Environmental Assessment and Monitoring of Agrisilvicultural Systems -- Environmental Impacts and Restoration Ecology of Natural and Agricultural Habitats -- Investigations and Applications in Environmental Biotechnology -- Spatiotemporal Patterns of Marine Biodiversity and Terrestrial Paleobiodiversity -- Socio-economics of Geotourism and Archaeology.This edited volume is based on the best pap…
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 …
Part I.Regional Overview -- Chapter 1. Phanerozoic orogens of NW Southamerica: Cordilleran Type Orogens, Taphrogenic tectonics and the Orogenic Float -- Chapter 2. Phanerozoic orogens of NW Southamerica: Cordilleran Type Orogens, Taphrogenic tectonics and the Orogenic Float -- Part II.The Guiana Shield and the Andean Belt -- Chapter 3. The Proterozoic basement of the Western Guiana shield and t…
Ch 1. Introduction -- Ch 2. The petroleum comes to light (1864–1941) -- Ch 3. The formation of the know-how (1938-1961) -- Ch 4. Improvement, professionalization and geosciences teaching (1952-1968) Ch 5. The National Petroleum Council and Petrobras as institutions providing improvement and professionalization courses in Brazil -- Ch 6. Conclusion.This book investigates the role of the Nation…
Ch. 1 From Local to Global: The Petroleum Geologist Hans Höfer von Heimhalt between Empires, Economies, and Epistemologies -- Ch. 2 The history of oil exploration in the State of São Paulo before the foundation of Petrobras (1872-1953) -- Ch. 3 Petroleum: new energy perspectives for Brazil in 1922 -- Ch. 4 Oil and State - the role of the National Petroleum Council (CNP) in the development of …
Introduction -- Volcanic Activity and Processes -- Volcanoes and Human Settlements -- Volcanoes and Risk.This book serves as a guide to discovering the most interesting volcano sites in Italy. Accompanied by some extraordinary contemporary images of active Neapolitan volcanoes, it explains the main volcanic processes that have been shaping the landscape of the Campania region and influencing hu…
Chapter1. Origins 1828-48 -- Chapter2. America 1849-50 -- Chapter3. The early coast survey 1851-52 -- Chapter4. Stellwagen bank 1853-57 -- Chapter5. Hydrographic draftsman 1857-61 -- Chapter6. Casco bay 1861 -- Chapter7. North carolina 1862 -- Chapter8. Casco bay continued 1862 -- Chapter9. Florida reefs 1863 -- Chapter10. Maine: portland rocks 1853 -- Chapter11. North carolina lighthouses 1861…
1 Germany’s geological evolution in the context of the Earth’s dynamic history -- 2 Introduction to Geology and explains the plate tectonic development -- 3 Formation of both ancient and recent mountain belts – namely the Caledonian -- 4 The origin of earthquakes in Germany, the occurrence of young volcanic rocks and the various episodes of rock deformation. .This richly illustrated book …
Evolution of a Concept -- Stratigraphy: Evolution of a Concept -- The Search for Patterns: Ordering the Framework -- Buried Time: Chronostratigraphy as a Research Tool -- Ecostratigraphy’s Basis, using Silurian and Devonian Examples, with Consideration of the Biogeographic Complication -- Devonian Palynostratigraphy in Western Gondwana -- Carboniferous and Permian Palynostratigraphy -- Biostr…