Advances in earth science [[electronic resource] ] : from earthquakes to global warming / / editors, P.R. Sammonds, J.M.T. Thompson

• Pubblicazione: London, : Imperial College Press; Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ, : Distributed by World Scientific Publishing, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (343 p.)
• Disciplina: 550
• Soggetto topico: Earth sciences; Global environmental change; Geodynamics
• Altri autori: SammondsP. R (Peter R.) ThompsonJ. M. T
• Note generali: " ... articles originating from invited papers published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, [series A]."-- P. [4] of cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Advances in earth science
• ISBN: 1-281-12064-2; 9786611120641; 1-86094-871-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784004303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Royal Society series on advances in science ; ; v. 2.