Rocks, dissolution and karst -- Sinkhole classification and nomenclature -- Rock failure in collapse and caprock sinkholes -- Soil failure in subsidence sinkholes -- Buried sinkholes and rockhead features -- Sinkholes in insoluble rocks -- Rock failure under imposed load over caves -- Sinkholes induced by engineering works -- Ground investigation in sinkhole terrains -- Hazard and risk assessme…
Keplerian Motion -- Satellite in Keplerian Orbit -- Satellite in Perturbed Orbit -- Motion of Orbit, Earth and Sun -- Orbit and Ground Track of a Satellite -- Orbit Relative to the Sun. Crossing Times -- Orbit Relative to the Earth. Recurrence and Altitude -- View from the Satellite -- Temporal and Angular Sampling -- Satellites of Mars -- Satellites of Other Celestial Bodies.In all, the Europe…
Geoid And Gravity In Earth Sciences – An Overview -- Future Satellite Gravimetry For Geodesy -- Challenges From Solid Earth Dynamics For Satellite Gravity Field Missions In The Post-Goce Era -- Time Variation In Hydrology And Gravity -- Future Gravity Missions And Quasi-Steady Ocean Circulation -- Future Benefits Of Time-Varying Gravity Missions To Ocean Circulation Studies -- Ice Mass Balanc…
About the Book -- Historical Background -- Studies of Interstellar Matter -- Molecular Clouds and Cores -- Concepts of Stellar Collapse -- Evolution of Young Stellar Objects -- Accretion Phenomena and Magnetic Activity in YSOs -- High-energy Signatures in YSOs -- Star-forming Regions -- Proto-solar Systems and the Sun.Studies of stellar formation in galaxies have a profound impact on our unders…
Orbit Dynamics, Stability and Chaos in Planetary Systems -- Regular and Chaotic Motion in Hamiltonian Systems -- Planet Formation -- Extrasolar Planetary Systems.This book is intended as an introduction to the field of planetary systems at the postgraduate level. It consists of four extensive lectures on Hamiltonian dynamics, celestial mechanics, the structure of extrasolar planetary systems an…
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 …
Orbit and Earth Gravity Field -- Earth Magnetic Field -- Neutral Atmosphere and Ionosphere.In the summer of 2000 the German geo-research satellite CHAMP was launched into orbit. Its innovative payload arrangement and the low initial orbit allow CHAMP to simultaneously collect and almost continuously analyse precise data relating to gravity and magnetic fields at low altitude. In addition, CHAMP…
Drift ice material -- Ice kinematics -- Sea ice rheology -- Equation of drift ice motion -- Free drift -- Drift in the presence of internal friction -- Numerical modelling -- Use and need for knowledge on ice drift -- Study problems -- References.The author presents in The Drift of Sea Ice the fundamental laws of sea ice drift which come from the material properties of sea ice and the basic law…
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 …