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The first part of the volume contains theoretical considerations of the physical properties of soils and rocks. In the second part articles deal with experiments and applications regarding creep deformation of clay, underground cavities, tunnels and deformation of sand and lamistrine sediments.

Paleoceanographic conditions which led to the formation of the "mid"-cretaceous triad along the northern Tethys margin are elucidated. The second part includes a discussion of the reconstructed paleoceanographic and tectonic variables, their possible interaction as well as their influence on sediment properties.

Geophysical methods can be useful tools for detection of leakages in dams and waste disposal sites. Self-potential/geoelectrical and thermometrical techniques as well as infrared imagery procedures are still under development in this field of application, but there already is much international experience available.

This volume is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of dynamic biological changes through the Phanerozoic which are associated with mass extinction events and similar biotic crises, and their causal mechanisms.

The state of the art on isolation techniques, ion binding theory, biologic activity in the aquatic environment as well as the formation of mutagenic compounds from chlorination is reviewed by worldwide-known experts. Additional papers describe current research on the topics: isolation, fractionation and characterization;

Methodological Aspects of Establishing Representative and Compatible Lake Date, Models and Load Diagrammes

Cellular growth, especially its pattern formation, has been studied both experimentally and numerically. Readers of the book will obtain a general view of the field of pattern formation in crystal growth, and in-depth and up-to-date knowledge of faceted cellular array growth, which occurs in semiconductor crystals.

This volume contains a number of papers presented at an international meeting which brought together researchers engaged in the development of three-dimensional visualization projects for geological purposes. Emphasis is placed on different approaches for modelling and rendering a 3D model.

The purpose of this book is to analyse and discuss a seriesof topics related with environmental conservation, land-useplanning and management and impact prevention as seen fromthe perspective of the Earth Sciences, but with an inte-grated, interdisciplinary approach.

The laboratory work to the dynamics of turbidity currents,outlined in this volume, is the first experimentalinvestigation of the nature of downslape gravity-drivencurrents of suspended sediments which are reflected/deflected against obstacles such as seamounts oceanfloorslopes.

Using computer simulations the bookfocuses on four questions, regarding the geometry ofcarbonate wedges, sequences comparable with geotectoniccycles, their influence by geoidal pulses and thedetermination of these geoidal pulse distribution ingeological time.

Since production, treatment and disposal of anthropogenic wastes are among the challenging ecological and social problems of the present and future repositories must be constructed and maintained especially with regard to long-term safety.

Based on a comparative analysis of two case studies, this volume presents a systematic analysis of urban water management in the light of environmental theory. A complex model is examined which covers the management structure, the inventory and urban hydrological conditions.

This book takes the reader through the complete weathering cycle, from the continents to the oceans, from the perspective of modern radiogenic isotope geochemistry.

This text offers simultaneous treatment of the theory and numerical applications of boundary-value problems related to the determination of a precise geoid from gravimetric data. Answers to a number of scientific problems, raised and discussed in geodetic literature, can be found here.

This book treats various generalizations of the classical O'Doherty-Anstey formula in order to describe stratigraphic filtering effects.

Turbidite sandstone successions are common elements of the stratigraphic content of sedimentary basins, and are important hydrocarbon reservoirs in many parts of the world.

Landfill, as an indispensable part of every waste management system, is subject to a critical revision. Thus the common goal of the participants of the workshop was to define both scientific and technical criteria for landfills with final storage quality.

When spatial data is digitized for use in geographic information systems and other software, information about its original scale, resolution and accuracy is frequently lost.

Contains details on the geological units of Nigeria and the associated mineral resources. Part 3 takes the mineral resources of Nigeria one on one, their geological environment, mode of occurrence, localities and where possible the reserves estimation.