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Spatial Data Infrastructures and related concepts -- A metadata infrastructure for the management of nested collections -- Interoperability between metadata standards -- The use of disambiguated thesauri to improve information retrieval -- Integrating the concepts within the components of a Spatial Data Infrastructure -- Conclusions and future work.Metadata play a fundamental role in both DLs a…
Reasoning About Regions, Relations, and Fields -- Fuzzy Reasoning about Geographic Regions -- Combined Extraction of Directional and Topological Relationship Information from 2D Concave Objects -- Field Based Methods for the Modeling of Fuzzy Spatial Data -- Modeling Localities with Fuzzy Sets and GIS -- Fuzzy Classification -- Mining Weather Data Using Fuzzy Cluster Analysis -- Modelling the F…
Fractals in Geophysics and Seismology: An Introduction -- Fractal Modeling of Complex Subsurface Geological Structures -- The Route to Fractals in Magnetotelluric Exploration of the Crust -- Regularity Analysis Applied to Well Log Data -- Electrokinetic Effect in Fractal Pore Media as Seismoelectric Phenomena -- Fractal Network and Mixture Models for Elastic and Electrical Properties of Porous …
Experimental Procedures -- Experimental Studies on the Brittle Fracture Stress -- Griffith Theory of Brittle Failure -- Evolution of Physical Properties during Brittle Failure -- Micromechanics of Brittle Fracture -- The Role of Pore Fluids -- Friction and Sliding Phenomena -- Brittle-Ductile Transition.This monograph deals with the part of the field of experimental rock deformation that is dom…
Seismic Hazard and Extreme Motions -- Data Needs for Improved Seismic Hazard Analysis -- Capturing and Limiting Groundmotion Uncertainty in Seismic Hazard Assessment -- Long-Period Ground Motions from Digital Acceleration Recordings: A New Era in Engineering Seismology -- Observed Ground Motions, Extreme Ground Motions, and Physical Limits to Ground Motions -- Engineering Uses of Strong Motion …
The U.S. National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program: A Successful State—Federal Partnership -- The NTHMP Tsunameter Network -- Real-Time Tsunami Forecasting: Challenges and Solutions -- The Seismic Project of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program -- Impact of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program on Operations of the Richard H. Hagemeyer Pacific Tsunami Warning Center -- Pro…
The New Digital Geological Map of Europe and Standardisation: Consistency as the Last Refuge of the Unimaginative?! -- Why Should We Worry about Standards for Digital Geological Maps? -- Geological Map of the Future: Digital, Interactive, and Three-Dimensional -- The Role of Engineering Geology in Standardization of Innovative Geological Mapping -- Can Geological Surveys Have Their Own Standard…
1. Cycles, Feedbacks and Main Issues -- Global Cycles: Overview and Introduction -- The Nature of Land-Biosphere-Atmospheric Feedbacks in the Hydrological Cycle -- Scale Issues -- Multiple Equilibria -- 2. Systems Approach: The Nature of Coupled Models -- Introduction -- Fluxes, Compartments and Ordering of Feedbacks -- Non-Linearities -- Parameterization of Complex Hydrological Systems -- 3. S…
Radioactive fallout and environmental transfers -- Radioactivity in terrestrial ecosystems -- Radioactivity in aquatic systems -- Application of countermeasures -- Health consequences -- Social and economic effects -- Effects on wildlife -- Conclusions.The long-term effects of the Chernobyl incident on the environment are still becoming apparent, twenty years after the event. This book, written…