basic conditions and status quo of the sustainable utilization of Chinese marine resources and its effects on economic and social development. This book...

Understanding the Bouguer Anomaly: A Gravimetry Puzzle addresses the geophysical and geodetic applications of gravity field interpretation, taking into account the evaluation of the Bouguer anomaly. Containing several contributions that deal with...

From Habitability to Life on Mars explores the current state of knowledge and questions on the past habitability of Mars and the role that rapid environmental changes may have played in the ability of prebiotic chemistry to transition to life. It...

Measurements, Mechanisms, and Models of Heat Transport offers an interdisciplinary approach to the dynamic response of matter to energy input. Using a combination of fundamental principles of physics, recent developments in measuring time-dependent heat...

Airless Bodies of the Inner Solar System: Understanding the Process Affecting Rocky, Airless Surfaces focuses on the airless, rocky bodies in the inner solar system as a host unto themselves, with a unique set of processes that require a specific set of...

Archaeological Geophysics for Ephemeral Human Occupations: Focusing on the Small-Scale combines technological advances in near-surface geophysics with recent archaeological scholarship and underlying archaeological premises to provide a practical manual...

Volatiles in the Martian Crust is a vital reference for future missions - including ESA's EXO Mars and NASA's Mars2020 rover - looking for evidence of life on Mars and the potential for habitability and human exploration of the Martian crust. Mars...