A Man From Planet Earth [[electronic resource] ] : A Scientific Novel / / by Giancarlo Genta |
Autore | Genta Giancarlo |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
Disciplina | 808.83876 |
Collana | Science and Fiction |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Astrobiology Life sciences Physics Earth Geology Popular Science in Astronomy Popular Life Sciences Popular Science in Physics Popular Earth Science |
ISBN | 3-319-21115-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- part i: novel -- part ii: scientific -- Appendix. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254624203321 |
Genta Giancarlo
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Mysteries of Mars [[electronic resource] /] / by Fabio Vittorio De Blasio |
Autore | De Blasio Fabio Vittorio |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Praxis, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 pages) |
Disciplina | 523.43 |
Collana | Popular Astronomy |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Planetary science Planetology Space sciences Astrobiology Earth Geology Popular Science in Astronomy Planetary Sciences Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) Popular Earth Science |
ISBN | 3-319-74784-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Mars through the millennia -- Mars as a heavenly warrior -- Mars with its odd orbit enters science -- Schiaparelli, Lowell, and the Martians -- Martian engineers or Martian lichens? -- Mars as seen by Mariners and Vikings -- A long interval and the return to Mars -- Technical box: Sending a spacecraft to Mars -- Mars in its orbit -- The big disappointment -- The rocks of the Martian surface -- The final answer -- Part II: history and geography of Mars -- The geography of Mars, shortly -- The interior of Mars -- Mystery No. 1. Why has Mars no magnetic field ? -- Ancient Mars: the Noachian period -- Mystery No. 2: Has Mars ever had a plate tectonics ? -- A tour on Noachian terrains of Mars: Noachis Terra -- The middle period: the Hesperian -- A tour on the Hesperian outflow channels -- The last period: the Amazonian -- Geological formations of Mars -- Part III: Processes at the surface of Mars -- Martian mountains -- The northern lowlands -- Mystery No. 3: What is the origin of the global dichotomy, which divides so sharply the North from the South of Mars? -- The giant impact basins on Mars -- Technical box: Impact cratering on Earth and Mars -- Valles Marineris -- Mistery No. 4: How were the Valles Marineris formed? -- The volcanoes of Mars -- Technical: Volcanic eruptions on Earth and Mars -- Mystery No. 5: Enigmatic mountains and mysterious geological formations (the strange arc of Acheron, the halos of Olympus Mons, Vastitas Borealis and Medusae Fossae formations) -- Part IV: an exhibition of martian images -- Fractures -- Ice-related landforms -- Technical box: Optical images, infrared, radar maps. How data are acquired from remote sensing -- Catastrophic landslides -- Mystery No. 6: Great Ice age on Mars ? -- Morphologies due to wind -- Morphologies due to water -- Mystery No. 7: Was there an ocean on Mars? -- Breathtaking views -- Mystery No. 8: The enigmatic outflow channels -- Part V: The atmosphere, climate and life on Mars -- The atmosphere of Mars -- Dust devils -- The atmosphere of Mars -- The ice caps -- Mystery No. 9: How has the atmosphere of Mars changed? And what happened to the once abundant water ? -- The search for life on Mars -- Martian meteorites -- Mystery No. 10: Is there or was there life on Mars ? -- Ancient civilization on Mars ? -- Upcoming missions to Mars -- How to get to Mars and back -- Colonize Mars ? -- Terraforming -- Technical appendices -- Martian data -- Planitiae, Fossae, Terrae: Nomenclature of planetary geology -- Missions to: past, current, future. |
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De Blasio Fabio Vittorio
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Mysterious Ocean [[electronic resource] ] : Physical Processes and Geological Evolution / / by Peter Townsend Harris |
Autore | Harris Peter Townsend |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VII, 199 p. 31 illus., 27 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 550 |
Soggetto topico |
Earth
Geology Climate change Marine sciences Freshwater Coasts Geophysics Popular Earth Science Climate Change Marine & Freshwater Sciences Coastal Sciences Geophysics and Environmental Physics |
ISBN | 3-030-15632-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter1. The ocean begins -- Chapter2. Oceans created - oceans destroyed -- Chapter3. Where did continents come from? -- Chapter4. How deep is the ocean? -- Chapter5. The ocean in motion ! -- Chapter6. The lungs of the ocean -- Chapter7. Frozen ocean - ice ages and climate change -- Chapter8. The continental shelf -- Chapter9. The face of the deep -- Chapter10. An ocean of mysteries. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910366635903321 |
Harris Peter Townsend
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Planetary fact sheets [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Greenbelt, MD], : National Space Science Data Center, <2002- > |
Disciplina |
523.4
523.44 523.6 523.7 551.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Planets
Asteroids Comets Earth Sun |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910690873303321 |
[Greenbelt, MD], : National Space Science Data Center, <2002- > | ||
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A Play for Oil [[electronic resource] ] : The Stories Behind the Discovery and Development of Oil and Gas / / by Tim Daley |
Autore | Daley Tim |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XI, 231 p. 26 illus., 13 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 550 |
Soggetto topico |
Earth
Geology Geophysics Popular Earth Science Geophysics/Geodesy |
ISBN | 3-319-67985-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Rocks Work: Geology fundamentals illustrated by student mapping projects -- Oil Play: Explanation of oil geology using examples from the UK and around the globe -- Drilling Reflections: An account of the two main information sources, drilling data and reflection seismic.- Interpretation Times: An insight into the interpretation of seismic data to evaluate hydrocarbon potential.- New Adventures: How oil companies acquire new areas and the travel in pursuit of data.- Prospects for Oil: Evaluation and drilling of new prospects from frontiers to increments.- Energy on Tap: Developing oil and gas fields.- Costing The Earth: Environmental considerations of oil exploration and development activity, including a future of fracking or not. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299414103321 |
Daley Tim
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Silica Stories [[electronic resource] /] / by Christina De La Rocha, Daniel J. Conley |
Autore | De La Rocha Christina |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XI, 201 p. 39 illus., 1 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 550 |
Soggetto topico |
Earth
Geology Nature Environment Geobiology Geochemistry Marine sciences Freshwater Popular Earth Science Popular Science in Nature and Environment Biogeosciences Marine & Freshwater Sciences |
ISBN | 3-319-54054-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. The Origin of Life Was Brought to You in Part by Silicate Rocks -- 3. The Making of Humankind: Silica Lends a Hand (and Maybe a Brain). - 4. Mystical Crystals of Silica -- 5. Glass Houses -- 6. Chicks Need Silica, Too -- 7. Of Fields, Phytoliths, and Hippo Poo -- 8. Silica, Be Dammed! -- 9. No Such Thing as Normal -- 10. Geoengineering, aka Silica to Save the World. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254002703321 |
De La Rocha Christina
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The solid earth : an introduction to global geophysics / C.M.R. Fowler |
Autore | Fowler, C.M.R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c1990 |
Descrizione fisica | xviii, 472 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
Soggetto topico |
Earth
Geophysics |
ISBN | 0521385903 |
Classificazione |
52.9.3
551 QC806 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001245999707536 |
Fowler, C.M.R.
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Die Welt der Rohstoffe [[electronic resource] ] : Lagerstätten, Förderung und wirtschaftliche Aspekte / / von Florian Neukirchen, Gunnar Ries |
Autore | Neukirchen Florian |
Edizione | [2nd ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 357 S.) |
Disciplina | 550 |
Soggetto topico |
Earth
Geology Energy Mineral resources Environmental sciences Economic geology Mineralogy Popular Earth Science Energy, general Mineral Resources Environmental Science and Engineering Economic Geology |
ISBN | 3-662-48242-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Nota di contenuto | Einführung -- Die Welt der Metalle -- Magmatische Lagerstätten -- Hydrothermale Lagerstätten -- Lagerstätten durch Sedimentation und Verwitterung -- Fossile Energie -- Industrieminerale, Steine und Erden -- Glossar -- Weiterführende Literatur -- Bildnachweis -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910151669003321 |
Neukirchen Florian
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The Women Who Popularized Geology in the 19th Century [[electronic resource] /] / by Kristine Larsen |
Autore | Larsen Kristine |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VIII, 216 p. 8 illus., 1 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 509 |
Soggetto topico |
History
Literature—History and criticism Earth Geology History of Science Literary History Popular Earth Science |
ISBN | 3-319-64952-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The Status of the Geological Sciences Circa 1800 -- The Popularization of Science -- Jane Haldimand Marcet (1769 – 1858): The Queen of the Familiar Format -- Maria Hack (1777 – 1844): Contrivance and Conversation -- Jane Kilby Welsh (1783 – 1853): Faith and Family -- Delvalle Lowry (1800 – 59): Apprentice and Author -- Delia Woodruff Godding (1812 – 61): Poetry and Perseverance -- Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps (1793 – 1884): Textbooks and the Female Seminary -- Alternatives to the Familiar Format -- The Extinction of the Familiar Format. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254770803321 |
Larsen Kristine
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