Introduction -- Overview of the Prehistory of Eura: Life Around a Few Radiocarbon Dated Spots -- Modelling of Postglacial Landscape Development -- Landscape reconstruction in Lower Satakunta -- Conclusions.This Brief discusses a unique mechanism to combine historical and archaeological evidence with statistical geodynamic modeling to study the historical development of the Eura region in lower …
Introduction -- Chapter 1. Spatial information technology: types, definitions and linkages -- Chapter 2. GIS database: spatial and non-spatial databases -- Chapter 3. Remote Sensing technology -- Chapter 4. Global Positioning System technology -- Chapter 5. Geo-Referencing system -- Chapter 6. Spatial mapping and sustainable resource management -- Chapter 7. Spatial database analysis -- Chapter…
1.0 Setting the Scene -- 2.0 Contemporary Geoethics within Geosciences -- 3.0 Exploring Societal Intersections of Geoethical Thinking -- 4.0 Humanistic Geosciences and the Planetary Human Niche -- 5.0 Reframing Geoethics?This book explores the potential of geoethics, as designed within the operational criteria of addressing the deeds and values of the human agent as part of the Earth system. It…
Introduction -- Part 1 Earth Observation Satellites -- Development of Earth observation Satellites. -U.S. Earth Observation Satellites -- European Earth Observation Satellites -- Other Earth Observation Satellites.-Chinese Earth Observation Satellites -- Plans of Global Integrated Earth Observation -- Part 2 Scientific Satellite Series for Global Change -- Earth Observation and Scientific Satel…
Essentials of Tensor Calculus- Fundamental Concepts- Continuum Mechanics and Balance Equations -- Fluid Statics -- Ideal Fluid Flows -- Viscous Fluid Flows -- Compressible Fluid Flows -- Dimensional Analysis and Similitude -- Appendix: A Brief History of the Development of Fluid Mechanics.This textbook provides a concise introduction to the mathematical theory of fluid motion with the underlyin…
Section I -- General -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Space Technology: Challenges, Potential and Future Trends -- Section II Challenges in Geospatial Technology for Water Resources Management -- Chapter 2 Natural Resource Assessment in Flood Prone Areas of Lower Rapti River Valley: An Application of Geoinformatics -- Chapter 3 Probabilistic Landslide Hazard Vulnerability assessment using weight-of…
Iceland - a Worthwhile and Popular Island to Visit -- Iceland - an Island in the North Atlantic -- Geographical Subspaces of Iceland -- Geology of Iceland -- The Economy of Iceland -- Excursion Proposals.The book thoroughly describes Iceland’s geological development and its current geological processes, taking into account both geographic and geo-ecological aspects. Furthermore, it includes s…
1 Introduction -- 2 Managing Water Resources for Urban Catchments -- 3 WP-A: Urban Water Resources Management -- 4 WP-B: GIS tool for planning decentralized sanitation -- 5 WP-C: Early warning system for lakes -- 6 WP-D: Environmental Information System -- 7 WP-E: Groundwater Systems.This volume addresses latest results of the Major Water Program of the Chinese Government which aims at the rest…
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…