Harvesting the biosphere [[electronic resource] ] : what we have taken from nature / / Vaclav Smil |
Autore | Smil Vaclav |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.95 |
Soggetto topico |
Biomass
Biosphere Natural resources - Accounting Environmental auditing |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-93888-X
0-262-31226-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; I The Earth's Biomass: Stores, Productivity, Harvests; 1 Biomass: Definitions and Compositions; 2 Biomass Stores: Means and Extremes; 3 Biomass Productivities; 4 Phytomass Harvests; 5 Zoomass Harvests; 6 Land Cover and Productivity Changes; II History of the Harvests: From Foraging to Globalization; 7 The Evolution of Foraging; 8 Crops and Animals; 9 Biomass Fuels and Raw Materials; III Adding Up the Claims: Harvests, Losses, and Trends; 10 Changing Land Cover and Land Use; 11 Harvesting the Biosphere; 12 Long-Term Trends and Possible Worlds; Scientific Units and Prefixes
ReferencesSubject Index; Species Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463224403321 |
Smil Vaclav | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Harvesting the biosphere : what we have taken from nature / / Vaclav Smil |
Autore | Smil Vaclav |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.95 |
Soggetto topico |
Biomass
Biosphere Natural resources - Accounting Environmental auditing |
ISBN |
0-262-31227-1
1-283-93888-X 0-262-31226-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; I The Earth's Biomass: Stores, Productivity, Harvests; 1 Biomass: Definitions and Compositions; 2 Biomass Stores: Means and Extremes; 3 Biomass Productivities; 4 Phytomass Harvests; 5 Zoomass Harvests; 6 Land Cover and Productivity Changes; II History of the Harvests: From Foraging to Globalization; 7 The Evolution of Foraging; 8 Crops and Animals; 9 Biomass Fuels and Raw Materials; III Adding Up the Claims: Harvests, Losses, and Trends; 10 Changing Land Cover and Land Use; 11 Harvesting the Biosphere; 12 Long-Term Trends and Possible Worlds; Scientific Units and Prefixes
ReferencesSubject Index; Species Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809553603321 |
Smil Vaclav | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The lithosphere [[electronic resource] ] : geochemistry, geology and geophysics / / Jarod E. Anderson and Robert W. Coates, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (397 p.) |
Disciplina | 551 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AndersonJarod E
CoatesRobert W |
Soggetto topico |
Geochemistry
Geology, Structural Geophysics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-60876-650-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""THE LITHOSPHERE: GEOCHEMISTRY,GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS""; ""THE LITHOSPHERE: GEOCHEMISTRY,GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""THE EARLY EARTH AND FORMATIONOF THE LITHOSPHERE""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Some Remarks on Physical Problems Related to ModelingConditions of Formation and Evolution of the Lithosphere""; ""3. Thermal Conditions during the Formation and Evolutionof the Early Earth""; ""4. Cooling of the Magma Ocean and Formation of the Lithosphere""; ""5. Early Atmosphere and Possible Conditions for the Formationof the Water-Ocean""; ""Conclusion""
""Reference""""CONTINENTAL AND OCEANIC LITHOSPHERESTRUCTURE FROM THE LONG-RANGE SEISMICPROFILING""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Lithosphere Structure of the Northern Eurasia""; ""2.1. Long-Range Profiling in the Northern Eurasia""; ""2.2. The Observed Wave Fields""; ""2.3. Methodology of the Wave Field Interpretation and 2-D VelocityModeling""; ""3. Deep Seismic Research along the Angola-Brazilian Geotraverse""; ""3.1. Introduction""; ""3.2. Experimental Data""; ""3.3. The Composite Seismic Section along the Geotraverse""; ""4. Conclusion""; ""References"" ""THE FATE OF SUBDUCTED OCEANIC CRUSTAND THE ORIGIN OF INTRAPLATE VOLCANISM""""Abstract""; ""Development of the Standard Model""; ""Why Were Two Contrasting Models for the Fate of Subducted OceanicCrust Included?""; ""A Core-Signature in Intraplate Volcanism?""; ""Melting Regimes in Plumes""; ""Consequence: Duplication of Mechanisms""; ""What if the Marble-Cake and Plume Models Had not BeenCombined?""; ""A Path Followed Two Decades Later""; ""Helium Isotopes Re-visited""; ""Osmium Isotopes and Heterogeneity in the Convecting Mantle"" ""Production of Pyroxenitic Sources in the Convecting Mantle""""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""HELIUM ISOTOPE VARIATIONS ALONG THE NIIGATAKOBETECTONIC ZONE, CENTRAL JAPAN""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Analytical Procedures and Results""; ""4. Discussion""; ""5. Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgement""; ""References""; ""VOLATILES IN THE MANTLE LITHOSPHERE:MODES OF OCCURRENCE AND CHEMICALCOMPOSITIONS""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1. Implications of Mantle Volatiles""; ""1.2. Occurrence Modes of Mantle Volatiles""; ""1.3. Compositions of Mantle Volatiles"" ""2. Samples and Analytical Methods""""2.1. Representative Samples""; ""2.2. Analytical Methods""; ""2.3. Improved Online Vacuum Stepwise Heating Method""; ""3. Occurrence Modes of Volatiles""; ""3.1. Fluid Inclusions""; ""3.2. Volatiles in Mineral Structural Defects and Vacancies""; ""3.3. Anion Complexes Incorporated in Crystal Structures""; ""3.4. The Superimposed Effects of Volatiles in Different Occurrence""; ""4. The Redox State and Volatile Species in the Mantle""; ""4.1. The Redox State in the Mantle""; ""4.2. Volatile Species in the Mantle"" ""5. Chemical Compositions of Volatiles in Sub-ContinentalLithospheric Mantle"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452455503321 |
New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The lithosphere [[electronic resource] ] : geochemistry, geology and geophysics / / Jarod E. Anderson and Robert W. Coates, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (397 p.) |
Disciplina | 551 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AndersonJarod E
CoatesRobert W |
Soggetto topico |
Geochemistry
Geology, Structural Geophysics |
ISBN | 1-60876-650-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""THE LITHOSPHERE: GEOCHEMISTRY,GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS""; ""THE LITHOSPHERE: GEOCHEMISTRY,GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""THE EARLY EARTH AND FORMATIONOF THE LITHOSPHERE""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Some Remarks on Physical Problems Related to ModelingConditions of Formation and Evolution of the Lithosphere""; ""3. Thermal Conditions during the Formation and Evolutionof the Early Earth""; ""4. Cooling of the Magma Ocean and Formation of the Lithosphere""; ""5. Early Atmosphere and Possible Conditions for the Formationof the Water-Ocean""; ""Conclusion""
""Reference""""CONTINENTAL AND OCEANIC LITHOSPHERESTRUCTURE FROM THE LONG-RANGE SEISMICPROFILING""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Lithosphere Structure of the Northern Eurasia""; ""2.1. Long-Range Profiling in the Northern Eurasia""; ""2.2. The Observed Wave Fields""; ""2.3. Methodology of the Wave Field Interpretation and 2-D VelocityModeling""; ""3. Deep Seismic Research along the Angola-Brazilian Geotraverse""; ""3.1. Introduction""; ""3.2. Experimental Data""; ""3.3. The Composite Seismic Section along the Geotraverse""; ""4. Conclusion""; ""References"" ""THE FATE OF SUBDUCTED OCEANIC CRUSTAND THE ORIGIN OF INTRAPLATE VOLCANISM""""Abstract""; ""Development of the Standard Model""; ""Why Were Two Contrasting Models for the Fate of Subducted OceanicCrust Included?""; ""A Core-Signature in Intraplate Volcanism?""; ""Melting Regimes in Plumes""; ""Consequence: Duplication of Mechanisms""; ""What if the Marble-Cake and Plume Models Had not BeenCombined?""; ""A Path Followed Two Decades Later""; ""Helium Isotopes Re-visited""; ""Osmium Isotopes and Heterogeneity in the Convecting Mantle"" ""Production of Pyroxenitic Sources in the Convecting Mantle""""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""HELIUM ISOTOPE VARIATIONS ALONG THE NIIGATAKOBETECTONIC ZONE, CENTRAL JAPAN""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Analytical Procedures and Results""; ""4. Discussion""; ""5. Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgement""; ""References""; ""VOLATILES IN THE MANTLE LITHOSPHERE:MODES OF OCCURRENCE AND CHEMICALCOMPOSITIONS""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1. Implications of Mantle Volatiles""; ""1.2. Occurrence Modes of Mantle Volatiles""; ""1.3. Compositions of Mantle Volatiles"" ""2. Samples and Analytical Methods""""2.1. Representative Samples""; ""2.2. Analytical Methods""; ""2.3. Improved Online Vacuum Stepwise Heating Method""; ""3. Occurrence Modes of Volatiles""; ""3.1. Fluid Inclusions""; ""3.2. Volatiles in Mineral Structural Defects and Vacancies""; ""3.3. Anion Complexes Incorporated in Crystal Structures""; ""3.4. The Superimposed Effects of Volatiles in Different Occurrence""; ""4. The Redox State and Volatile Species in the Mantle""; ""4.1. The Redox State in the Mantle""; ""4.2. Volatile Species in the Mantle"" ""5. Chemical Compositions of Volatiles in Sub-ContinentalLithospheric Mantle"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779509203321 |
New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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