This new text offers experienced students a comprehensive review of available techniques for the remote sensing of aerosols. These small particles influence both atmospheric visibility and the thermodynamics of the atmosphere. They are also of great importance in any consideration of climate change problems. Aerosols may also be responsible for the loss of harvests, human health problems and ecological disasters. Thus, this detailed study of aerosol properties on a global scale could not be more...
Evolution of the Earth (Geodynamics)
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geodynamics Series, Volume 5. During September 2-5, 1979 a group of about 80 earth scientists from many parts of the globe assembled in London, Ontario to attend a seminar devoted to discussion of the current (1979) state of geophysical and geochemical thought concerning the evolution of planet Earth. The papers included in this volume represent most of the views expressed at that conference. Unfortunately, participants in a few critical...
The Tornado – Its Structure, Dynamics, Prediction and Hazards V79 (Geophysical Monograph)
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 79. During the past two decades, remarkable advances have been made in the understanding of the structure and dynamics of tornadoes and tornado storms. This knowledge has led to improvements in prediction capability, procedures for issue and dissemination of warnings, and the practice of hazard mitigation. This progress can be attributed to the development of Doppler radars, wind profilers, lightning...
Reflection Seismology: The Continental Crust (Geodynamics)
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geodynamics Series, Volume 14. That deep seismic reflection profiling has become a "necessary tool" to explore the deep basement of the continental crust is now well established. The question is: Will deep reflection profiling become a "standard tool" that is routinely used on all continents, as is surface geological mapping? This question can be answered in the affirmative. A clear indication of this trend are the results of the "Intern...
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Special Publications Series, Volume 1.Since the first edition was published in 1979, the Third International Kimberlite Conference was held in Clermont-Ferrand in 1982. Nevertheless, several of the problems addressed by papers in the first edition of this publication are still valid and remain unanswered today. For example, we still do not understand the spatial and temporal relationship between kimberiite, xenocrysts and xenoliths, nor...
Muddy Coast Dynamics and Resource Management. Proceedings in Marine Science, Volume 2.
Gesamtregister F r Die B nde I/1-4 Und II Sowie Erg nzungsb nde I, II Und III
by Carl Hintze
The present book — which is the third, significantly revised edition of the textbook originally published by Elsevier Science — emphasizes the interdependence of mathematical formulation and physical meaning in the description of seismic phenomena. Herein, we use aspects of continuum mechanics, wave theory and ray theory to explain phenomena resulting from the propagation of seismic waves.The book is divided into three main sections: Elastic Continua, Waves and Rays and Variational Formulation o...
Gravity Anomalies – Unsurveyed Areas V9 (Geophysical Monograph)
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 9. Dr. Weikko A. Heiskanen has been a leader in the field of physical geodesy, or gravimetric geodesy as he would phrase it, for many years. His contributions to the theory of isostasy, the normal gravity field, and the figure of the Earth reserve for him a place of honor in the geodesists' 'Hall of Fame.' Dedicated to the gravimetric method and the belief that satellite and gravimetric geodesy must p...
A new section of short reviews called 'Frontiers' was introduced within the Elsevier journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) in 2002 under the Editorship of Alex Halliday from ETH Zurich, Switzerland. These high profile Frontiers articles are written by leading experts and published as the opening pages to regular issues of EPSL. The reason for this development is that the Editors of EPSL believe there is an important niche to be filled with fast communications that bring the scientif...
Oil and Gas: Past and Future (Developments in Petroleum Science, #1)
by George V. Keller
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Mineral Physics & Crystallography Series, Volume 2.The purpose of this Handbook is to provide, in highly accessible form, selected critical data for professional and student solid Earth and planetary geophysicists. Coverage of topics and authors were carefully chosen to fulfill these objectives. These volumes represent the third version of the "Handbook of Physical Constants." Several generations of solid Earth scientists have found thes...
This book is dedicated to readers who want to learn fluid dynamics from the beginning. It assumes a basic level of mathematics knowledge that would correspond to that of most second-year undergraduate physics students and examines fluid dynamics from a physicist's perspective. As such, the examples used primarily come from our environment on Earth and, where possible, from astrophysics. The text is arranged in a progressive and educational format, aimed at leading readers from the simplest bas...
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Field Trip Guidebooks Series, Volume 180.The Scotia Ridge is the east-closing arcuate submarine topographic high linking the Andean Cordillera of South America to the Antarctic Peninsula (Fig. 1.1). The ridge emerges from the sea to form small but rugged islands: South Georgia on the North Scotia Ridge (Figs. 1.2 and 2.1; Pl. 1.1). All of these are displaced parts of the South American continent (South Georgia) or the Antarctic Peninsula...
Dynamics of Passive Margins (Geodynamics)
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geodynamics Series, Volume 6. The contributions to this volume have been organized into three parts reflecting the three pronged approach to the study of passive continental margins that has been made during the International Geodynamics Project. The first part contains six papers dealing with the data from some of the passive margins. These observational data are essential for testing of hypotheses with regard to the evolution of this...
Eutrophication in Coastal Marine Ecosystems (Coastal and Estuarine Studies)
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Coastal and Estuarine Studies, Volume 52.Over the last 10-20 years, eutrophication has become generally acknowledged as an environmental threat for many coastal marine areas. Nevertheless, most of our knowledge of the effects of eutrophication on aquatic ecosystems is derived from limnological studies. There are fundamental differences between marine, brackish, and freshwater systems that lead to different responses to eutrophication. Th...
Plate Reconstruction From Paleozoic Paleomagnetism , Geodynamics Series Volume 12 (Geodynamics)
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geodynamics Series, Volume 12. The decade of the 1970's saw increasing global evidence leading to the reconstruction of the continents and oceanic plates through time, fostered by the Geodynamics Project. Aspects of this project are being continued under the auspices of the International Lithosphere Program, and in particular Working Group 2 of the Program, on Phanerozoic plate motions and orogenesis, is active in the unraveling of past...
Computational Geosciences with Mathematica is the only book written by a geologist specifically to show geologists and geoscientists how to use Mathematica to formulate and solve problems. It spans a broad range of geologic and mathematical topics, which are drawn from the author's extensive experience in research, consulting, and teaching. The reference and text leads readers step-by-step through geologic applications such as custom graphics programming, data input and output, linear and differ...