Authors:D.E. Alexander, R.W. Fairbridge,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: encyclopedia, series, sciences, science, environmental, earth
Number of Pages: 786
Published: 1999-12-31
List price: $459.00
ISBN-10: 0412740508
ISBN-13: 9780412740503

+ A strongly interdisciplinary and wide-ranging survey of the environment of life on Earth: the most authoritative and comprehensive source on environmental science to be collected together in a single volume. + Unique in presenting both a basic overview and detailed information on environmental topics. + Entries are arranged in an encyclopedic A-Z format and contain extensive cross-references to related entries, as well as references to primary and secondary literature. + Over 370 separate entries prepared by 228 leading experts from 25 countries. + Incorporates 25 substantial in-depth treatm

Authors:C.P. Marshall, R.W. Fairbridge,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: encyclopedia, series, sciences, earth, geochemistry
Number of Pages: 768
Published: 1999-07-31
List price: $569.00
ISBN-10: 0412755009
ISBN-13: 9780412755002

Geochemistry uses the methods and philosophies of chemistry to explore and understand the Earth from the most elementary levels. The field has moved on from a prehistoric interest in metals, chert and clay, to become a modern science, utilizing sophisticated techniques to understand the Earth’s processes and evolution. By looking deeply into the Earth’s constituents, scientists are able to verify theories on its formation and, by corollary, on the formation of other planets in the universe. Because geochemistry involves intensive, detailed examinations of pieces of the plan

Authors:J.H. Shirley, R.W. Fairbridge,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: encyclopedia, sciences, series, earth, planetary
Number of Pages: 990
Published: 1997-07
List price: $499.00
ISBN-10: 0412069512
ISBN-13: 9780412069512

Containing more than 450 entries by some 200 eminent contributors from all over the world, the Encyclopedia of Planetary Sciences is the first book to present this information in an authoritative yet approachable way. This encyclopedia deals with the atmospheres, surfaces and interiors of the planets and moons, and with the interplanetary environment of plasma fields, as well as with asteroids and meteorites. Processes such as accretion, differentiation, thermal evolution and impact cratering form another category of entries. Remote sensing techniques employed in investigation and exp

Authors:E.M. Moores, R.W. Fairbridge,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: encyclopedia, sciences, series, earth, regional, european, asian, geology
Number of Pages: 825
Published: 1997-11-30
List price: $589.00
ISBN-10: 0412740400
ISBN-13: 9780412740404

This unique volume, organized alphabetically by country, provides a current overview of the general geology of Europe and Asia, excluding the Arab countries and Israel. Articles primarily contain information about the stratigraphy, structure, tectonics and natural resources of each country, as well as a history of geological exploration and other issues unique to each country. Additional articles cover international subjects such as Europe, Asia, the Alps, Caucasus, Himalayas and Tien Shan mountains. Many articles are new syntheses, e.g. those on Iceland, Burma and the Philippines; s

Authors:Horace G. Richards (ed), Rhodes W. Fairbridge (ed),
Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
Keywords: acad, natural, sciences, phila, pub, special, bibliography, quaternary, shorelines, supplement, annotated
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 1970-03-01
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 142231779X
ISBN-13: 9781422317792

The Lewis and Clark (L&C) Expedition of 1804-1806 is one of the great stories of exploration in America. Few of the scientific specimens collected by L&C survive, except for hundreds of pressed plants in The Acad. of Natural Sciences in Phila. Digital images in this CD-ROM show each plant in more detail than ever before. Browse through the collection, plant by plant. Read the labels written by Lewis in the field. Refer to facsimile reprints of the original records and colored engravings of Lewiss gatherings as pub. in the first comprehensive catalogue of American plants by Frederick Pu

Authors:Horace G. Richards (au), Rhodes W. Fairbridge (au),
Publisher: Academy of Natural Sciences
Keywords: academy, natural, sciences, phila, pub, special, bibliography, quaternary, shorelines, annotated
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 1965-03-01
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 1422317757
ISBN-13: 9781422317754

This bibliography was first suggested at a meeting of the Commission on Shorelines at the sixth congress of the International Assoc. for Quaternary Reserarch (INQUA) held in Warsaw, Poland, in Sept. 1961. Funds for its preparation & pub. were provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF: Grant GN 163), & work started during the summer of 1963. The present work lists some 2400 articles. While the bibliography was intended to cover a 20-year period from 1945 to 1964, there are undoubtedly conspicuous gaps for the year 1964 because not all pertinent pubs. were available by the time th

Authors:Rhodes W. Fairbridge, Reginald W. Herschy, R.W. Fair
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: resources, water, hydrology, encyclopedia
Number of Pages: 832
Published: 1998-07-31
List price: $629.00
ISBN-10: 0412740605
ISBN-13: 9780412740602

The fresh water supplies of the Earth are finite and as the world’s population continues to grow humanity’s thirst for this water seems unquenchable. Intense pressure is being exerted upon freshwater resources and a lack of adequate clean water is seen as one of the most serious global problems for the 21st century. Indeed it has been said that the next war will be fought over water, not oil. Human health and the health of supporting ecosystems increasingly depends upon our ability to find, control, manage and understand water. In a single volume, The Encyclopedia of Hydro