Forthcoming Earth Sciences Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Landscape Evolution, Neotectonics and Quaternary Environmental Change in Southern Cameroon

   Palaeoecology of Africa Vol. 31, An International Yearbook of Landscape Evolution and Palaeoenvironments

   Edited by Jürgen Runge

   Series: Palaeoecology of Africa

   Palaeoecology of Africa, volume 31 presents two compressed English versions of the PhD thesis by J. Eisenberg and M. Sangen, produced in the framework of the German Research Foundation’s funded "Rain Forest Savanna Contact" project that has been carried out between 2004 and 2009 in...

   To Be Published May 30th 2012 by CRC Press
2. Shaking the Foundations of Geo-engineering Education

   Edited by Bryan McCabe, Marina Pantazidou, Declan Phillips

   This book comprises the proceedings of the international conference Shaking the Foundations of Geo-engineering Education (NUI Galway, Ireland, 4-6 July 2012), a major initiative of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) Technical Committee (TC306) on...

   To Be Published June 13th 2012 by CRC Press
3. Major Soil Groups of the World

   Ecology, Genesis, Properties and Classification

   By Jean-Paul Legros

   This profusely illustrated book gives an exhaustive account of the principal types of soils of our planet. The "progressive descent of weathering fronts" model, recognized and used by eminent international scientists is the guiding principle of choice to link the observations and to give the reader...

   To Be Published June 14th 2012 by Science Publishers
4. Hydrogeology

   Objectives, Methods, Applications

   By Éric Gilli, Christian Mangan, Jacques Mudry

   Hydrogeology, the science of groundwater, requires a multidisciplinary approach involving many other sciences: surface hydrology, climatology, geology, geography, physics, chemistry, biology, and more. This book takes a broad view, considers water as a single entity, and presents many...

   To Be Published June 14th 2012 by Science Publishers
5. Windfarm Visualisation

   Perspective or Perception?

   By Alan Macdonald

   To Be Published June 14th 2012 by Whittles Publishing
6. Environmental Health and Hazard Risk Assessment

   Principles and Calculations

   By Louis Theodore, R. Ryan Dupont

   Environmental Health and Hazard Risk Assessment: Principles and Calculations explains how to evaluate and apply environmental health and hazard risk assessment calculations in a variety of real-life settings. Using a wealth of examples and case studies, the book helps readers develop both a...

   To Be Published June 17th 2012 by CRC Press
7. Mathematical and Numerical Modeling in Porous Media

   Applications in Geosciences

   Edited by Martin A. Diaz Viera, Pratap Sahay, Manuel Coronado, Arturo Ortiz Tapia

   Series: Multiphysics Modeling

   Porous media are widely found in nature and their study is of great relevance in our present lives. In geosciences, porous media research is fundamental in application to aquifers, mineral mines, contaminant transport, soil remediation, waste storage, oil recovery and geothermal energy deposits....

   To Be Published June 26th 2012 by CRC Press
8. Advances in Control and Automation of Water Systems

   Edited by Kaveh Hariri Asli, Faig Bakhman Ogli Naghiyev, Reza Khodaparast Haghi, Hossien Hariri Asli

   Computers are used to perform the millions of calculations required to simulate the interaction of liquids and gases with surfaces defined by boundary conditions. This new book presents topical research in the study of control and automation of water systems. The editors use the simulation of a...

   To Be Published June 30th 2012 by Apple Academic Press
9. Understanding the Geological and Medical Interface of Arsenic - As 2012

   Proceedings of the 4th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, 22-27 July 2012, Cairns, Australia

   Edited by Jack C. Ng, Barry N. Noller, Ravi Naidu, Jochen Bundschuh, Prosun Bhattacharya

   Series: Arsenic in the Environment - Proceedings

   To Be Published July 5th 2012 by CRC Press
10. Digital Soil Assessments and Beyond

    Proceedings of the 5th Global Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping 2012, Sydney, Australia

    Edited by Budiman Minasny, Alex B. McBratney, Brendan P. Malone

    Digital soil assessments and beyond … contains papers presented at the 5th Global Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping, held 10-13 April 2012 in Sydney, Australia. The contributions demonstrate the latest developments in digital soil mapping as a discipline with a special focus on the use of map...

    To Be Published July 11th 2012 by CRC Press