Geowissenschaften (64 Artikel)

Themen, Texte, Titel

This book is a product of the joint JGOFS (Joint Global Ocean Flux Study)/LOICZ (Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone) Continental Margins Task Team which was established to facilitate conti...

Models and Languages for Geo-Ontologies.- Two Types of Hierarchies in Geospatial Ontologies.- Semantic Annotation of Maps Through Knowledge Provenance.- Architecture for a Grounded Ontology of Geog...

Progress in Landslide Science

Computerized modeling is a powerful tool to describe the complex interrelations between measured data and the dynamics of sedimentary systems. Complex interaction of environmental factors with natu...

Wetlands are very sensitive ecosystems, functioning as a habitat for many organisms. Protection and regeneration of wetlands are of great importance in ecological research and in nature conservatio...

This book presents a broad survey of models for critical and catastrophic phenomena in the geosciences, with strong emphasis on earthquakes. It assumes the perspective of statistical physics, which...

In June 1965, a small group of European economic geologists gathered in Heidelberg, Germany, at the invitation of Professor G. C. Amstutz and decided to establish the Society for Geology Applied to...

Emerging Issues and Problems

Studies and Applications

Considerable attention has been given during the past few years to the water crisis that many regions of the world may face in the coming decades. While the mag- tude and the extent of the global w...

Die Entstehung der Erde.- Wesen, Werden und Wachsen der Lebenswelt.- Das Band zwischen allen Dingen -- Wissenskultur und Weltbild im Alten Orient.- Antike Weltbilder im Widerspruch zwischen Theorie...

Karst and Cavernous Rocks in Engineering and Construction

Computer modeling pervades today all fields of science. For the study of com plex systems, such as the environment, it has become an indispensable tool. But it is also a tool that is often misunder...

Modelle, Strukturen, Funktionen