Authors:M. C. Davies, F. Schlosser,
Publisher: Thomas Telford
Keywords: ground, geosystems, improvement, international, conference, third, reinforcement, densification, proceedings
Number of Pages: 499
Published: 1997-01
List price: $143.00
ISBN-10: 0727726056
ISBN-13: 9780727726056

The papers presented in this volume describe the latest developments from around the world on ground improvement by densification and reinforcement. They describe new research into improving the understanding of the problems facing geotechnical engineers working in the field of ground improvement and the advances in the techniques available to them. Numerous case studies show how new and improved methods have actually been applied over a wide variety of ground conditions.

Author: Robert W. Christopherso
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: geosystems, elemental
Number of Pages: 620
Published: 2006-03-12
List price: $112.40
ISBN-10: 0131497022
ISBN-13: 9780131497023

This book gives readers an accessible, systematic, non-mathematical, and visually appealing start in physical geography. It features a distinctive, holistic integration of human-Earth relationships, an applied flavor, scientific correctness, and superior graphics (remote sensing images) and cartography. A holistic, process approach is used to describe and discuss each physical system. Highlights more than 200 URLs, and features an accompanying CD-ROM with more than 30 animations of key concepts in physical geography. Solar Energy, Seasons, and the Atmosphere. Atmospheric Energy and Global Tem

Author: R. B. Singh
Publisher: South Asia Books
Keywords: geosystems, mountain, dynamics
Number of Pages: 385
Published: 1992-08
List price: $58.00
ISBN-10: 8170244722
ISBN-13: 9788170244721

Author: Robert W. Christopherson
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: geosystems, elemental
Number of Pages: 640
Published: 2009-02-06
List price: $115.80
ISBN-10: 0321595211
ISBN-13: 9780321595218

Offering a brief treatment of the elements of physical geography without sacrificing scientific content, Elemental Geosystems has been crafted to provide an accessible, systematic, and visually appealing start in physical geography. It is organized with a logical progression around the flow of energy, materials, and information to present topics in the same sequence in which they occur in nature. Engaging examples and applications of current events unfold as the author tells the story of modern Earth systems science. Climate change coverage incorporates the most current data available, and cli

Author: Krystian Pilarczyk
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Keywords: engineering, coastal, hydraulic, geosystems, geosynthetics
Number of Pages: 936
Published: 2000-01-01
List price: $259.95
ISBN-10: 9058093026
ISBN-13: 9789058093028

This text reviews existing applications of geosynthestics and geosystems in hydraulic and coastal engineering. For each system an overview is given on material specification, structural components, tools used during design, and possible applications.

Author: Robert W. Christopherson
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: geography, physical, introduction, geosystems
Number of Pages: 752
Published: 2008-02-21
List price: $132.40
ISBN-10: 0136005985
ISBN-13: 9780136005988

Geosystems, 7/e fully defines physical geography by offering the latest science in an Earth systems organization. With its detailed remote sensing imagery, excellent cartography, and photography along side a student-friendly technology package, the book offers a one-of-a-kind study of Physical Geography. Using the latest in satellite imagery and current statistical information, this book covers such topics as: the energy-atmosphere system; the water, weather, and climate systems; the earth-atmosphere interface; and soils, ecosystems, and biomes.              

Authors:B. Jamtveit, P. Meakin,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: geosystems, formation, pattern, dissolution, growth
Number of Pages: 428
Published: 1999-07-31
List price: $228.00
ISBN-10: 0412832402
ISBN-13: 9780412832406

This book is based on the 1997 Kongsberg seminar, organised by the Department of Geology at the University of Oslo. The seminar brought together scientists from various disciplines involved in the study of growth and dissolution of minerals and pattern formation in geosystems. The volume includes several chapters dealing with non-equilibrium growth processes and pattern formation, which have recently become recognised as much more common in geological systems than hitherto thought. The multidisciplinary context of this book will promote cross-fertilisation of ideas in a rapidly devel