Earth sciences
Results 457 - 480 of 1600
Earth sciences
Hardcover. Diamonds are a multi-billion dollar business involving some of the world s largest mining companies, a million and a half artisanal diggers, more than a million cutters and polishers and a huge retail jewellery sector. Series: Resources. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAT; RBGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 211 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745672304
- ISBN
- 9780745672304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.55
€ 57.55
Paperback. Diamonds are a multi-billion dollar business involving some of the world s largest mining companies, a million and a half artisanal diggers, more than a million cutters and polishers and a huge retail jewellery sector. Series: Polity Resources Series. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: KNAT; RBGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745672311
- ISBN
- 9780745672311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.86
€ 18.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 76. BIC Classification: BGT; PSAJ; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 920. 480 pages, 17 maps, 33halftones, 12line drawings, 8 colour insert. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: BGT; PSAJ; RBG. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 36. Weight: 916.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801443480
- ISBN
- 9780801443480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Paperback. The program requires a Macintosh, Windows, or Windows 95 operating system. Num Pages: 264 pages, 211, 211 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RBP; TJKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 284 x 16. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801855771
- ISBN
- 9780801855771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.90
€ 53.99
€ 44.90
Hardback. Traces the ever-evolving relationship between science and industry and reveals the unsuspected role geology played in shaping our understanding of the history of oil Num Pages: 248 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; KNBP; RBGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234864
- ISBN
- 9780803234864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.75
€ 57.75
Hardcover. * Builds on the success of the previous editions to present an unparalleled resource on soil formation and classification. *12 page color plate section featuring soil profiles. * Inclusion of new classification systems in China and Brazil. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGB; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 182 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1246.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813807690
- ISBN
- 9780813807690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.37
€ 114.37
Hardcover. Recommended by users for its clear explanations and readability. Troeh and Thompson's Soil; and Soil Fertility provides and excellent overview of soils for students in agriculture and the environmental sciences. Num Pages: 489 pages, 231. BIC Classification: RBGB; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 263 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1064.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Number of pages
- 489
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813809557
- ISBN
- 9780813809557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.96
€ 146.96
Hardcover. A sociological study of changing farming methods, investigating those techniques that have gradually continued to replace the plow culture. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22. BIC Classification: RBGB; RNF; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813819471
- ISBN
- 9780813819471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.75
€ 137.75
Hardcover. A textbook designed for use in university courses on the subject and as a reference book for practitioners and students. It describes the physical properties of soils and how these properties affect agriculture and the environment. It includes definitions of useful terms and concepts. It offers discussion of soil-plant water relationships. Num Pages: 421 pages, 0. BIC Classification: RBGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 187 x 32. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 421
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813820873
- ISBN
- 9780813820873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.40
€ 126.40
Hardcover. Drawing on multidisciplinary research, the authors of this text provide an overview of the theories and data that explain the process of evaporation from free water and soils which are bare, tilled or residue-covered. They discuss the benefits of various methods of reducing evaporation. Num Pages: 142 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGB; RNF; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813828572
- ISBN
- 9780813828572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.23
€ 131.23
Paperback. Traces the emergence of the mammoth US flood management system, which is overseen by the federal government but implemented in conjunction with state governments and local contractors and levee districts. This book shows how the system initially developed as a response to the demands of farmers and business elite in outlying territories. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RBP; RNK; TNFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337737
- ISBN
- 9780822337737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Paperback. Palaeomagnetism, plates, hot spots, trenches and ridges are the subject of this unusual book. Plate Tectonics is a book of exercises and background information that introduces and demonstrates the basics of the subject. Num Pages: 416 pages, 163. BIC Classification: RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 191 x 19. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Blackwell Scientific Publications inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865423138
- ISBN
- 9780865423138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.93
€ 117.93
Paperback. This text's main aim is to broadly summarize and synthesize current knowledge of the determinants of species diversity and provide an overview and synthesis of the major scientific questions in species coexistence. Num Pages: 464 pages, 110. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSAJ; PSTS; PSVS; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865427440
- ISBN
- 9780865427440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 162.03
€ 162.03
Paperback. * Comprehensive coverage, up--to--date, densely illustrated and fully referenced throughout. * Varied environmental concerns of different regions are represented by a broad geographical spread of examples. * Author is a distinguished engineering geologist with extensive international experience. . Num Pages: 608 pages, 297. BIC Classification: RBG; RNP; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865428751
- ISBN
- 9780865428751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 134.87
€ 134.87
Paperback. As it has grown in length and level through successive edtions, the same author's Introduction to Ore Geology (now Ore Geology and Industrial Minerals) has left behind its original audience: first- and second -ear students. This new textbook, designed to fill that niche , was written specifically for introductory courses. Num Pages: 376 pages, 173 illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGL; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865428768
- ISBN
- 9780865428768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 98.59
€ 98.59
Paperback. Mud-mounds are build-ups of biogenic carbonate sediment and are economically important as hosts of lead-zinc mineralization as well as oil and gas deposits. This book investigates the structure, origin and evolution of carbonate mud-mounds. It reviews the different mechanisms, principally microbial and detrital, of mud-mound formation. Editor(s): Monty, C. L. V.; Bosence, D. W. J.; Bridges, P. H.; Pratt, B. R. Series: International Association of Sedimentologists Series. Num Pages: 544 pages, 339 illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGB; RBGD; RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865429338
- ISBN
- 9780865429338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 179.01
€ 179.01
Hardcover. Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 114.
Our understanding of biogeochemical cycles is directly related to the research and analyses we bring to them, and to our critical sense of the methods we use. Editor(s): Kasibhatla, Prasad; Heimann, Martin; Rayner, Peter; Mahowald, Natalie; Prinn, Ronald G.; Hartley, Dana E. Series: Geophysical Monograph Series. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: RB. Dimension: 274 x 222. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Our understanding of biogeochemical cycles is directly related to the research and analyses we bring to them, and to our critical sense of the methods we use. Editor(s): Kasibhatla, Prasad; Heimann, Martin; Rayner, Peter; Mahowald, Natalie; Prinn, Ronald G.; Hartley, Dana E. Series: Geophysical Monograph Series. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: RB. Dimension: 274 x 222. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875900971
- ISBN
- 9780875900971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.09
€ 84.09
Paperback. Editor(s): Simpson, Robert; Anthes, Richard A.; Garstan, Michael. Series: Special Publications. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875902975
- ISBN
- 9780875902975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.09
€ 95.09
Paperback. Series: Water Resources Monograph. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PHVG; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875903194
- ISBN
- 9780875903194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.78
€ 104.78
Paperback. Series: Water Resources Monograph. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RBKF; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875903224
- ISBN
- 9780875903224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.37
€ 68.37
Hardcover. Editor(s): Duan, Qingyun; Gupta, Hoshin V.; Rousseau, Main N.; Turcotte, Richard. Series: Water Science and Application. Num Pages: 346 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RBKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875903552
- ISBN
- 9780875903552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.63
€ 104.63
Hardcover. Editor(s): Clift, Professor Peter (Louisiana State University); Kuhnt, Wolfgang; Wang, Pinxian; Hayes, Dennis E. Num Pages: 346 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1116.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875904146
- ISBN
- 9780875904146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.38
€ 97.38
Hardcover. Editor(s): Karlstrom, Karl E.; Keller, G. Randy. Series: Geophysical Monograph Series. Num Pages: 442 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps (some col.). BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1429.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union United States
- Edition
- Volume 154
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875904191
- ISBN
- 9780875904191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.38
€ 97.38
Hardcover. Editor(s): Van Der Hilst, Robert D; Bass, Jay D (Department of Geology, University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign); Matas, Jan; Trampert, Jeannot. Num Pages: 341 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 440 x 278 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875904252
- ISBN
- 9780875904252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.59
€ 98.59