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  • Challenges of a Changing Earth

    Proceedings of the Global Change Open Science Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 10–13 July 2001

    Edited by Will Steffen, Jill Jäger, David J. Carson, Clare Bradshaw ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume is based on plenary presentations from Challenges of a Changing Earth, a Global Change Open Science Conference held in Amsterdam, The Neth- lands, in July 2001. The meeting brought together about 1400 scientists from 105 co- tries around the world to describe, discuss and debate the latest scientific - derstanding of natural and human-driven changes to our planet. It examined the ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • Algerian White

    A Narrative

    by Assia Djebar ...
    Translated by David Kelley, Marjolijn de Jager ...
    In Algerian White, Assia Djebar weaves a tapestry of the epic and bloody ongoing struggle in her country between Islamic fundamentalism and the post-colonial civil society. Many Algerian writers and intellectuals have died tragically and violently since the 1956 struggle for independence. They include three beloved friends of Djebar: Mahfoud Boucebi, a psychiatrist; M'Hamed Boukhobza, a ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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    From Seismology to Analysis and Design

    by Halûk Sucuoğlu, Sinan Akkar ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book provides senior undergraduate students, master students and structural engineers who do not have a background in the field with core knowledge of structural earthquake engineering that will be invaluable in their professional lives. The basics of seismotectonics, including the causes, magnitude, and intensity of earthquakes, are first explained. Then the book introduces basic elements of ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • A Savage War of Peace

    Algeria 1954-1962

    by Alistair Horne ...
    The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It brought down six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, returned de Gaulle to power, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict and as many European settlers were driven into exile. Above all, the war was marked by an unholy marriage of revolutionary terror ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Physical and Chemical Dissolution Front Instability in Porous Media

    Theoretical Analyses and Computational Simulations

    by Chongbin Zhao ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This monograph provides state-of-the-art theoretical and computational findings from investigations on physical and chemical dissolution front instability problems in porous media, based on the author’s own work. Although numerical results are provided to complement theoretical ones, the focus of this monograph is on the theoretical aspects of the topic and those presented in this book are ... Read more

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  • Thermal Signatures of Heat Transfer Processes in the Earth’s Crust

    Translated by C. Newcomb ...
    by Christoph Clauser ...
    Series Book 85 - Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences
    This book deals with the signatures left by geodynamic proceses in the temperature field of the Earth's crust. First, it introduces briefly the established, indirect methods for interpreting the present termperature field and methods for reconstructing the thermal fields of the geological past. Then the spatial and temporal scales that are relevant for heat transport processes are described. This ... Read more

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  • Geotechnics for Natural and Engineered Sustainable Technologies

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    Edited by A. Murali Krishna, Arindam Dey, S Sreedeep ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This contributed volume encompasses contributions by eminent researchers in the field of geotechnical engineering. The chapters of this book are based on the keynote and sub-theme lectures delivered at the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2017. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the current state-of-the-art research and practices in different domains of geotechnical engineering in the ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Mercury as a Global Pollutant

    Proceedings of the Third International Conference held in Whistler, British Columbia, July 10–14, 1994

    Edited by Donald B. Porcella, John W. Huckabee, Brian Wheatley ...
    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiv PART I MERCURY AND HUMAN HEALTH B. WHEATLEY and S. PARADIS I Exposure of Canadian Aboriginal Peoples to Methylmercury 3-11 M. GIRARD and C. DUMONT I Exposure of James Bay Cree to Methylmercury during Pregnancy for the Years 1983-91 13-19 M. RICHARDSON, M. MITCHELL, S. COAD and R. RAPHAEL I Exposure to Mercury in Canada: A Multimedia Analysis 21-30 M. RICHARDSON, M. EGYED and D ... Read more

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  • Italian soldier in North Africa 1941–43

    by Piero Crociani, Pier Paolo Battistelli ...
    Series Book 169 - Warrior
    Despite the attention paid to the Afrikakorps over the years, it was the numerically far superior forces of the Italian Army that held the line and formed the bulk of the fighting power available to the Axis powers during the War in the Desert from 1941 through to 1943. Their performance has been unfairly criticised over the years – the best units of the Italian Army were equal to those of the ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Towards Sustainable Cities in Asia and the Middle East

    Proceedings of the 1st GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition, Egypt 2017 on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures

    Edited by Haşim Altan, John Calautit, Hassam Chaudhry, Fernanda Rodrigues ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This volume presents innovative work on innovative methods, tools and practices aimed at supporting the transition of Asian and Middle Eastern cities and regions towards a more smart and sustainable dimension. The role of the built and urban environment are becoming more pronounced in Asia and Middle East as the regions continues to experience rapid increase in population and urbanisation, which ... Read more

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  • Seismic Ground Response Analysis

    by Nozomu Yoshida ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents state-of-the-art information on seismic ground response analysis, and is not only very valuable and useful for practitioners but also for researchers. The topics covered are related to the stages of analysis: 1. Input parameter selection, by reviewing the in-situ and laboratory tests used to determine dynamic soil properties as well as the methods to compile and model the ... Read more

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  • Seismic Design of RC Buildings

    Theory and Practice

    by Sharad Manohar, Suhasini Madhekar ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book is intended to serve as a textbook for engineering courses on earthquake resistant design. The book covers important attributes for seismic design such as material properties, damping, ductility, stiffness and strength. The subject coverage commences with simple concepts and proceeds right up to nonlinear analysis and push-over method for checking building adequacy. The book also ... Read more

    $80.09 USD