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Taylor & Francis Ltd Climate Change and Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Central Asia
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Homer
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Stability of Slopes
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Booker Tropical Soil Manual A Handbook for Soil Survey and Agricultural Land Evaluation in the Tropics and Subtropics
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cover Crops and Sustainable Agriculture
Book SynopsisThis book will not serve as the encyclopedia of cover crop management, but itâs close. The benefits of a wide range of individual cover crops and blends/mixes for specific agronomic crop rotations and geographic locations are included. Descriptions, photographs, and illustrations show how cover crops look in the field, including plant height, leaf architecture, and rooting patterns. Long term benefits are described for soil health, soil structure, water quality, nutrient contributions, soil biodiversity, air quality and climate change. In addition to the whys of cover crop use, the book includes details on the hows: how to choose cover crops for specific applications and locations; how (and when) to plant; how to manage and maintain the cover for maximum benefit; and how and when to terminate. Planting options include: drilling/planting between rows of an agronomic crop at planting time, or when the crop is short (i.e. corn in early June); aerial seeding with an airplane or high-clearance machine shortly before the crop reaches maturity; and drilling/planting immediately after harvest of the agronomic crop. Selected cover crops (blends) can help with pest and disease management. Cover crops are an economic input with an expected return on investment, similar to pesticides and fertilizer. As part of a continuous no-till system, cover crops provide long-term biological, chemical and structural benefits. The resulting increase in soil organic matter means the agronomic crop yields benefit from better water infiltration and water holding capacity, greater availability of nitrogen and other nutrients, deeper rooting, and increased soil microbial activity in the root zone. Table of ContentsIntroduction to Cover Crops. Benefits of Cover Crops on Agronomic Crop Yield. Potential and Challenges of Growing Cover Crops in Organic Production Systems. Cover Crops in Vegetable Production and Urban Farming in Sub-Saharan Countries. Algorithms to optimize cropping diversity with cover crops. Sustainable suppression of weeds through ecological use of cover crops. Cover crops for pests and soil-borne disease control and insect diversity. Cover Crops for Forages and Livestock Grazing. Cover crops’ effect on soil quality and soil health. Cover Crops for Orchard Soil Management. Cover Crop Mixes for Diversity, Carbon, and Conservation Agriculture. Cover crops and soil nitrogen cycling. Effect of Cover Crops on Soil Biology. Cover cropping improves soil quality and physical properties. Cover Crops Effects on Soil Erosion and Water Quality. Effects of cover crops on greenhouse gas emissions. Cover crops influence soil microbial and biochemical properties. Economics of Cover Crops.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Soil Hydrology in a Changing Climate
Book SynopsisA changing climate is causing challenges for soil and water management in many parts of the world. Current soil management practices need to be redesigned to effectively address present and future fluctuating climates. This book explores how soil management practices impact soil hydrological characteristics, and how we can improve our understanding of soil and water management under changing conditions. This is a valuable resource for land managers, soil conservationists, researchers and others who wish to understand how different management practices affect soil and water dynamics and how these practices can be adjusted to enhance agricultural sustainability and environmental quality. Features: Explores the impact of changing climate on soil hydrology and soil water dynamics. Examines how effective soil management can improve soil health, water infiltration and soil water retention. Discusses relationships of conservation tillage systems, diversified cropping systems, crop residTable of ContentsLand use Changes and Fluctuating Climate. Climate Fluctuations and Soil Hydrology. Soil Health and Soil Water. Conservation Tillage and Soil Water. Crop Diversification and Soil Water. Crop Residue Management and Soil Water. Conservation Buffers and Soil Water. Forest Land Use and Soil Hydrology. Urban Soils and Soil Water. Maintaining Wetland Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate. Soil Water Management and Climate Fluctuations: Modelling Approach.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Spirit of the Soil
In this second edition of The Spirit of the Soil: Agriculture and Environmental Ethics, Paul B. Thompson reviews four worldviews that shape competing visions for agriculture. Productionists have sought increasing yieldsto make two seeds grow where only one grew beforewhile traditional visions of good farming have stressed stewardship. These traditional visions have been challenged by two more worldviews: a call for a total cost accounting for farming and an advocacy for a holistic perspective. Thompson argues that an environmentally defensible systems approach must draw upon all four worldviews, recognizing their flaws and synthesizing their strengths in a new vision of sustainable agriculture. This classic 1995 study has been thoroughly revised and significantly expanded in its second edition with up-to-date examples of agriculture's impact on the environment. These include extensive discussions of new pesticides and the effects of animal agriculture on climate and other are
£43.99
Cambridge University Press Understanding Soil Change
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Cambridge University Press World Soil Erosion and Conservation
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Cambridge University Press Land Degradation Problems and Policies
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Cambridge University Press Managing and Transforming Water Conflicts
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Cambridge University Press Estuaries Dynamics Mixing Sedimentation and Morphology
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Cambridge University Press Soil Chemistry and its Applications 5 Cambridge Environmental Chemistry Series Series Number 5
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Cambridge University Press Excavation Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
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Cambridge University Press Soil Ecology
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Cambridge University Press Soils and the Environment
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Cambridge University Press Soil Mechanics
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to the Environmental Physics of Soil Water and Watersheds
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Cambridge University Press Erosion and Sedimentation
Book SynopsisThe second edition of this acclaimed, accessible textbook brings the subject of sedimentation and erosion up-to-date, providing an excellent primer on both fundamental concepts of sediment-transport theory and methods for practical applications. The structure of the first edition is essentially unchanged, but all the chapters have been updated, with several chapters reworked and expanded significantly. Examples of the new additions include the concept of added mass, the Modified Einstein Procedure, sediment transport by size fractions, sediment transport of sediment mixtures, and new solutions to the Einstein Integrals. Many new examples and exercises have been added. Erosion and Sedimentation is an essential textbook on the topic for students in civil and environmental engineering and the geosciences, and also as a handbook for researchers and professionals in engineering, the geosciences and the water sciences.Trade Review'… [presents] the mechanics of sediment motion alongside those subjects in fluid mechanics that are fundamental to understanding sediment transport. The interweaving of the two subjects is carried out particularly well … Each topic is covered clearly, with many carefully designed figures, examples, and exercises … an excellent primer on both fundamental concepts of sediment-transport theory and methods for practical applications. … well written, and nicely illustrated, and it will serve as either a handbook for workers in the field or a textbook for beginning students of the subject. Julien has done a truly admirable job in making … [a] difficult subject much more accessible to beginning Earth scientists and engineers.' Jonathan Nelson, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering'… clearly and concisely written, covers not only the theory but also measurement methods and also provides many worked examples. It will serve well its primary purpose as a textbook for post-graduate courses on erosion and sedimentation. … thoroughly recommended.' Ian R. Calder, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences'… an excellent and accessible treatment of the 'classic' engineering approach to erosion and sedimentation. … a worthy primer for those requiring mastery over the essential technicalities of hydraulic analysis.' Nicholas J. Clifford, Progress in Physical Geography'... this well-written text can be equally useful to undergraduates, graduates, geologists and geophysicists.' Christopher Kendall, The Leading Edge'… well written and clearly set out …' Gary Nichols, Geological Magazine'… a welcome addition to the existing standard textbooks in the subject area … logically planned out, well written with clear explanations in good English … nicely laid out and printed.' R. L. Soulsby, Journal of Fluid Mechanics'… Erosion and Sedimentation is an essential textbook on the topic for students in civil and environmental engineering and the geosciences, and also as a handbook for researchers and professionals in engineering, the geosciences and the water sciences.' The Eggs EGU Newsletter (the-eggs.org)'I believe Julien's new edition is an improved and very useful reference text for research and teaching, although it lacks a strong foundation in some recent advances in sediment transport and fluvial geomorphology.' Michael B. Singer, Geological Magazine'[The] focus on engineering aspects is expressed perfectly in many places … a quite well balanced overview …' The Sedimentary RecordTable of ContentsPreface; List of symbols; 1. Introduction; 2. Physical properties and dimensional analysis; 3. Mechanics of sediment-laden flows; 4. Particle motion in invisid fluids; 5. Particle motion in Newtonian fluids; 6. Turbulent velocity profiles; 7. Incipient motion; 8. Bedforms; 9. Bedload; 10. Suspended load; 11. Total load; 12. Reservoir sedimentation; Appendix A. Einstein's sediment transport method; Appendix B. Useful mathematical relationships; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Soil Ecology in Northern Forests
Book SynopsisForest soils form the foundation that underpins the existence of all forests. This book encapsulates soil ecology and functioning in northern forests, focusing on the effects of human activity and climate change. The authors introduce the fundamental principles necessary for studying forest soils, and explain the functioning and mutual influence of all parts of a forest soil ecosystem. A chapter is dedicated to each of soil acidity and heavy metal pollution, elevated carbon dioxide, nitrogen deposition and climate change, highlighting the most important anthropogenic factors influencing forest soil functioning and how these soils are likely to respond to environmental change. With its unique view of the functioning of the soils found under temperate and boreal forests in today''s rapidly changing world, this book is of interest to anyone studying forestry and forest ecology in European, North American and North Asian contexts.Trade Review'… suitable as a text for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students with a strong emphasis on soil classification and properties.' EcologyTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. Soil properties; 3. Forest soil development and classification; 4. Soil fungi; 5. Soil water; 6. Forest carbon cycle; 7. Nutrient cycling; 8. Northern forests in a high CO2 world; 9. Soil acidity and heavy metal pollution; 10. Nitrogen; 11. Soil functioning and climate change; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Physical Principles of Sedimentary Basin Analysis
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to the Environmental Physics of Soil Water and Watersheds
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Cambridge University Press Erosion and Sedimentation
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Cambridge University Press Quantitative Modeling of Earth Surface Processes
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Cambridge University Press InterBasin Water Transfer
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Cambridge University Press Gravitational Systems of Groundwater Flow
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Cambridge University Press Soil Ecology in Northern Forests
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Cambridge University Press Estuaries
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Cambridge University Press The Concise Geologic Time Scale
Book SynopsisThis concise handbook presents a summary of Earth's history over the past 4.5 billion years as well as a brief overview of contemporaneous events on the Moon, Mars and Venus. The authors have been at the forefront of chronostratigraphic research and initiatives to create an international geologic time scale for many years, and the charts in this book present the most up to date, international standard, as ratified by the International Commission on Stratigraphy and the International Union of Geological Sciences. This book is an essential reference for all geoscientists, including researchers, students, and petroleum and mining professionals. The presentation is non-technical and illustrated with numerous colour charts, maps and photographs. The book also includes a detachable laminated card of the complete time scale for use as a handy reference in the office, laboratory or field.Trade Review'… practical … can be reliably recommended for any geologist who regularly refers to the time scale.' Geological Magazine'One cannot help being struck by the amount of information in this volume … a triumph of scholarship, that will serve the profession and the public well.' Episodes'The book is an inspiring leader in practical stratigraphy, its philosophical roots, and its prime product: The Geologic Time Scale. It is a very important publication for graduate scholars, scientists, and sedimentologists, hydrogeologists, and petroleum geologists.' Environmental Geology'The editors have succeeded admirably in compiling a work that is dense with information but is both beautiful in layout and extremely readable … The book is a masterpiece of presentation … an amazing work that provides a new standard for both geochronology, and for committee-driven scientific project reports.' The Leading Edge'This is a volume that should be in all good geological libraries.' Geological Magazine'At £20, in hardback, with a really stout long lasting binding and a plastic wipe-clean cover, on glossy full colour pages, an immense amount of minutely assessed factual information, supplied by innumerable workers, is summarised and clearly and succinctly presented. This is unequivocally recommended. Although research will result in newer versions, this edition will suffice for many for some time to come, if not 1myr!' Geoscientist' … the new book by Ogg et al. will become a true gift for everyone in the geosciences. The authors talentedly prepared an ultimate reference on the chronostratigraphical knowledge, which permits to feel as a growth of the present interest to the geologic time subdivision as the main achievements in this direction.' Paläontologie allgemTable of ContentsIntroduction; Planetary time scale; Precambrian period; Cambrian period; Ordovician period; Silurian period; Devonian period; Carboniferous period; Permian period; Triassic period; Jurassic period; Cretaceous period; Paleogene period; Neogene period; Quaternary period; Appendix. Standard colors of the international divisions of geologic time; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Infrared Spectroscopy of Archaeological Sediments
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Little Brown and Company The Ground Beneath Us From the Oldest Cities to
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Biogeochemistry of Gulf of Mexico Estuaries
Book SynopsisThe fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico make up the largest commercial fishery in the United States. But the ecology of the Gulf is in trouble: much of the Gulf is subject to critical problems with toxic microorganisms.Table of ContentsPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS. Geology and Hydrodynamics of Gulf of Mexico Estuaries. Hydrography, Mixing Characteristics, and Residence Times of Gulf ofMexico Estuaries. Sedimentary Processes of Gulf of Mexico Estuaries. NUTRIENT DYNAMICS. Suspended Particulate and Dissolved Nutrient Loadings to Gulf ofMexico Estuaries. Nutrient Behavior and Phytoplankton Production in Gulf of MexicoEstuaries. Benthic Nutrient Fluxes of Selected Estuaries in the Gulf ofMexico. Wetland-Water Column Interactions and the Biogeochemistry ofEstuary-Watershed Coupling Around the Gulf of Mexico. ORGANIC MATTER CYCLING. Particulate Organic Matter in Gulf of MexicoEstuaries--Implications for Net Heterotrophy. Dissolved Organic Matter in Estuaries of the Gulf of Mexico. TRACE ELEMENT/ORGANIC IN CYCLING. Trace Element Behavior in Gulf of Mexico Estuaries. Natural Organic Matter Binding of Trace Metals and Trace OrganicContaminants in Estuaries. Particle-Reactive Radionuclides as Tracers of BiogechemicalProcesses in Estuarine and Coastal Water of the Gulf ofMexico. SUMMARY. Biogechemistry of Gulf of Mexico Estuaries: Implications forManagement. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Modern Hydrology and Sustainable Water
Book SynopsisThe material of this book will derive its scientific under-pinning from basics of mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology, engineering, soil science, and related disciplines and will provide sufficient breadth and depth of understanding in each sub-section of hydrology.Trade Review"The material of this book will derive its scientific under-pinning from basics of mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology, engineering, soil science, and related disciplines and will provide sufficient breadth and depth of understanding in each sub-section of hydrology. " (Environmental Expert, 8 March 2011)Table of ContentsForeword. Preface. Acknowledgements. A note for students and teachers. 1 Fundamentals of hydrology. 1.1 Properties of water. 1.2 Common water quality parameters. 1.3 Hydrologic cycle and global water distribution. 1.4 Units and dimensions. 1.5 Significant figures and digits. 2 Surface water hydrology. 2.1 Lakes. 2.2 Glaciers. 2.3 Streams. 2.4 Watershed concept. 2.5 Instrumentation and monitoring. 2.6 Runoff processes and flow measurement. 2.7 Rainfall-runoff analysis and modelling. 2.8 Stream processes. 2.9 Stream characteristics. 2.10 River and reservoir routing. 2.11 Scales and scaling. 2.12 The invisible resource: groundwater. 2.13 Tutorial. 3 Groundwater hydrology. 3.1 Occurrence of groundwater. 3.2 Movement of groundwater. 3.3 Hydraulic head. 3.4 Dispersion. 3.5 Specialized flow conditions. 3.6 Groundwater measurements. 3.7 Groundwater pollution. 3.8 Composite nature of surfacewater and groundwater. 3.9 Conjunctive use of surfacewater and groundwater. 3.10 Tutorial. 4 Well hydraulics and test pumping. 4.1 Steady flow. 4.2 Superposition in space and time. 4.3 Boundaries and images in flow modelling. 4.4 Well flow under special conditions. 4.5 Well losses. 4.6 Tutorial. 5 Surface and groundwater flow modelling. 5.1 Surface water flow modelling. 5.2 Groundwater flow modelling. 5.3 Surface and groundwater interactions and coupled/integrated modelling. 6 Aqueous chemistry and human impacts on water quality. 6.1 Principles and processes controlling composition of natural waters. 6.2 Natural hydrochemical conditions in the subsurface. 6.3 Presenting inorganic chemical data. 6.4 Impact of human activities. 6.5 Geochemical modelling. 6.6 Chemical tracers. 6.7 Groundwater – numerical modelling of solute transport. 6.8 Relation between use and quality of water. 6.9 Industrial use. 6.10 Tutorial. 7 Hydrologic tracing. 7.1 Isotopes and radioactivity. 7.2 Hydrologic tracers. 7.3 Tracers and groundwater movement. 7.4 Stable isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen. 7.5 Dissolved noble gases. 7.6 Models for interpretation of groundwater age. 7.7 Tracers for estimation of groundwater recharge. 7.8 Tutorial. 8 Statistical analyses in hydrology. 8.1 Descriptive statistics. 8.2 Probability theory. 8.3 Hydrologic frequency analysis. 8.4 Nonparametric density estimation methods. 8.5 Error analysis. 8.6 Time series analysis. 8.7 Tutorial. 9 Remote sensing and GIS in hydrology. 9.1 Principle of remote sensing. 9.2 Approaches to data/image interpretation. 9.3 Radar and microwave remote sensing. 9.4 Geographic Information Systems (GIS). 9.5 Applications in hydrology. 10 Urban hydrology. 10.1 Water balance in urban areas. 10.2 Disposal of waterborne wastes. 10.3 New approaches and technologies for sustainable urbanization. 11 Rainwater harvesting and artificial groundwater recharge. 11.1 Historical perspective. 11.2 Rainwater harvesting – some general remarks. 11.3 Watershed management and water harvesting. 11.4 Tutorial. 12 Water resource development: the human dimensions. 12.1 The global water crisis. 12.2 Global initiatives. 12.3 Water and ethics. 12.4 Global water tele-connections and virtual water. 13 Some case studies. 13.1 The Yellow River Basin, China. 13.2 The Colorado River Basin, United States. 13.3 The Murray-Darling River Basin, Australia. 13.4 The North Gujarat–Cambay region, Western India. 14 Epilogue. 14.1 Water and its properties, quality considerations, movement, and modelling of surface- and groundwater. 14.2 Distribution of water in space and time. 14.3 Water resource sustainability. Bibliography. Index. Plate section.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Sediments Morphology and Sedimentary Processes on
Book SynopsisThe application of multibeam and sediment transport measurement technologies and the adoption of multi-faceted research methodologies have greatly advanced our understanding of the sedimentary processes on continental shelves in the last decade. This book uniquely blends cutting-edge research and state-of-the art review articles that take stock of new advances in multibeam mapping and sediment transport technologies, spatial analysis and modelling, and the applications of these advances to the understanding of shelf sediments, morphodynamics, and sedimentary processes. Case studies are also presented to illustrate the utilization of seabed property and process knowledge in habitat mapping and ocean management With its mix of papers focusing on technological advances, integration of shelf morphology and processes, and the application of these advances to coastal and ocean management, this Special Publication volume will serve as a milestone reference for professional marine sTrade Review“The references are up-to-date and largely accessible. I must congratulate the editors, authors and publisher for this excellent work and for the affordable price, although a paperback volume would possibly have been more handsome.” (Geologos, 1 September 2013)Table of ContentsPreface Part 1: Sediments and morphology in shelf and coastal systems Optimal use of multibeam technology in the study of shelf morphodynamics John E. Hughes Clarke Palaeogeographic reconstruction of Hecate Strait British Columbia: changing sea levels and sedimentary processes reshape a glaciated shelf J. Vaughn Barrie and Kim W. Conway Changes in submarine channel morphology and slope sedimentation patterns from repeat multibeam surveys in the Fraser River delta, western Canada Philip R. Hill Recent sedimentary processes in the Cap de Creus canyon head and adjacent continental shelf, NE Spain: evidence from multibeam bathymetry, sub-bottom profiles and coring A. García-García, T. Schoolmeester, D. Orange, A. Calafat, J. Fabres, E. Grossman, M. Field, T. Lorenson, M. Levey and M. Sansoucy Geology metrics for predicting shoreline change using seabed and sub-bottom observations from the surf zone and nearshore Jesse E. McNinch and Jennifer L. Miselis Re-examination of sand ridges on the middle and outer New Jersey shelf based on combined analysis of multibeam bathymetry and backscatter, seafloor grab samples and chirp seismic data John A. Goff and Catherine S. Duncan Sedimentary facies of shoreface-connected sand ridges off the East Frisian barrier-island coast, southern North Sea: climatic controls and preservation potential Chang Soo Son, Burghard W. Flemming and Tae Soo Chang Part 2: Sediment transport processes, sedimentation and modelling Recent advances in understanding continental shelf sediment transport L.D. Wright Recent advances in instrumentation used to study sediment transport Jon J. Williams Seabed disturbance and bedform distribution and mobility on the storm-dominated Sable Island Bank, Scotian Shelf Michael Z. Li, Edward L. King and Robert H. Prescott Temporal variability, migration rates and preservation potential of subaqueous dune fields generated in the Agulhas Current on the southeast African continental shelf Burghard W. Flemming and Alexander Bartholomä Measurement of bedload transport in a coastal sea using repeat swath bathymetry surveys: assessing bedload formulae using sand dune migration Garret P. Duffy and John E. Hughes-Clarke Analyzing bedforms mapped using multibeam sonar to determine regional bedload sediment transport patterns in the San Francisco Bay coastal system Patrick L. Barnard, Li Erikson, David M. Rubin, Pete Dartnell and Rikk G. Kvitek Sediment transport on continental shelves: storm bed formation and preservation in heterogeneous sediments T. R. Keen, R. L. Slingerland, S. J. Bentley, Y. Furukawa, W. J. Teague and J. D. Dykes Tidal influence on the transport of suspended matter in the southwestern Yellow Sea at 6 ka Katsuto Uehara and Yoshiki Saito Origin, transport processes and distribution pattern of modern sediments in the Yellow Sea Xuefa Shi, Yanguang Liu, Zhihua Chen, Jianwei Wei, Sulan Ge, Kunshan Wang, Guoqing Wang, Shouye Yang, Shuqing Qiao, Deling Cai, Zhenbo Cheng, Wenrui Bu and Hi-Ii Yi Seasonal and spatial variation in suspended sediment characteristics off the Changjiang estuary Guoqing Wang, Xuefa Shi, Yanguang Liu, Xisheng Fang and Gang Yang Factors controlling downward fluxes of particulate matter in glacier-contact and non-glacier contact settings in a subpolar fjord (Billefjorden, Svalbard) Witold Szczuciński and Marek Zajączkowski Part 3: Application and management On seabed disturbance, marine ecological succession and applications for environmental management: a physical sedimentological perspective Peter T. Harris Benthic habitat mapping from seabed acoustic surveys: do implicit assumptions hold? Vladimir E. Kostylev List of Reviewers Index
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University Press of Colorado Soils, Climate and Society: Archaeological
Book SynopsisMuch recent archaeological research focuses on social forces as the impetus for cultural change. This book, however, focuses on the complex relationship between human populations and the physical environment, particularly the land -- the foundation of agricultural production and, by extension, of agricultural peoples. The volume traces the origins of agriculture, the transition to agrarian societies, the socio-cultural implications of agriculture, agriculture's effects on population, and the theory of carrying capacity, considering the relation of agriculture to the profound social changes that it wrought in the New World. Soil science plays a significant, though varied, role in each case study, and is the common component of each analysis. Soil chemistry is also of particular importance to several of the studies, as it determines the amount of food that can be produced in a particular soil and the effects of occupation or cultivation on that soil, thus having consequences for future cultivators. The book demonstrates that renewed investigation of agricultural production and demography can answer questions about the past, as well as stimulate further research. It will be of interest to scholars of archaeology, historical ecology and geography, and agricultural history.
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Dr Ludwig Reichert A Layered History of Karakorum: Stratigraphy and Periodization in the City Center
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