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Hardcover. The first comprehensive, practical guide to the selection, construction, and installation of soil bioengineering and biotechnical slope protection Here is the ultimate guide to physically attractive, environmentally compatible, and cost-effective methods of protecting slopes from erosion and mass wasting. Num Pages: 400 pages, 150 photographs. BIC Classification: RBGB; TNCC; TNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471049784
- ISBN
- 9780471049784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.81
€ 178.81
Hardback. Anyone interested in the history of life-from paleontologists to inquisitive birders-will find Birds of Stone an irresistible feast for the eyes and mind. Num Pages: 304 pages, 200, 184 colour illustrations, 5 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white line drawi. BIC Classification: 1FPC; PSVW6; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 306 x 289 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1404.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420240
- ISBN
- 9781421420240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.60€ 74.88
€ 82.60
€ 74.88
Hardback. The microscopic examination of fossilized bone tissue is a sophisticated and increasingly important analytical tool for understanding the life history of ancient organisms. This book provides an essential primer and manual for using fossil bone histology to investigate the biology of extinct tetrapods. Editor(s): Padian, Kevin; Lamm, Ellen-Therese. Num Pages: 298 pages, 75 color illustrations, 6 b/w photographs, 13 line illustrations, 20 tables. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273528
- ISBN
- 9780520273528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.45€ 63.14
€ 81.45
€ 63.14
Paperback. The vertebrate fossil record extends back more than 500 million years, and bonebeds - localized concentrations of the skeletal remains of vertebrate animals - help unlock the secrets of this long history. This book provides readers with definitions, theoretical frameworks, and modern techniques in bonebed data collection and analysis. Editor(s): Rogers, Raymond R.; Eberth, David A.; Fiorillo, Tony R. Num Pages: 400 pages, 89 halftones, 26 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: HDW; PSVW; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226723716
- ISBN
- 9780226723716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.84
€ 46.99
€ 35.84
Paperback. A behind-the-scenes look at the search for human origins, analyzing how the biases and preconceptions of paleoanthropologists shape their work. The stories of the Taung Child and Neanderthal Man provide the background to the modern search for an exploration of how and where humans evolved. Num Pages: 366 pages, 70 halftones, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226476513
- ISBN
- 9780226476513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.39
€ 38.99
€ 30.39
Hardcover. Series: Analytical Methods in Earth and Environmental Science. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119010630
- ISBN
- 9781119010630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.23
€ 132.23
Paperback. This substantial volume showcases 35 of the presentations delivered at the 5th International Brachiopod Congress in Copenhagen. The brachiopod congresses are a focus for cutting-edge research in brachiopod palaeontology and neontology. Editor(s): Harper, David A. T.; Long, Sarah; Nielsen, Claus. Series: Fossils and Strata Monograph Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 275 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 54
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405186643
- ISBN
- 9781405186643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.28
€ 79.28
Paperback. Series: Special Papers in Palaeontology S. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palaeontological Association United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780901702982
- ISBN
- 9780901702982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 147.00
€ 147.00
Paperback. Series: Fossils and Strata Monograph S. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DND; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 190 x 6. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Norway
- Edition
- Number 20
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788200025580
- ISBN
- 9788200025580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.30
€ 73.30
Paperback. Braided rivers form some of the world's most dynamic and varied alluvial environments. They present issues in relation to flood control, irrigation, habitat protection and river regulation; and their deposits act as important aquifiers and hydrocarbon reservoirs giving them a key role in resource management. Editor(s): Smith, Gregory H.Sambrook; Best, James L.; Bristow, Charlie S.; Petts, Geoff E. Series Editor(s): Jarvis, Ian. Series: International Association of Sedimentologists Series. Num Pages: 396 pages, 197 illustrations. BIC Classification: RBKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 275 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405151214
- ISBN
- 9781405151214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.41
€ 187.41
Hardback. After several decades of significant but incomplete successes, environmental protection in the United States is stuck. This title identifies the core problems with existing environmental statutes and programmes and explain how Congress can fix them. Illustrator(s): Paulus-Jagric, Deborah. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JM; LNKJ; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300149609
- ISBN
- 9780300149609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 672 pages, 543 figures, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PSAJ; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 217 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2176.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- third edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158930
- ISBN
- 9780231158930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.54€ 85.43
€ 105.54
€ 85.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 672 pages, 543 figures, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PSAJ; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 41. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- third edition
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158923
- ISBN
- 9780231158923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.58€ 144.23
€ 191.58
€ 144.23
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412727801
- ISBN
- 9780412727801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 286.78€ 175.95
€ 286.78
€ 175.95
Paperback. Enlightenment inquiries into weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. This title reveals how a sense of the national climate emerged in the 18th century from the systematic recording of the weather, and how it was deployed in discussions of the health and welfare of the population. Num Pages: 284 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; PDX; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424. 284 pages, 20 halftones. Enlightenment inquiries into weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. This title reveals how a sense of the national climate emerged in the 18th century from the systematic recording of the weather, and how it was deployed in discussions of the health and welfare of the population. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; PDX; RBP. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226302034
- ISBN
- 9780226302034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.81
€ 38.99
€ 30.81
Hardcover. Enlightenment inquiries into weather sought to impose order on a force that had the power to alter human life and social conditions. This title reveals how a sense of the national climate emerged in the 18th century from the systematic recording of the weather, and how it was deployed in discussions of the health and welfare of the population. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDX; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226302058
- ISBN
- 9780226302058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.77€ 76.88
€ 91.77
€ 76.88
Paperback. Series: TOPA Topics in Paleobiology. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PS; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118455005
- ISBN
- 9781118455005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.83
€ 107.83
hardcover. This book summarizes buoyancy-driven flows for advanced students and researchers in oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, atmospheric science and Earth science. Editor(s): Chassignet, Eric; Cenedese, Claudia; Verron, Jacques. Num Pages: 444 pages, 244 b/w illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: RBKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 186 x 30. Weight in Grams: 986.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107008878
- ISBN
- 9781107008878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.06€ 150.51
€ 154.06
€ 150.51
Paperback. Examines the ideas and practices of earth scientists throughout the Western world to show how the story of what we call "deep time" was pieced together. This title explores who was responsible for the discovery of the earth's history, and details how the study of the history of the earth helped define a new branch of science called geology. Num Pages: 732 pages, 145 halftones, 34 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 178 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2182.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 732
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731131
- ISBN
- 9780226731131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
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
€ 106.32
€ 106.32
Paperback. Tracing the history of seismology and the rise of the regulatory state and of environmental awareness, California Earthquakes tells how earthquake-hazard management came about, why some groups assisted and others fought it, and how scientists and engineers helped shape it. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFC; RBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801889769
- ISBN
- 9780801889769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.62
€ 42.62
Paperback. Series: Fossils and Strata Monograph S. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Norway
- Edition
- Number 46
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788200376927
- ISBN
- 9788200376927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.83
€ 49.83
Paperback. Series: Fossils and Strata Monograph S. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 215 x 9. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Norway
- Edition
- Number 35
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788200376514
- ISBN
- 9788200376514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Hardcover. Editor(s): Baird, Andrew J.; Belyea, Lisa R. Belyea; Comas, Xavier; Reeve, A. S.; Slater, Lee D. Series: Geophysical Monograph Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1206.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875904498
- ISBN
- 9780875904498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.93
€ 172.93