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Cambridge University Press De corporibus marinis lapidescentibus quæ defossa reperiuntur
Book SynopsisThis illustrated 1752 publication brings together two seventeenth-century works that paved the way for the study of palaeontology. Sicilian artist Agostino Scilla (16291700) and Neapolitan botanist Fabio Colonna (15671640) both argued that fossils were the remains of living organisms rather than extraordinary mineral phenomena with magical properties.Table of ContentsDe corporibus marinis lapidescentibus; Fabii Columnae Lyncei de glossopetris dissertatio; Index tabularum; Tabulae I-XXVIII.
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Cambridge University Press An Anthropology of Deep Time
Book SynopsisIn the face of debates about the Anthropocene - a geological epoch of our own making - and contemporary concerns about ecological crisis and the Sixth Mass Extinction, it is more important than ever to locate the timeframe of human activity within the deep time of planetary history. This path-breaking book is a timely critical review of the anthropology of time, exploring our human relationship with the timescale of geological formation. Richard D. G. Irvine shows how the time-horizons of social life are a matter of crucial concern, and lays bare the ways in which human activity becomes severed from the long-term geological and ecological rhythms on which it depends.Trade Review'If much of the current sense of ecological crisis turns on how resources are abstracted from the conditions of their renewal, suppose that very evocation of the future were itself an abstraction we cannot afford. Told with verve and wit, this foray into encounters with deep time asks us to see the time that we are hiding from ourselves. Irvine's clarity of argument opens out the 'anthropology of time' onto a new horizon of global significance.' Marilyn Strathern, University of CambridgeTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Time depth; 2. Time travelling pits and migrant rocks; 3. Excluding water; 4. The problem with presentism; 5. Mapping deep time; 6. Geology and biography; 7. Enter catastrophe; 8. Wasteland.
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Cambridge University Press Cerium anomalies and paleoredox
Book SynopsisCe anomalies track changes in oxygen availability due to the anomalous redox-sensitivity of Ce compared with the other rare earth elements. The proxy systematics have been calibrated experimentally as well as in modern anoxic water bodies. Ce anomalies are unique because they track intermediate manganous conditions, rather than fully anoxic conditions. In addition, they are sensitive to localregional redox conditions, and can be analysed in chemical sediments such as carbonate rocks. This makes them especially useful as a tool to track local oxygen distribution in shallow shelf environments, where biodiversity is highest. This review focusses on the systematics of the Ce anomaly proxy, the preservation and extraction of the signal in sedimentary rocks, and the potential applications of the proxy.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Underpinning of the Proxy; 3. Materials and Methods; 4. Case Studies; 5. Future Prospects; 6. Key Papers.
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Oxford University Press Inc Geology and Landscapes of Americas National Parks
Book SynopsisAn illustration-rich, easy-to-read book on the geology of national parks aimed at the typical science-averse college student taking a general education course. The national parks are used as touchstones to develop the story of the origin and evolution of the American West, the Appalachian Mountains, and the North American continent. Basic geologic concepts are introduced including volcanism, mountain building, deep time, tectonics, sedimentation, and glaciation asthey become relevant within the context of specific parks.Trade ReviewThe book is well written in a scientifically meaningful, but welcoming, conversational style. Any individual interested in visiting one of the Parks covered in the book will find they will be well prepared. The friendly style of reading will encourage students to get into the text, as will the companion illustration set. Christopher Fedo, University of TennesseeThe descriptions are engaging and clear. Many paragraphs read as if you are right there on a field trip with the author. -Stephen O. Moshier, Wheaton College, IllinoisAn engaging text illustrating geologic processes through the lens of our national parks. -Jeffrey Gee, University of California, San Diego
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University of Chicago Press Fossils
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux basinandrange
Book SynopsisThe first of John McPhee''s works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern worlda history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern California, a silent world of austere beauty, of hundreds of discrete high mountain ranges that are green with junipers and often white with snow. The terrain becomes the setting for a lyrical evocation of the science of geology, with important digressions into the plate-tectonics revolution and the history of the geologic time scale.
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W. W. Norton & Company Essentials of Geology
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Blue Planet Binder Ready Version An
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Reefs and Carbonate Platforms in the Pacific and
Book SynopsisContains 17 of the papers presented at the IAS International Workshop on Reefs and Carbonate platforms in the Pacific and Indian oceans held in Sydney (July 1995). The book covers disciplines related to carbonate geology: sedimentology, geochemistry, geophysics, reef ecology and modelling.Trade Review"This ISA Special Publication contains, without doubt, many interesting and valuable contributions." Journal of Sedimentary ResearchTable of ContentsIntroduction. Processes Operating. The Boundaries Of Carbonate Platforms. The Origin Of The Great Barrier Reef. Development And Demise Of Mid-Oceanic Carbonate Platforms, Wodejebato Guyot (NW Pacific). Stable Tropics Not So Stable: Climatically-Driven Extinctions Of Reef-Associated Molluscan Assemblages (Western Indian Ocean, Last Interglacial To Present). Sedimentary Cycles In Carbonate Platform Facies: Fourier Analysis Of Geophysical Logs From ODP Sites 865 And 866. Platform Case Histories. Aptian-Albian Eustatic Sea Levels. Origin Of Massive Replacive Dolomite Within Atolls And Carbonate Platforms. Computer Simulation Of A Cainozoic Carbonate Platform, Marion Plateau, Northeast Australia. Quaternary And Tertiary Subtropical Carbonate Platform Development On The Continental Margin Of Southern Queensland, Australia. Pleistocene Sea-Level Changes And The Consequent Development Of Reefs In The Ryukyu Islands, Southwestern Japan. Oceanic Reef Case Histories. Atolls And Volcanic Islands. Morphology And Sediments Of The Foreslopes Of Mayotte, Comoro Islands: Direct Observations From Submersible. Tectonic And Monsoonal Controls On Coral Atolls In The South China Sea. Modeling Of Interstitial Water Circulation Inside A Reef Platform: Steady State Flow, Heterogeneity Effects And Tidal Transient State. Active Margins; Environmental And Tectonic Influence On Growth And Internal Structure Of A Fringing Reef At Tasmaloum (SW Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Island Arc, SW Pacific). Passive Margins. Lagoonal Sedimentation On Heron Reef, Southern Great Barrier Reef Province. Terrigenous Sediment: A Control On Reef Development?. Comparison Between Subtropical And Temperate Carbonate Elemental Composition: Examples From The Great Barrier Reef, Shart Bay And Tasmania, Australia And The Persian Gulf, UAE
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DK Fossils
Book SynopsisThe clearest and sharpest recognition guide to over 500 invertebrate, vertebrate, and plant fossils from around the world. This comprehensive pocket guide is the perfect introduction to finding, identifying, and collecting fossils. It features more than 500 species of plant and animal fossils, from trilobites and megafauna to dinosaurs and ancient trees. This handbook cuts through the complicated identification process with expertly written and thoroughly vetted text that features precise description, enabling you to recognize a species instantly. Over 1,000 photographs, with illuminating annotations, help you pick out a fossil's chief characteristics and distinguishing features, while a color illustration shows the fossil as a living plant or animal. The detailed introduction explains what a fossil is and how they are classified. Start building your own collection with advice on where to look for fossils, what tools and safety equipment are needed for collecti
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Marylandâs Geology
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Carving a Sitting Bear in Soapstone
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Mineral Treasures of the Ozarks
Book SynopsisThe Ozarks highland region of the Midwest, located in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas, contains beautiful mineral specimens for those with sharp eyes and a keen interest to discover minerals. Over 500 images represent the collectible minerals of the western Ozarks tristate district and Missouri's Viburnum Trend. Barite and fluorite as well as a variety of colorful copper, cobalt, nickel, and iron minerals grace the pages of this book, as do various forms of calcite and quartz, the latter of which can be a rock hound''s delight. The fascinating and approachable text discusses these Mississippi Valley Type (MVT) minerals, their deposition, how they fit into the broader scope of North American mineralogy, and the locations of MVT minerals around the world. A focus of the book are those minerals that historically occur along the Ozarks'' extensive waterways. This unique book is a must for anyone fascinated with the earth''s natural beauty.
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Bloomsbury USA Stone by Stone The Magnificent History in New
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Geological Society of America Texas Rocks
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Mountain Press Roadside Geology of Maine
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Mountain Press Roadside Geology of Wisconsin
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Mountain Press Publishing Company Roadside Geology of Connecticut and Rhode Island
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Mountain Press Publishing Company Roadside Geology of Georgia
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Mountain Press Geology Underfoot in Western Washington
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Mountain Press Roadside Geology of Mississippi
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Mountain Press Roadside Geology of Nevada
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Mountain Press Roadside Geology of Tennessee Roadside Geology
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Master Books The Answers Book For Kids VOL 2 PB 22 Questions
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Geologically Storing Carbon
Book SynopsisCarbon capture and geological storage (CCS) is presently the only way that we can make deep cuts in emissions from fossil fuel-based, large-scale sources of CO2 such as power stations and industrial plants. But if this technology is to be acceptable to the community, it is essential that it is credibly demonstrated by world-class scientists and engineers in an open and transparent manner at a commercially significant scale. The aim of the Australian Otway Project was to do just this.Geologically Storing Carbon provides a detailed account of the CO2CRC Otway Project, one of the most comprehensive demonstrations of the deep geological storage or geosequestration of carbon dioxide undertaken anywhere. This book of 18 comprehensive chapters, written by leading experts in the field, is more than a record of outstanding science- it is about learning by doing. For example, it explains how the project was organised, managed, funded and constructed, as weTrade Review“I recommend the text to engineers in the field already, or those contemplating CCS work, particularly those interested in cross chain integration and how stores and sources will have to dynamically react to each other.” (TCE Today, 1 February 2015 Table of ContentsForeword 1 xi Foreword 2 xii Preface xiii Authors xvii Acknowledgements xx 1. Developing the Project 1Peter Cook, Mal Lees, Sandeep Sharma 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Developing an Australian project 2 1.3 Developing a suitable corporate structure 10 1.4 Formation of CO2CRC Pilot Project LTD 13 1.5 Funding the project 17 1.6 Designing the Otway Project 22 1.7 Project liability and risk 30 1.8 Conclusions 33 1.9 References 34 2. Communications and the Otway Project 35Tony Steeper 2.1 Introduction 35 2.2 Strategic communications and the Otway Project 35 2.3 Social research and the Otway Project 40 2.4 Operational issues relating to communications and the community 42 2.5 Conclusions 43 2.6 References 43 3. Government approvals 45Namiko Ranasinghe 3.1 Introduction 45 3.2 Challenges of regulating a pilot project 47 3.3 Impact assessment and planning approvals 48 3.4 Environmental authority approvals 49 3.5 Petroleum authority approvals 49 3.6 Water authority approvals 51 3.7 Land access and acquisition 51 3.8 Miscellaneous approvals 53 3.9 Transitional arrangements 53 3.10 Liability and responsibility 53 3.11 Stakeholder engagement 54 3.12 Conclusions 55 3.13 References 56 4. Design and operational considerations 57Craig Dugan, Ian Black, Sandeep Sharma 4.1 Introduction 57 4.2 Options for gas processing 58 4.3 Facilities and pipeline design considerations 64 4.4 Facilities design 66 4.5 Unanticipated operational problems 69 4.6 Conclusions 70 5. Characterising the storage site 71Tess Dance 5.1 Introduction 71 5.2 Site details 74 5.3 Injectivity 80 5.4 Capacity 81 5.5 Reservoir heterogeneity 83 5.6 Containment 87 5.7 Site analogue 88 5.8 The evolution of the static models 89 5.9 Conclusions 91 5.10 References 92 6. Evaluating CO2 column height retention of cap rocks 97Richard Daniel, John Kaldi 6.1 Introduction 97 6.2 Mercury injection capillary pressure 98 6.3 Methodology 98 6.4 Pore throat size determination 98 6.5 CO2 contact angle 99 6.6 Determination of seal capacity or column height 101 6.7 Interpreting threshold (breakthrough) pressure 102 6.8 Results for CRC-1 and CRC-2 110 6.9 Conclusions 110 6.10 References 111 7. Geomechanical investigations 113Eric Tenthorey 7.1 Introduction 113 7.2 Key data for geomechanical assessment of the Otway site 115 7.3 Geomechanical workflow at the Otway site 118 7.4 3D geomechanical modelling 122 7.5 The Iona gas storage facility as an analogue for CO2 storage 123 7.6 Conclusions 126 7.7 References 126 8. Containment risk assessment 129Maxwell Watson 8.1 Introduction 129 8.2 Methodology 129 8.3 Risk assessment context 131 8.4 Storage complex 131 8.5 Risk items 132 8.6 Risk assessment output 138 8.7 Conclusions 139 8.8 References 139 9. Monitoring and verification 141Charles Jenkins 9.1 Introduction 141 9.2 Designing a monitoring programme 142 9.3 Designing the Otway monitoring programme 144 9.4 Evaluation of monitoring techniques 148 9.5 Conclusions 151 9.6 References 152 10. 2D and 3D seismic investigations for Stages 1 and 2C 155Boris Gurevich, Roman Pevzner, Milovan Urosevic, Anton Kepic, Valeriya Shulakova, Eva Caspari 10.1 Introduction 155 10.2 Modelling seismic response of injected CO2 in Stage 1 156 10.3 Modelling seismic response of CO2 leakage for 2C 158 10.4 Time-lapse repeatability in Stage 1 164 10.5 Time-lapse surface seismic monitoring for Stage 1 171 10.6 Downhole seismic methods for Stage 1 177 10.7 Laboratory studies of CO2 acoustic response as an adjunct to field studies 188 10.8 Conclusions 192 10.9 References 193 11. Seismic and microseismic monitoring 197Tom Daley, Barry Freifeld, Tony Siggins 11.1 Introduction 197 11.2 High resolution travel time (HRTT) monitoring and offset VSP 197 11.3 Passive seismic monitoring 207 11.4 Microseismic monitoring using surface stations 209 11.5 Conclusions 215 11.6 References 216 12. Monitoring the geochemistry of reservoir fluids 217Chris Boreham, Barry Freifeld, Dirk Kirste, Linda Stalker 12.1 Introduction 217 12.2 Sampling the Buttress-1 well 217 12.3 Sampling the CRC-1 injection well 218 12.4 Sampling the Naylor-1 monitoring well 220 12.5 Injecting tracers at the CRC-1 injection well 224 12.6 Analytical methods 228 12.7 Composition of hydrocarbons 232 12.8 Formation water composition and behaviour 240 12.9 Constraining CO2 breakthrough 241 12.10 In-reservoir behaviour of tracers 244 12.11 Liquid hydrocarbons 245 12.12 Solid hydrocarbons 245 12.13 Conclusions 247 12.14 References 248 13. Monitoring groundwaters 251Patrice de Caritat, Allison Hortle, Dirk Kirste 13.1 Introduction 251 13.2 Monitoring groundwater level 252 13.3 Monitoring groundwater composition 253 13.4 Interpreting groundwater results 257 13.5 Groundwater composition 260 13.6 Operational issues relating to groundwater monitoring 261 13.7 Quality control 264 13.8 Conclusions 270 13.9 References 270 14. Soil gas monitoring 273Ulrike Schacht 14.1 Introduction 273 14.2 Surficial geology 274 14.3 Soil gas sampling at Otway 274 14.4 Analysis of soil gas 275 14.5 Soil gas results 276 14.6 Interpretation of soil gas results 277 14.7 Conclusions 279 14.8 References 279 15. Atmospheric monitoring 281David Etheridge, Ray Leuning, Ashok Luhar, Zoe Loh, Darren Spencer, Colin Allison, Paul Steele, Steve Zegelin, Charles Jenkins, Paul Krummel, Paul Fraser 15.1 Introduction 281 15.2 Sensitivity 282 15.3 Simulated emissions and monitoring design 282 15.4 Background CO2 283 15.5 Data filtering 288 15.6 Bayesian inverse modelling 289 15.7 Conclusions 290 15.8 References 291 16. Reservoir engineering for Stage 1 293Jonathan Ennis-King, Lincoln Paterson 16.1 Introduction 293 16.2 Description of field data 293 16.3 Well history 297 16.4 Well locations 297 16.5 Well completions 297 16.6 Initial pre-production conditions 297 16.7 Initial fluid compositions 299 16.8 Production data 299 16.9 Post-production conditions 299 16.10 Composition of injected gas 300 16.11 Downhole pressure and temperature during injection 300 16.12 Tracer injection 301 16.13 Gas and tracer sampling 301 16.14 Post-injection conditions 302 16.15 Simulation approach 303 16.16 Dynamic modelling process 308 16.17 Pre-injection modelling results 310 16.18 Injection and post-injection modelling results 312 16.19 Dynamic storage capacity of a depleted gas field 322 16.20 Conclusions 323 16.21 References 324 17. CO2CRC Otway Stage 2B residual saturation and dissolution test 329Lincoln Paterson, Chris Boreham, Mark Bunch, Tess Dance, Jonathan Ennis-King, Barry Freifeld, Ralf Haese, Charles Jenkins, Matthias Raab, Rajindar Singh, Linda Stalker 17.1 Introduction 329 17.2 Test concept 330 17.3 Injection target 332 17.4 Test sequence 334 17.5 Downhole completion 339 17.6 Measurements 342 17.7 Surface data 342 17.8 Thermal logging 345 17.9 Noble gas tracer tests 345 17.10 Testing phases 345 17.11 Downhole data (memory gauges) 347 17.12 Downhole data (permanent gauges) 347 17.13 Pulsed neutron logging 351 17.14 The organic tracer test 353 17.15 The dissolution test 357 17.16 Conclusions 358 17.17 References 360 18. What was learned from the Otway Project? 361Peter Cook 18.1 Introduction 361 18.2 Organising a project 363 18.3 Managing a project 364 18.4 Funding a project 365 18.5 Project communications and collaboration 366 18.6 Regulating a project 366 18.7 Identifying a suitable project site 367 18.8 Deciding on project science 367 18.9 Deciding on project monitoring 368 18.10 Curating project data 370 18.11 Lessons for the future? 370 18.12 Conclusions 372 18.13 References 373 Index 375
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Visualizing Geology Visualizing Series
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Physical Geology The Science of Earth
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John Wiley & Sons Inc CoreMantle CoEvolution
Book SynopsisNew insights into interactions between the core and mantle. The Earth's deep interior is difficult to study directly but recent technological advances have enabled new observations, experiments, analysis, and simulations to better understand deep Earth processes. Core-Mantle Co-Evolution: An Interdisciplinary Approach seeks to address some of the major unsolved issues around the core-mantle interaction and co-evolution. It provides the latest insights into dynamics, structure, and evolution in the core-mantle boundary region. Volume highlights include: Latest technological advances in high pressure experiments and their application to understanding the mineral physical properties and stability of phases in deep Earth Recent progress in observational seismology, geochemical analysis, geoneutrino experiments, and numerical modeling for understanding the heterogeneity of the lower mantle Theoretical investigationsTable of ContentsList of contributors vii Preface ix Part I Structure and Dynamics of the Deep Mantle: Toward Core-Mantle Co-Evolution 1 Neutrino Geoscience: Review, Survey, Future Prospects 3 William F. McDonough and Hiroko Watanabe 2 Trace Element Abundance Modeling with Gamma Distribution for Quantitative Balance Calculations 17 Sanshiro Enomoto, Kenta Ueki, Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Nozomu Takeuchi, Akiko Tanaka, Hiroko Watanabe, and Satoru Haraguchi 3 Seismological Studies of Deep Earth Structure Using Seismic Arrays in East, South, and Southeast Asia, and Oceania 31 Satoru Tanaka and Toshiki Ohtaki 4 Preliminary Results from the New Deformation Multi-Anvil Press at the Photon Factory: Insight into the Creep Strength of Calcium Silicate Perovskite 59 Andrew R. Thomson, Yu Nishihara, Daisuke Yamazaki, Noriyoshi Tsujino, Simon A. Hunt, Yumiko Tsubokawa, Kyoko Matsukage, Takashi Yoshino, Tomoaki Kubo, and David P. Dobson 5 Deciphering Deep Mantle Processes from Isotopic and Highly Siderophile Element Compositions of Mantle-Derived Rocks: Prospects and Limitations 75 Katsuhiko Suzuki, Gen Shimoda, Akira Ishikawa, Tetsu Kogiso, and Norikatsu Akizawa 6 Numerical Examination of the Dynamics of Subducted Crustal Materials with Different Densities 103 Taku Tsuchiya, Takashi Nakagawa, and Kenji Kawai Part II Core-mantle Interaction: An Interdisciplinary Approach 7 SomeIssuesonCore-MantleChemicalInteractions:TheRoleofCoreFormationProcesses 117 Shun-ichiro Karato 8 Heat Flow from the Earth’s Core Inferred from Experimentally Determined Thermal Conductivity of the Deep Lower Mantle 133 Yoshiyuki Okuda and Kenji Ohta 9 Assessment of a Stable Region of Earth’s Core Requiring Magnetic Field Generation over Four Billion Years 145 Takashi Nakagawa, Shin-ichi Takehiro, and Youhei Sasaki 10 Inner Core Anisotropy from Antipodal PKIKP Traveltimes 165 Hrvoje Tkalčić, Thuany P. Costa de Lima, Thanh-Son Phạm, and Satoru Tanaka 11 Recent Progress in High-Pressure Experiments on the Composition of the Core 191 Ryosuke Sinmyo, Yoichi Nakajima, and Yasuhiro Kuwayama 12 Dynamics in Earth’s Core Arising from Thermo-Chemical Interactions with the Mantle 219 Christopher J. Davies and Sam Greenwood Index 259
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Geotechnical Engineering
Book SynopsisGEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING While there are many textbooks on the market that cover geotechnical engineering basics, Geotechnical Engineering is unique in that it is the only textbook available that is rooted within the three phase unsaturated soil mechanics framework. Written by world-renowned, award-winning geotechnical engineering expert Dr. Jean-Louis Briaud, this Second Edition offers the most comprehensive coverage of geotechnical engineering topics on the market, from theory to real-world application. In addition to many updates and revisions, a major chapter has been added, covering 22 geo-engineering case histories. They are: Washington Monument (shallow mat foundation) Rissa Landslide (slope stability) Seattle 46 M-High MSE Wall (retaining wall) The New Orleans Charity Hospital Foundation (deep foundation) The Eurotunnel Linking France and England (tunnel) The Teton Dam (earth dam erosion) The WoodTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xxv Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Case Histories 7 Chapter 3 Engineering Geology 81 Chapter 4 Soil Components and Weight-Volume Parameters 91 Chapter 5 Soil Classification 109 Chapter 6 Rocks 127 Chapter 7 Site Investigation, Drilling, and Sampling 143 Chapter 8 In Situ Tests 171 Chapter 9 Elements of Geophysics 215 Chapter 10 Laboratory Tests 235 Chapter 11 Stresses, Effective Stress, Water Stress, Air Stress, and Strains 301 Chapter 12 Problem-Solving Methods 333 Chapter 13 Soil Constitutive Models 395 Chapter 14 Flow of Fluid and Gas Through Soils 419 Chapter 15 Deformation Properties 447 Chapter 16 Shear Strength Properties 485 Chapter 17 Thermodynamics for Soil Problems 511 Chapter 18 Shallow Foundations 523 Chapter 19 Deep Foundations 591 Chapter 20 Slope Stability 679 Chapter 21 Compaction 727 Chapter 22 Retaining Walls 743 Chapter 23 Earthquake Geoengineering 807 Chapter 24 Erosion of Soils and Scour Problems 843 Chapter 25 Geoenvironmental Engineering 893 Chapter 26 Geosynthetics 925 Chapter 27 Soil Improvement 957 Chapter 28 Technical Communications 981 References 987 Index 1005
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McGraw-Hill Companies Loose Leaf for Exploring Geology
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McGraw-Hill Companies Loose Leaf for Physical Geology
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McGraw-Hill Companies Loose Leaf for Natural Disasters
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Raintree Learning About Landforms Caves
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F&W Publications Inc Collecting Agates and Jaspers of North America
Book SynopsisTreasures of the EarthFrom the author of Collecting Rocks, Gems and Minerals and one of the leading agate collectors in the world, comes this comprehensive guide to collecting agates and jaspers, the most sought after types of collectible rocks on the market today. Designed with all beginners in mind, yet filled with valuable technical information for advanced enthusiasts, Collecting Agates and Jaspers helps rockhounds discover these treasures of North America. • The only book on agates and jaspers to offer values. • Featuring nearly 700 beautiful color pictures, descriptions and technical information, the book provides an easy-to-use, quick reference format perfect for home and field. • Organized by U.S. states and provinces in Canada and Mexico, with introductions pinpointing each area''s best spots and what you can find there.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Paleomagnetism of Sedimentary Rocks
Book SynopsisThis book describes the paleomagnetism of sediments and sedimentary rocks, how sediments and sedimentary rocks become magnetized, and how the physical and chemical processes involved can affect the accuracy of paleomagnetism. Topics covered include depositional and post-depositional remanence acquisition, the detection and correction of compaction-caused inclination shallowing, reduction diagenesis of magnetic minerals, chemical remagnetization, and rotation of remanence by grain-scale rock strain. The book also has a chapter on environmental paleomagnetism, including examples of the new technique of high-resolution rock magnetic cyclostratigraphy and its application to sedimentary sequences. By emphasising the accuracy of sedimentary paleomagnetism and the magnitude of post-depositional processes that can affect it, the book will be invaluable in the geologic interpretation of sedimentary paleomagnetic data. Paleomagnetism of Sedimentary Rocks will be welcomed Trade Review“The book can be read easily and with great interest, particularly by readers being introduced to the subject. Kodama intelligently summarizes achievements in the field of sedimentary paleomagnetism, where he also plays an important role.” (Pure Appl. Geophys, 1 January 2015) “This easy-to-read volume is well illustrated, including 27 color plates, and it contains a useful glossary. Production quality is high. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners.” (Choice, 1 May 2013)Table of Contents1 The Paleomagnetism of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks: Importance and Reliability, 1 2 The Magnetization Mechanism of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks: Depositional Remanent Magnetization, 16 3 Post-Depositional Remanent Magnetization, 26 4 Inclination Shallowing in Sedimentary Rocks: Evidence, Mechanism and Cause, 34 5 How to Detect and Correct a Compaction-shallowed Inclination, 46 6 Post-Depositional Diagenesis and Chemical Remanent Magnetization, 66 7 Tectonic Strain Effects on Remanence: Rotation of Remanence and Remagnetization in Orogenic Belts, 81 8 Magnetization of Sediments and the Environment, 94 9 The Magnetization of Sedimentary Rocks: Processes and their Interpretation, 124 Glossary of Paleomagnetic and Rock Magnetic Acronyms, 136 References, 139 Index, 154 Color plate between pages 90 and 91
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Carbonate Systems During the OlicoceneMiocene
Book SynopsisThe Oligocene and Miocene Epochs comprise the most important phases in the Cenozoic global cooling that led from a greenhouse to an icehouse Earth. Recent major advances in the understanding and time-resolution of climate events taking place at this time, as well as the proliferation of studies on Oligocene and Miocene shallow-water/neritic carbonate systems, invite us to re-evaluate the significance of these carbonate systems in the context of changes in climate and Earth surface processes. Carbonate systems, because of a wide dependence on the ecological requirements of organisms producing the sediment, are sensitive recorders of changes in environmental conditions on the Earth surface. The papers included in this Special Publication address the dynamic evolution of carbonate systems deposited during the Oligocene and Miocene in the context on climatic and Earth surfaces processes focusing on climatic trends and controls over deposition; temporal changes in carbonate produTrade Review"The Oligocene and Miocene Epochs comprise the most important phases in the Cenozoic global cooling that led from a greenhouse to an icehouse Earth." (Environmental Expert, 8 February 2011) Table of ContentsMiocene carbonate systems: an introduction vii M. Mutti, W. Piller and C. Betzler A synthesis of Late Oligocene through Miocene deep sea temperatures as inferred from foraminiferal Mg/Ca ratios 1 K. Billups and K. Scheiderich Latitudinal trends in Cenozoic reef patterns and their relationship to climate 17 C. Perrin and W. Kiessling Carbonate grain associations: their use and environmental significance, a brief review 35 P. Kindler and M. Wilson Temperate and tropical carbonatesedimentation episodes in the Neogene Betic basins (southern Spain) linked to climatic oscillations and changes in Atlantic-Mediterranean connections: constraints from isotopic data 49 J. M. Martýn, J. C. Braga, I. M. Sanchez-Almazo and J. Aguirre Facies models and geometries of the Ragusa Platform (SE Sicily, Italy) near the Serravallian–Tortonian boundary 71 C. Ruchonnet and P. Kindler The sensitivity of a tropical foramolrhodalgal carbonate ramp to relative sealevel change: Miocene of the central Apennines, Italy 89 M. Brandano, H. Westphal and G. Mateu-Vicens Facies and sequence architecture of a tropical foramol-rhodalgal carbonate ramp: Miocene of the central Apennines (Italy) 107 M. Brandano, L. Corda and F. Castorina Facies and stratigraphic architecture of a Miocene warm-temperate to tropical fault-block carbonate platform, Sardinia (Central Mediterranean Sea) 129 M.-F. Benisek, G. Marcano, C. Betzler and M. Mutti Coralline algae, oysters and echinoids – a liaison in rhodolith formation from the Burdigalian of the Latium-Abruzzi Platform (Italy) 149 M. Brandano and W. E. Piller Palaeoenvironmental significance of Oligocene–Miocene coralline red algae – a review 165 J. C. Braga, D. Bassi and W. E. Piller Molluscs as a major part of subtropical shallow-water carbonate production – an example from a Middle Miocene oolite shoal (Upper Serravallian, Austria) 183 M. Harzhauser and W. E. Piller Echinoderms and Oligo-Miocene carbonate systems: potential applications in sedimentology and environmental reconstruction 201 A. Kroh and J. H. Nebelsick Coral diversity and temperature: a palaeoclimatic perspective for the Oligo-Miocene of the Mediterranean region 229 F. R. Bosellini and C. Perrin Late Oligocene to Miocene reef formation on Kita-daito-jima, northern Philippine Sea 245 Y. Iryu, S. Inagaki, Y. Suzuki and K. Yamamoto Carbonate production in rift basins: models for platform inception, growth and dismantling, and for shelf to basin sediment transport, Miocene Sardinia Rift Basin, Italy 257 M. Vigorito, M. Murru and L. Simone Index 283
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Random House USA Inc Water: A Biography
Book SynopsisSpanning millennia and continents, here is a stunningly revealing history of how the distribution of water has shaped human civilization. Boccaletti, of The Nature Conservancy, “tackles the most important story of our time: our relationship with water in a world of looming scarcity” (Kelly McEvers, NPR Host). Writing with authority and brio, Giulio Boccaletti—honorary research associate at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford—shrewdly combines environmental and social history, beginning with the earliest civilizations of sedentary farmers on the banks of the Nile, the Tigris, and the Euphrates Rivers. Even as he describes how these societies were made possible by sea-level changes from the last glacial melt, he incisively examines how this type of farming led to irrigation and multiple cropping, which, in turn, led to a population explosion and labor specialization. We see with clarity how irrigation’s structure informed social structure (inventions such as the calendar sprung from agricultural necessity); how in ancient Greece, the communal ownership of wells laid the groundwork for democracy; how the Greek and Roman experiences with water security resulted in systems of taxation; and how the modern world as we know it began with a legal framework for the development of water infrastructure. Extraordinary for its monumental scope and piercing insightfulness, Water: A Biography richly enlarges our understanding of our relationship to—and fundamental reliance on—the most elemental substance on earth.
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Basic Books Meteorite: How Stones from Outer Space Made Our
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Fulcrum Inc.,US Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline: The Travels of an
Book SynopsisIn this long-awaited sequel Kirk Johnson and Ray Troll are back on a road trip—driving, flying, and boating their way from Baja, California to northern Alaska in search of the fossil secrets of North America’s Pacific coast. They hunt for fossils, visit museums, meet scientists and paleonerds, and sleuth out untold stories of extinct worlds. As one of the oldest coasts on earth, the west coast is a rich ground for fossil discovery. Its wonders include extinct marine mammals, pygmy mammoths, oyster bears, immense ammonites, shark-bitten camels, polar dinosaurs, Alaskan palms, California walruses, and a lava-baked rhinoceros. Join in for a fossil journey through deep time and discover how the west coast became the place it is today.Trade Review"Johnson and Troll have done it again, congratulations! This book is a knockout blend of science and humor, featuring superb artwork, people, and stories about the West Coast of the US and its fascinating prehistory. This book will make you laugh while exciting you with extraordinary science. It revives that sense of childhood wonder about dinosaurs and other bizarre creatures of bygone days." John Long, Professor in Palaeontology at Flinders University in Australia, and author of many books, including Dawn of the DeedThe Prehistoric Origins of Sex"Far from a dry scientific textbook, this is a charming celebration of fossils and those who study them." Publishers Weekly" Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline packs written and visual stories from cover to coverall infused with a genuine passion for science and the joy of discovery." Susan Ewing, author of Resurrecting the Shark"This is a fun and informative book that moves briskly, bringing science and scientists alive." David A. James, Anchorage Daily News"In the long and storied history of fossil-hunting, the dynamic duo of Johnson and Troll is unique. No one else has made this grueling work look like so much fun. Once again, they've returned from an 'epoch' road trip laden with tales and images that are at once joyfully accessible and deeply informative. And the colors! They'll knock your eyes out." John Vaillant, author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce
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Amicus Ink Eye on the Sky: Stormy
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. Guide to the Geology of Mount Desert Island and
Book SynopsisThis richly-illustrated, full-color guide to the geology of Mount Desert Island, Maine, the home of Acadia National Park, makes the spectacular scenery and rich geological history accessible to outdoor explorers, geology enthusiasts, and armchair travelers alike. The Guide grounds readers in basic geologic concepts before chronicling the unique history of the area from 550 million years ago to the present. Including information-packed self-guided trips with stops at 31 points of interest, this book is lavishly illustrated with 100 full color photos, maps, and illustrations that enhance appreciation of this national treasure.Duane and Ruth Braun relate the fascinating story of the region’s formation, explaining how a slice of South America with Mount Desert Island bordering its southern side landed on the edge of North America to form Maine. Another piece of South America collided with this landing, causing Mount Desert Island to erupt violently in a ten mile wide volcanic caldera. The Island then underwent a long period of stream erosion culminating in a period of glacial erosion to form the present landscape. The exceptional scenery that resulted has attracted visitors from around the world. This book unlocks the many secrets of the formations, offering a deeper understanding of the land and its origins.
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Master Books Genesis Flood Revisited
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Overcup Press Ground Truth: A Geological Survey of a Life
Book SynopsisFINALIST for the 2021 Oregon Book Award. Rooted in the Pacific Northwest, the essays in Ruby McConnell’s Ground Truth: A Geological Survey of a Life cover the vast terrain of this region – from volcanoes to city parks, the eroding shorelines along the Oregon coast, badlands, lush forests, and city parks. Combining her background as a registered geologist, McConnell’s essays also weave in personal landscapes composed of grief, loss, and optimism for the future of our environment. "The Pacific Northwest that you see today is the result of forty years of radical changes in the culture and economics of what was once a resource-extraction and agriculture-driven region. They are changes so fundamental in nature and scope...that, for those of us from this place, will always be marked by the cataclysmic eruptions of Mt. St. Helens on May 18, 1980." --Ruby McConnell In this collection of 17 essays, geologist Ruby McConnell opens her part natural history, part memoir-in-essays about the Pacific Northwest with the cataclysmic eruption of Mt. St. Helens in May of 1980. She was two years old. "Everything that I have stood direct witness to since, everything I know about this place, happened after we watched the mountain crumble... I was born to a region digging out." In poignant and wide-ranging essays that include the wondrous annual return of salmon, "the lifeblood of the Pacific Northwest people," to working at an elementary school evaluating soil and wondering how many kids have cancer, Ground Truth is an extended eulogy to a rapidly changing land, population and society awakening to the realities of logging, climate change, land-use and pollution. The book illuminates the central role of landscapes in our ideas of home and self despite the growing disconnect between modern lifestyle and the environment. McConnell's timely and significant work reveals how the landscapes we inhabit can also help us better understand ourselves.
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Nimbus Publishing Limited The Last Billion Years
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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Multiscale Geomechanics: From Soil to Engineering
Book SynopsisThis book addresses the latest issues in multiscale geomechanics. Written by leading experts in the field as a tribute to Jean Biarez (1927-2006), it can be of great use and interest to researchers and engineers alike. A brief introduction describes how a major school of soil mechanics came into being through the exemplary teaching by one man. Biarez's life-long work consisted of explaining the elementary mechanisms governing soil constituents in order to enhance understanding of the underlying scientific laws which control the behavior of constructible sites and to incorporate these scientific advancements into engineering practices. He innovated a multiscale approach of passing from the discontinuous medium formed by individual grains to an equivalent continuous medium. The first part of the book examines the behavior of soils at the level of their different constituents and at the level of their interaction. Behavior is then treated at the scale of the soil sample. The second part deals with soil mechanics from the vantage point of the construction project. It highlights Biarez's insightful adoption of the Finite Element Codes and illustrates, through numerous construction examples, his methodology and approach based on the general framework he constructed for soil behavior, constantly enriched by comparing in situ measurements with calculated responses of geostructures.Table of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgments xv Chapter 1. Jean Biarez: His Life and Work 1 Jean-Louis BORDES, Jean-Louis FAVRE and Daniel GRIMM 1.1. Early years and arrival in Grenoble 1 1.2. From Grenoble to Paris 4 1.3. The major research interests of Jean Biarez 8 1.4. Research and teaching 9 1.5. Conclusion 13 Chapter 2. From Particle to Material Behavior: the Paths Chartered by Jean Biarez 15 Bernard CAMBOU and Cécile NOUGUIER-LEHON 2.1. Introduction 15 2.2. The available tools, the variables analyzed and limits of the proposed analyses 16 2.3. Analysis of geometric anisotropy 18 2.4. Analysis of the distribution of contact forces in a granular material 21 2.5. Analysis of local arrays 24 2.6. Particle breakage 27 2.7. Conclusion 32 2.8. Bibliography 32 Chapter 3. Granular Materials in Civil Engineering: Recent Advances in the Physics of Their Mechanical Behavior and Applications to Engineering Works 35 Etienne FROSSARD 3.1. Behavior resulting from energy dissipation by friction 37 3.1.1. Introduction 37 3.1.2. Fundamentals 38 3.1.3. Main practical consequences 43 3.1.4. Conclusions 52 3.2. Influence of grain breakage on the behavior of granular materials 53 3.2.1. Introduction to the grain breakage phenomenon 53 3.2.2. Scale effect in shear strength 56 3.3. Practical applications to construction design 63 3.3.1. A new method for rational assessment of rockfill shear strength envelope 63 3.3.2. Incidence of scale effect on rockfill slope stability 65 3.3.3. Scale effects on deformation features 70 3.4. Conclusions 78 3.5. Bibliography 79 Chapter 4. Waste Rock Behavior at High Pressures: Dimensioning High Waste Rock Dumps 83 Edgar BARD, María EUGENIA ANABALÓN and José CAMPAÑA 4.1. Introduction 83 4.2. Development of new laboratory equipment for testing coarse materials 84 4.2.1. Triaxial and oedometric equipment at the IDIEM 85 4.3. Mining rock waste 86 4.3.1. In situ grain size distribution 86 4.3.2. Analyzed waste rock 87 4.4. Characterization of mechanical behavior of the waste rock 88 4.4.1. Oedometric tests 88 4.4.2. Triaxial tests 89 4.4.3. Oedometric test results 90 4.4.4. Triaxial test results 94 4.5. Evolution of density 102 4.6. Stability analysis and design considerations 104 4.7. Operation considerations 106 4.7.1. Basal drainage system 106 4.7.2. Water management 107 4.7.3. Foundation conditions 107 4.7.4. Effects of rain and snow 108 4.7.5. Effects of in situ leaching on waste rock 108 4.7.6. Designing for closure 109 4.8. Conclusions 109 4.9. Acknowledgements 110 4.10. Bibliography 110 Chapter 5. Models by Jean Biarez for the Behavior of Clean Sands and Remolded Clays at Large Strains 113 Jean-Louis FAVRE and Mahdia HATTAB 5.1. Introduction 113 5.2. Biarez’s model for the oedometer test 115 5.3. Perfect plasticity state and critical void ratio 118 5.4. Normally and overconsolidated isotropic loading 122 5.4.1. Analogy between sands and clays 122 5.4.2. Normally consolidated state (ISL) 123 5.4.3. Overconsolidated state (Cs) 124 5.5. The drained triaxial path for sands and clays 126 5.5.1. The reference behavior 126 5.5.2. The mathematical model 127 5.6. The undrained triaxial path for sands 128 5.6.1. Simplified Roscoe formula for undrained consolidated soils 129 5.6.2. Modeling of the maxima under the right M on the plan q – p' 130 5.7. Standard behavior for undrained sands 132 5.7.1. Normalization by the theoretical overconsolidation stress p'iC 132 5.7.2. Perfect plasticity normalization of the curves in the (q – ε1) plane and pore pressure variation 133 5.7.3. Initial stress p'0 normalization in the (q – p) plane 133 5.8. The triaxial behavior of “lumpy” sands 134 5.8.1. “Lump” sands 134 5.8.2. The Roscoe model applied to lump sands 135 5.8.3. Synthesis of several lump sand behaviors 136 5.9. A new model to analyze the oedometer’s path 138 5.9.1. Burland’s model 138 5.9.2. Comparison of models and mixed model 141 5.9.3. Burland’s model in (IL – logσ'v) Biarez’s space 144 5.10. “Destructuration” of clayey sediments 144 5.11. Conclusion 145 5.12. Examples of manuscript notes 147 5.13. Bibliography 149 Chapter 6. The Concept of Effective Stress in Unsaturated Soils 153 Said TAIBI, Jean-Marie FLEUREAU, Sigit HADIWARDOYO, Hanène SOULI and António GOMES CORREIA 6.1. Introduction 153 6.2. Microstructural model for unsaturated porous media 160 6.3. Material and methods 164 6.3.1. Material and preparation of samples 164 6.3.2. Experimental devices and test procedures 165 6.3.3. Normalization of data 170 6.4. Experimental results 171 6.4.1. Isotropic compression paths 171 6.4.2. Deviatoric compression paths 72 6.4.3. Small strain behavior 173 6.5. Interpretation of results using the effective stress concept 174 6.5.1. Interpretation of large strain triaxial tests 175 6.5.2. Interpretation of small strain modulus measurements 176 6.6. Conclusions 177 6.7. Acknowledgements 178 6.8. Bibliography 178 Chapter 7. A Microstructural Model for Soils and Granular Materials 183 Pierre-Yves HICHER 7.1. Introduction 183 7.2. The micro-structural model 185 7.2.1. Inter-particle behavior 186 7.2.2. Stress−strain relationship 189 7.2.3. Model parameters 190 7.3. Results of numerical simulation on Hostun sand 191 7.3.1. Drained triaxial tests 191 7.3.2. Undrained triaxial tests 195 7.4. Model extension to clayey materials 196 7.4.1. Remolded clays 198 7.4.2. Natural clays 200 7.5. Unsaturated granular materials 204 7.6. Summary and conclusion 214 7.7. Bibliography 216 Chapter 8. Modeling Landslides with a Material Instability Criterion 221 Florent PRUNIER, Sylvain LIGNON, Farid LAOUAFA and Félix DARVE 8.1. Introduction 221 8.2. Study of the second-order work criterion 223 8.2.1. Analytical study 223 8.2.2. Physical interpretation 227 8.3. Petacciato landslide modeling 229 8.3.1. Site presentation 229 8.3.2. Description of the model used 231 8.3.3. Landslide computation 234 8.4. Conclusion 238 8.5. Bibliography 240 Chapter 9. Numerical Modeling: An Efficient Tool for Analyzing the Behavior of Constructions 243 Arezou MODARESSI-FARAHMAND-RAZAVI 9.1. Notations 243 9.2. Introduction 247 9.3. Modeling soil behavior 248 9.3.1. Main characteristics of the soil’s mechanical behavior 248 9.3.2. Constitutive models used for computation 253 9.3.3. Simplified model 254 9.3.4. Generalizing the simplified model 262 9.3.5. Mechanical behavior of non-saturated soil 265 9.3.6. Loading/unloading definition in plasticity 272 9.3.7. Multimechanism model 274 9.4. Parameter identification strategy for the ECP model 275 9.4.1. Classification and identification of the ECP model parameters 276 9.4.2. Directly measurable parameters 279 9.4.3. Parameters that are not directly measurable 288 9.4.4. Parameters defining the initial state 290 9.4.5. Application of parameter identification strategy 293 9.5. Influence of constitutive behavior on structural response 299 9.5.1. Retaining walls 299 9.5.2. Vertically loaded piles 304 9.5.3. Earth and rockfill dams 312 9.6. Conclusions 318 9.7. Acknowledgments 319 9.8. Appendix 319 9.9. Bibliography 323 Chapter 10. Evaluating Seismic Stability of Embankment Dams 333 Jean-Jacques FRY 10.1. Introduction 333 10.1.1. A tribute to Jean Biarez 333 10.1.2. Definitions 334 10.2. Observed seismic performance 335 10.2.1. Earthquake performance of gravity dams 335 10.2.2. Earthquake performance of buttress dams 336 10.2.3. Earthquake performance of arch dams 337 10.2.4. Earthquake performance of hydraulic fills 338 10.2.5. Earthquake performance of tailing dams 339 10.2.6. Earthquake performance of road embankments and levees 339 10.2.7. Earthquake performance of river hydroelectric embankments 339 10.2.8. Earthquake performance of small earth dams 340 10.2.9. Earthquake performance of large earth dams 342 10.2.10. Earthquake performance of large zoned dams with rockfill 344 10.2.11. Earthquake performance of concrete face rockfill dams 344 10.2.12. Dynamic performance of physical models 345 10.2.13. Assessment of seismic damage on dams 345 10.2.14. Major seismic damage of large concrete dams 346 10.2.15. Seismic damage of large embankment dams 347 10.2.16. Delayed or indirect consequences of an earthquake 347 10.3. Method for analyzing seismic risk 348 10.3.1. Seismic classification of dams in France 348 10.4. Evaluation of seismic hazard 350 10.4.1. Scenarios for dimensioning a particular situation 350 10.4.2. Choice of seismic levels 350 10.4.3. Choice of the seismic characteristics 351 10.4.4. Choice of accelerographs 352 10.5. Re-evaluation of seismic stability 355 10.5.1. Maximum risk associated with seismic loading: liquefaction 355 10.5.2. A recommended step-by-step methodology 357 10.5.3. Identification 357 10.5.4. Pseudo-static analysis of stability 358 10.5.5. Pseudo-static analysis of displacement 358 10.5.6. Analysis of the liquefaction risk 362 10.5.7. Coupled non-linear analysis 365 10.5.8. Analysis of post-seismic stability 367 10.5.9. Assessment 367 10.6. Semi-coupled modeling of liquefaction 368 10.6.1. Objectives 368 10.6.2. Constitutive model 368 10.6.3. Failure criterion 369 10.6.4. Shear strain law 370 10.6.5. Volumetric strain law: liquefaction 372 10.6.6. Model implementation 373 10.6.7. Model qualification in the case of the San Fernando Dam failure 373 10.6.8. Model application to fluvial dikes 380 10.7. Bibliography 387 List of Authors 393 Index 395
£180.45
Auckland University Press Volcanoes of Auckland: A Field Guide
Book SynopsisVolcanoes of Auckland is a handy field guide to the fiery natural world that so deeply shapes New Zealand's largest city - from Rangitoto to One Tree Hill, Lake Pupuke to Orakei Basin. For tens of thousands of years, volcanoes have profoundly shaped the area's geology and geography. And for hundreds of years, volcanoes have played a key part in the lives of Maori and Pakeha - as sites for pa, kumara gardens or twentieth-century military fortifications, as sources of stone and water, and now as parks and reserves for all to enjoy. In a new format designed for the backpack (and including three newly recognised craters), the field guide features: * an accessible introduction to the science of eruptions, including dating and the next eruption * a history of Maori and Pakeha uses of the volcanoes * an illustrated guide to each of Auckland's 53 volcanoes, including where to go and what to do * aerial photography, maps and historic photographs - over 400 illustrations, 80% of them new. This field guide will help readers engage afresh with the history, geography and geology of Auckland's unique volcanic landscape. How many volcanoes are there? When did they erupt and how do we know? Will there be another eruption in Auckland and, if so, where and when? Will we have sufficient warning to evacuate in time? What is a lava cave, a volcanic bomb or a tuff ring? Why were Auckland's volcanoes such an attraction to early Maori? Why is it that Auckland's freshest water comes out of our volcanoes? This book answers these and many more questions. Volcanoes of Auckland is the essential guide for locals and tourists, school children and scientists, as they climb up Mt Eden or North Head and take in the volcanic landscape that so shapes life in our city.Table of ContentsIntroduction Auckland Volcanic Field How the volcanoes work Wet explosive eruptions Fire-fountaining and fiery explosive eruptions Lava flows Volcanic bombs and projectile blocks Volcanic `hailstones' Lava caves How old is each volcano? Eruptions and sea level Auckland's next eruption? The magma below Auckland Time and place of Auckland's next eruption Monitoring for volcanic activity The next eruption - what to expect DEVORA Auckland Lifelines Group Human interaction with Auckland's volcanoes Maori occupation and use of Auckland's volcanoes Volcanoes as water sources Volcanoes lost and damaged Tupuna Maunga Authority Volcanoes of the Waitemata Harbour and North Shore 1. Rangitoto 2. Motukorea/Browns Island 3. Pupuke Moana/Pupuke Volcano Northcote Road volcanic sequence Takapuna Fossil Forest and Takapuna-Milford Coastal Walk 4. Te Kopua-o-Matakamokamo/Tank Farm/Tuff Crater 5. Te Kopua-o-Matakerepo/Onepoto Basin 6. Maungauika/North Head 7. Takarunga/Mt Victoria 8. Takararo/Mt Cambria Volcanoes of central Auckland 9. Albert Park Volcano 10. Grafton Volcano 11. Pukekawa/Auckland Domain 12. Te Pou Hawaiki 13. Maungawhau/Mt Eden 14. Ohinerangi/Mt Hobson/Ohinerau 15. Te Kopuke/Titikopuke/Mt St John Meola Reef Te Tokaroa 16. Maungakiekie/One Tree Hill Hochstetter Pond and Puka Street Grotto 17. Te Tatua-a-Riukiuta/Three Kings Liverpool Street tuff 18. Puketapapa/Pukewiwi/Mt Roskill 19. Te Ahi-ka-a-Rakataura/Owairaka/Mt Albert 20. Te Hopua-a-Rangi/Gloucester Park 21. Rarotonga/Mt Smart 22. Orakei Basin 23. Maungarahiri/Little Rangitoto Volcanoes of eastern Auckland 24. Whakamuhu/Glover Park/St Heliers 25. Taurere/Taylors Hill 26. Te Tauoma/Purchas Hill 27. Maungarei/Mt Wellington Maungarei Stonefields Reserve and Heritage Trail Waiatarua and Michaels Ave Reserve lava-flowdammed lake and swamp 28. Te Kopua Kai-a-Hiku/Panmure Basin 29. Ohuiarangi/Pigeon Mountain East Tamaki volcanoes 30. Styaks Swamp Crater 31. Matanginui/Green Mount 32. Te Puke-o-Taramainuku/Otara Hill 33. Hampton Park Volcano 34. Pukewairiki/Highbrook Park 35. Te Apunga-o-Tainui/McLennan Hills 36. Otahuhu/Mt Richmond 37. Mt Robertson/Sturges Park Volcanoes of southern Auckland 38. Boggust Park Crater 39. Te Pane-o-Mataaho/Mangere Mountain Kiwi Esplanade pahoehoe flows Ambury Regional Park lava flows 40. Mangere Lagoon 41. Te Motu-a-Hiaroa/Puketutu 42. Moerangi/Waitomokia/Mt Gabriel 43. Puketapapakanga-a-Hape/Pukeiti 44. Otuataua 45. Maungataketake/Elletts Mountain Ihumatao Fossil Forest 46. Te Pukaki Tapu-o-Poutukeka/Pukaki Lagoon 47. Crater Hill 48. Kohuora Crater 49. Cemetery Crater 50. Ash Hill Crater 51. Te Manurewa-o-Tamapahore/Matukutururu/Wiri Mountain Wiri Lava Cave 52. Matukutureia/McLaughlins Mountain 53. Puhinui Craters Historic basalt buildings of Auckland Glossary Select bibliography Acknowledgments Index
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Fulcrum Inc.,US Mountains of the Heart: A Natural History of the
Book SynopsisPart natural history, part poetry, Mountains of the Heart is full of hidden gems and less traveled parts of the Appalachian Mountains Stretching almost unbroken from Alabama to Belle Isle, Newfoundland, the Appalachians are one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world. In Mountains of the Heart, renowned author and avid naturalist Scott Weidensaul shows how geology, ecology, climate, evolution, and 500 million years of history have shaped one of the continent's greatest landscapes into an ecosystem of unmatched beauty. This edition celebrates the book's 20th anniversary of publication and includes a new foreword from the author.Trade Review"Naturalist Weidensaul has written a wonderful natural and ecological history of the Appalachian Mountain range, from its southern origins in Alabama to its terminus off Newfoundland at Belle Isle. Weidensaul's theme is change as he traces the mountains' geological origins from the Ice Ages through the incredible diversity and richness of pre-Columbian and Colonial days on up to the modern era. . . . The strength of this book lies in the wonders Weidensaul finds in this familiar wildernessin the lives of darters and mussels and the mystery of the forest bison. For all libraries in or near the region and an excellent choice for comprehensive natural history collections elsewhere." Beth Clewis, Library Journal"A fine, literate ramble along the ridges and valleys of the great spine of the Appalachians. Weidensaul has produced a thoughtful accounting of ancient mountains, of vast, continental clashes, tiny, exquisite wildflowers, obscure salamanders, woodrats, moose, elk, bears and coyotes. A good read, even for those already familiar with the rich flora and fauna of the regionhis sense of wildness pervades." John H. Mitchell, author , Ceremonial Time" Scott Weidensaul's mastery of language and nature, his ability to notice, catch and distill fragments of beauty missed by others, makes this the sort of book yearned for by all who cherish wild things and wild places. As that beauty fades from our beloved Appalachians, Mountains of the Heart can provide us with inspiration and information to act." Ted Williams, Audubon Magazine
£15.95
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Prahistorische Lawinen: Nachweis Und Analyse
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