1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996200051703316

Autore

Gillieson David S

Titolo

Caves [[electronic resource] ] : processes, development, and management / / David Gillieson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Cambridge, Mass., : Blackwell Publishers, 1998, c1996

ISBN

1-282-37170-3

9786612371707

1-4443-1368-1

1-4443-1367-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Collana

The natural environment

Disciplina

551.447

578.7584

Soggetti

Caves

Landforms

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [300]-301) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Caves: Processes, Development and Management; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; ONE: The Cave System and Karst; What is Karst?; What is a Cave?; Where are the Deepest and Longest Caves?; Caves as Geomorphic Systems; Now the Details ...; TWO: Cave Hydrology; Basic Concepts in Karst Drainage Systems; Karst Aquifers; Porosity and Permeability of Karatic Rocks; Zonation of the Karst Drainage System; Defining the Catchment of a Cave; Hydraulics of Groundwater Flow in Karst; Diffuse flow; Fissure flow; Conduit flow (turbulent and laminar cases); Flow nets in karst drainage systems

The Role of SalinityEvolution of the Karst Drainage System; Analysis of Karst Drainage Systems; Water tracing techniques; Spring hydrograph analysis; Spring chemograph analysis; Structure and Function of Karst Drainage Systems; Storage and transfers in the karst system; The role of extreme events; Karst Hydrology of the Mammoth Cave Plateau, Kentucky; THREE: Processes of Cave Development; Introduction; Karst Rocks; Limestone; Dolomite; Sandstone; Processes of Dissolution of Karst Rocks; The solution of limestone in meteoric waters; Soil and vegetation in the limestone solution process



The zoning of solution in the unsaturated zoneLimestone solution in seawater; Solution of evaporites; Solution of silicates in meteoric waters; Rock Control and Cave Morphology; Role of lithology; Role of joints, fractures and faults; Cave breakdown and evaporite weathering; The Development of Common Caves; Formation of caves in plan; Formation of caves in length and depth; The Formation of Maze Caves; Caves formed by floodwaters; Caves formed by hydrothermal waters; Caves formed in gypsum; Lava Tubes, Weathering Caves and Pseudokarst; The formation of lava tubes

Weathering caves and pseudokarstOrigin of Caves: an Overview; Geological Control and the World's Longest Cave; FOUR: Cave Formations; Introduction; Carbonates; Controls over carbonate mineralogy; Cave deposits formed by carbonate minerals; Colour of calcite formations; Important Non-Carbonate Minerals; Evaporites; Phosphates and nitrates; Oxides, silicates and hydroxides; Other Minerals; Cave Formations of the Nullarbor Plain, Australia; FIVE: Cave Sediments; Introduction; Clastic Sediment Types; Processes of Sedimentation; Gravity-fall processes; Waterlain clastic sediments

Diagenesis of Cave SedimentsStratigraphy and its Interpretation; Sediment Transport and Particle Size; Provenance Studies; Caves and Flood History in the Kimberleys, Australia; SIX: Dating Cave Deposits; The Importance of Dating Cave Deposits; Dating Techniques and the Quaternary Timescale; Palaeomagnetism; Radiocarbon; Uranium series; Trapped electron methods: ESR, TL and OSL; Timing the Ice Ages; SEVEN: Cave Deposits and Past Climates; Introduction; Basic Principles and Tests for Reliability; The Last Glacial-lnterglacial Temperature Record; Carbon Isotopes and Environmental Change

Stalagmite Fluorescence and Sunspot Cycles

Sommario/riassunto

This book is aimed at students of the natural environment, but it will also appeal to those - cavers, environmental managers and field naturalists - who are curious about the underground world and its inhabitants. it is illustrated throughout with photographs, maps and line diagrams, almost all of which are original to the book.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910367751903321

Autore

Bakillah Ahmed

Titolo

New Lipid Lowering Therapies For Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases : : Lessons From The Past and Future Challenges / / Ahmed Bakillah

Pubbl/distr/stampa

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019

Basel, Switzerland : , : MDPI, , 2019

ISBN

9783039216772

3039216775

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (116 p.)

Soggetti

Biology, life sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book illustrates some of the most recent research efforts that have been made in lowering plasma cholesterol levels in patients with CVD. Selected articles aimed to illuminate advances and urgent challenges in the management of CVD, including disease management using statin-combined therapeutic strategies.