Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Glacier changes since the Little Ice Age -- Chapter 3. An inventory of proglacial systems in Austria, Switzerland and across Patagonia -- Chapter 4. Debris-covered glaciers -- Chapter 5. Closing the balance of ice, water and sediment fluxes through the terminus of Gepatschferner -- Chapter 6. (Ground) Ice in the proglacial zone -- Chapter 7. Periglacial mor…
Preface -- Chapter 1: Motivation -- Chapter 2: State-of-the-Art -- Chapter 3: Objectives -- Chapter 4: Physical Background -- Chapter 5: Data -- Chapter 6: Methodology -- Chapter 7: A Statistical Model based on Non-stationary Predictors -- Chapter 8: Interdecadal changes in the SST-driven teleconnections with the Sahel -- Chapter 9: Modulation of the non-stationary Mediterranean-Sahel teleconne…
Global Seismicity and History of Earthquake Occurrence in India -- Basic Mechanics of Earthquake Resistant Design -- Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering -- Earthquake Analysis of Earth Retaining Structures -- Dynamic Analysis of Earth Dams Under Earthquake -- Seismic Design of Shallow and Deep Foundations -- Dynamic Soil Structure Interaction in Earthquake Analysis -- Geo-technical Conside…
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…
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 …
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…
Introduction -- Formation and Types of Natural Ice Masses -- Properties and Mechanical Behaviour of Ice -- Sea Ice in Civil Engineering Applications -- Sea Ice in Geophysical Applications -- Micro-Mechanical Modes of Polar Ice -- Phenomenological Constitutive Models for Polar Ice -- Polar Ice Sheet Flow Models.This book presents the concepts and tools of ice mechanics, together with examples of…
Early Cretaceous Giant Dyke Swarm in the eonatorial Brazilian Margin: Geodynamic Implications for the West Gondwana Breakup -- Mafic Dyke Swarms of the Sao Francisco Craton, Brazil and their Tectonic Significance -- Mapping the dyke swarms of the Indian shield -- U-Pb SHRIMP-Ⅱ Baddeleyite and zircon dating of the Early Proterozoic Monchegorsk layered mafic-ultramafic complex (Kola Peninsula)…
1. Introduction -- 2.Precambrian Basement -- 3.Variscan Cycle -- 4.Alpine Cycle -- 5. Cenozoic Basins -- 6. Lithospheric Structure of Iberia, the Balearic Islands and the Continental Shelves -- 7.Relief and Active Processes.Taking a new global approach, this unique book provides an updated review of the geology of Iberia and its continental margins from a geodynamic perspective. Owing to its lo…
1. An introduction to the Alpine cycle -- 2. The Alpine cycle in Iberia: Microplate units and geodynamic stages -- 3.Permian-Triassic rifting stage -- 4.Late Triassic-Middle Jurassic passive margins -- 5. Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous rifting -- 6. Late Cretaceous post-rift to convergence in Iberia -- 7.Lithological successions of the Internal Betic and Flysch units -- 8. Alpine orogeny: Defor…