Proceedings of a symposium at the 1987 INQUA Congress, Ottawa, Aug. 1987. Contributions present the application of quaternary studies to land use planning and development. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
This work covers the geographical distribution of Crustaceans with hypotheses on how the distribution took place, based on fossil and recent records.
This volume is an outcome of the symposia on the Crustacean Issues in the annual meeting of The Crustacean Society. It examines in depth timely topics at... Læs mere
A listing and analysis of 3106 references to the rhinoceros in books and articles.
This book deals with the practical aspects in regeneration of field crop plants; regeneration of pasture plants; and regeneration of horticultural plants. It discusses the methods to increase seed stocks of cross-pollinated species.
This volume is based on the symposium on controversies in 'Homo sapiens evolution' in Zagreb. It examines the competing models for... Læs mere
This proceedings covers the general problem related to the damage initiation and development, the failure criteria and the specific aspects related to fatigue, creep behaviour, moisture diffusion and the problem of the joining systems.
A history of mining. This revised edition in a way describes the history of civilization and the early development of nations. Where minerals and mining existed, they... Læs mere
Presenting advances in the field of phytolith research, this well-structured collection of reviews and papers focuses in particular upon the use of phytoliths for deciphering fundamental issues in earth science and human history.
Earth observation data policy has received little attention, even though the conditions of access to Earth observation data are fundamental to the exploitation of and the further growth of the Earth observation sector. This unique book addresses this limitation.
This work reflects preoccupations with the threats posed to our environment due to climatic factors, major and natural hazards of all kinds and demographic influences. Topics covered include land surface processes, coastal zones and atmospheric risks.
This collection of papers addresses a number of topics in hydrology tracing techniques including: protection of natural resources against pollution; the use of natural and artificial tracers to help to assess contaminant transport in surface water...