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UNINA9910784004303321 |
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Titolo |
Advances in earth science [[electronic resource] ] : from earthquakes to global warming / / editors, P.R. Sammonds, J.M.T. Thompson |
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London, : Imperial College Press |
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Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ, : Distributed by World Scientific Publishing, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-12064-2 |
9786611120641 |
1-86094-871-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (343 p.) |
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Collana |
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Royal Society series on advances in science ; ; v. 2 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SammondsP. R (Peter R.) |
ThompsonJ. M. T |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Earth sciences |
Global environmental change |
Geodynamics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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" ... articles originating from invited papers published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, [series A]."-- P. [4] of cover. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface Chris Hawkesworth, FRS; Profiles of the Editors and Authors; CONTENTS; Introduction Peter Sammonds; Section 1: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; Section 2: DYNAMICS OF THE EARTH; Section 3: APPLIED EARTH SCIENCE; Afterword Bill McGuire; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Advances in Earth Science outlines the latest developments and new research directions currently being made world-wide in the earth sciences. It contains invited and refereed articles by leading younger researchers on their cutting-edge research, but aimed at a general scientific audience. This exciting volume explains how powerful methodologies such as satellite remote sensing and supercomputing simulations are now profoundly changing research in the earth sciences; how the earth system is increasingly being viewed in a holistic way, linking the atmosphere, ocean and solid earth; and how the |
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