Geoinformatics & Applications -- Land Use Land Cover Mapping & Urban Form Assessment -- Lidar Drone and Emerging Technologies Applications -- Rock Formations & Soil Lithology Mapping -- Vegetation Mapping impact Assessment -- Natural Hazards Monitoring & Mapping -- Ground Water Mapping & Assessment -- Coastal Management & Marine Environement -- Atmospheric Sensing.This edited volume is based on…
Chapter 1. Tectonics of the Eastern Desert of Egypt: Key to understanding the Neoproterozoic evolution of the Arabian-‐Nubian Shield (East Africa Orogen) -- Chapter 2. A new synthetic geological map of the Tuareg Shield: an overview of its Globalstructure and geological evolution -- Chapter 3. The 600 Ma-old Pan-African Magmatism in the InOuzzal Terrane (Tuareg Shield, Algeria): Witness of …
Dedication -- Thanks -- Preface -- 1 Definitions and Setting -- 2 Magnitude and Sourcing -- 3 Slope Gradients -- 4 Fan Morphometry -- 5 Drainage -- 6 Flows -- 7 Aggradation -- 8 Fan Entrenchment -- 9 Textural and Facies Characteristics -- 10 Pedogenic Processes -- 11 The Tectonic Control -- 12 The Climatic Control -- 13 the Base Level Effect -- 14 Groundwater -- 15 Morphology of the Fan Surface…
1. Preface -- 2. Cenozoic basins in Iberia: an introduction -- 3.Alpine foreland basins -- 4.Extension in the West Mediterranean -- 5.Cenozoic basins of western Iberia (Mondego, Lower Tejo and Alvalade basins) -- 6. Late-orogenic intermontane foreland basins in Iberia -- 7. Cenozoic magmatism in Iberia.Pursuing an innovative, global approach, this unique book provides an updated review of the …
Eogenetic Karst in Florida -- Geological Materials: An Overview -- Geologic Framework of Florida -- Hydrogeology of Florida -- Hydrogeochemistry of Florida -- Controls on Karst Landforms in Florida -- Caves and Sinkholes in Florida -- Epigene and Hypogene Kars -- Index. dfmAfms:LvmS:Lbv,zsd/f.b.This book discusses the geology, hydrogeology, and water quality/geochemistry of karst systems in geo…
This book offers a broad theoretical foundation by relating and contrasting relevant international literature with the outcomes of a particular research project. It provides a critical reevaluation of the complex phenomena of coping with disasters on a general level by applying this integrative theory of disaster coping to a specific context. A cultural psychological model is developed in order…
Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Satluj Floodplain: A Landscape -- Chapter 2 -- Satluj Floodplain: Patterns of Landscape Transformation -- Chapter 3 -- Satluj Floodplain: A Hazardscape -- Chapter4 -- Satluj Floodplain: A Possible Green Habitat.This book explains the tragic tale of the Satluj floodplain since its inception. As a landscape this floodplain entity evolves and sets a niche to distinctiv…
Introduction -- Advancing Disasters and Conflict Risk Reduction -- Responding to Socio-environmental Disasters in High-Intensity Conflict Scenarios: Challenges and Legitimation Strategies -- The Fragile State of Disaster Response: Understanding Aid-State-Society Relations in Post-Conflict Settings -- Climate-smart agriculture and a sustainable food system for a sustainable-engendered peace -- E…
Concept on Landslides and Landslide Susceptibility -- Geomorphic, Geo-tectonic and Hydrologic Attributes and Landslide Probability -- Frequency Ratio Model (FRM) and Information Value Model (IVM) in landslide susceptibility Assessment and Prediction -- Logistic Regression Model (LRM) and Landslide Susceptibility: A RS & GIS based approach -- Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Model and Landslide S…
Rocky Coasts and Cliffs -- Lineal Sandy Coasts and Beaches -- Fluvio Marine Systems -- Coastal Dunes -- Coast-Human Interaction Problems and Coastal Management.This monograph presents the state of art of the geologic knowledge about the Spanish coast obtained through scientific research in the last 30 years. From a general point of view, coasts are the most quickly changing systems of the Earth…