Earth and Planetary Sciences

Our collection of 139 books.

Planetology - Future Explorations

Edited by Bryan Palaszewski
ISBN 978-1-78985-342-1, Print ISBN 978-1-78985-341-4,
Edited Volume
136 pages, March, 2020

Over the last 80 years, dreamers, engineers, mission planners, and scientists have sought, defined, and created many methods of exploring the solar system. Robotic missions to nearly every type of solar system object have been conducted. The data fro ...
Applied Geochemistry with Case Studies on Geological Formations, Exploration Techniques and Environmental Issues

Edited by Luis Felipe Mazadiego, Eduardo De Miguel Garcia, Fernando Barrio-Parra and Miguel Izquierdo-Díaz
ISBN 978-1-78985-915-7, Print ISBN 978-1-78985-884-6,
Edited Volume
140 pages, February, 2020

Geochemistry has become an essential subject to understand our origins and face the challenges that humanity will meet in the near future. This book presents several studies that have geochemistry as their central theme, from the description of diffe ...
New Ideas Concerning Black Holes and the Universe

Edited by Eugene Tatum
ISBN 978-1-83968-542-2, Print ISBN 978-1-83968-541-5,
Edited Volume
114 pages, January, 2020

The ideas presented in this book are new scientific theories based largely upon a spate of very recent astronomical observations. These theories include: a cosmological model that appears to be superior, in many respects, to the inflationary "concord ...
Soil Erosion - Rainfall Erosivity and Risk Assessment

Edited by Vlassios Hrissanthou and Konstantinos Kaffas
ISBN 978-1-78985-196-0, Print ISBN 978-1-78985-195-3,
Edited Volume
134 pages, December, 2019

In the first section of this book on soil erosion, an introduction to the soil erosion problem is presented. In the first part of the second section, rainfall erosivity is estimated on the basis of pluviograph records and cumulative rainfall depths b ...
Geospatial Analyses of Earth Observation (EO) data

Edited by Antonio Pepe and Qing Zhao
ISBN 978-1-78984-585-3, Print ISBN 978-1-78984-584-6,
Edited Volume
136 pages, November, 2019

Earth Observation and Geospatial Analysis presents current research related to the observation of Earth with sensors operating at various wavelengths. The book describes the use of remote sensing technologies for detecting and monitoring Earth's envi ...
Geographic Information Systems and Science

Edited by Jorge Rocha and Patrícia Abrantes
ISBN 978-1-83962-234-2, Print ISBN 978-1-83962-233-5,
Edited Volume
184 pages, November, 2019

Geographic information science (GISc) has established itself as a collaborative information-processing scheme that is increasing in popularity. Yet, this interdisciplinary and/or transdisciplinary system is still somewhat misunderstood. This book tal ...
Minerals

Edited by Khalid S. Essa
ISBN 978-1-83962-682-1, Print ISBN 978-1-83962-681-4,
Edited Volume
140 pages, November, 2019

The book "Minerals" offers an important and thorough overview on different geophysical methods including gravity, magnetic and self-potential in mineral exploration, as well as physical and chemical analysis in delineating the minerals. Furthermore, ...
Biochar - An Imperative Amendment for Soil and the Environment

Edited by Vikas Abrol and Peeyush Sharma
ISBN 978-1-83881-988-0, Print ISBN 978-1-83881-987-3,
Edited Volume
124 pages, October, 2019

This book is intended to provide basic information and an overview of emerging researchable issues related to the use of biochar for mitigating climate change, water scarcity, soil degradation, and food security in a sustainable manner. We have aimed ...

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