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Hardback. Describes the basic structure, concepts, and application of deterministic and probabilistic seismic hazard analysis from a perspective useful to earth scientists, engineers, and decision-makers dealing with hazard evaluation. Draws on Reiter's long experience with government agencies concerned with Num Pages: 254 pages, line drawings, graph. BIC Classification: RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 190. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231065344
- ISBN
- 9780231065344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.57
€ 190.57
hardcover. Summarizes selected papers presented at the 27th General Assembly of the International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (Wellington, January 1994). Suitable for seismologists, geophysicists and Earth scientists, this title covers various aspects of research in earthquake hazard and seismic risk. Editor(s): Schenk, Vladimir. Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792340089
- ISBN
- 9780792340089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.70
€ 195.70
Paperback. This volume presents a collection of papers mainly originating from a workshop on Seismic Microzoning, organized during the 23rd General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society in Nice, France, in April 1998. Editor(s): Roca, A.; Oliveira, C. Series: Pageoph Topical Volumes. Num Pages: 368 pages, 104 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHVG; RBC; RBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764366520
- ISBN
- 9783764366520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.72
€ 68.72
Earthquake Processes: Physical Modelling, Numerical Simulation and Dat...
. Ed(S): Matsu'Ura, Mitsuhiro; Mora, P.; Donn...
Paperback. Presents a cross-section of research in the field of computational earthquake physics. This book includes works on microphysics of rupture and fault constitutive laws, and dynamic rupture, wave propagation and ground motion. It covers earthquake cycles, crustal deformation, plate dynamics, and seismicity change and its physical interpretation. Editor(s): Matsu'ura, Mitsuhiro; Mora, P.; Donnellan, Andrea; Yin, X. Series: Pageoph Topical Volumes. Num Pages: 270 pages, 90 black & white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHVG; RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764369156
- ISBN
- 9783764369156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.27
€ 68.27
Earthquake Processes: Physical Modelling, Numerical Simulation and Dat...
. Ed(S): Matsu'Ura, Mitsuhiro; Mora, Peter; D...
Paperback. Presents a cross-section of research in the field of computational earthquake physics. This book includes works on microphysics of rupture and fault constitutive laws, and dynamic rupture, wave propagation and strong ground motion. It covers earthquake cycles, crustal deformation, and seismicity change and its physical interpretation. Editor(s): Matsu'ura, Mitsuhiro; Mora, Peter; Donnellan, Andrea; Xiang-Chu, Yin. Series: Pageoph Topical Volumes. Num Pages: 371 pages, 156 black & white illustrations, 39 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHVG; RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764369163
- ISBN
- 9783764369163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.72
€ 68.72
Hardback. This book is the first comprehensive and methodologically rigorous analysis of earthquake occurrence. Models based on the theory of the stochastic multidimensional point processes are employed to approximate the earthquake occurrence pattern and evaluate its parameters. The Author shows that most of these parameters have universal values. Series: Wiley Works. Num Pages: 306 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 190 x 21. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118637920
- ISBN
- 9781118637920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.71
€ 184.71
Paperback. Editor(s): Leary, Earl V. Num Pages: 129 pages, colour maps & tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 9. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 129
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606926482
- ISBN
- 9781606926482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.28€ 45.36
€ 62.28
€ 45.36
Paperback. Presents seismic research by focusing not only on the modeling of earthquakes and earthquake generated tsunamis, but also on practical comparisons of the resulting phenomenology. Editor(s): Tiampo, Kristy F.; Weinstein, Stuart A.; Weatherley, Dion K. Series: Pageoph Topical Volumes. Num Pages: 353 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764387563
- ISBN
- 9783764387563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.03
€ 68.03
Paperback. Tells the story of various epic earthquakes. This book explains the geological processes responsible for earthquakes, and they describe how these events have had long-lasting aftereffects on human societies and cultures. It includes quotations from literature and from later reports. Num Pages: 304 pages, 39 halftones. 5 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127866
- ISBN
- 9780691127866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.35
€ 36.99
€ 27.35
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- W. H. Freeman
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716775485
- ISBN
- 9780716775485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 169.21
€ 169.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 86 pages, tables. BIC Classification: RBGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 86
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606923801
- ISBN
- 9781606923801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.28€ 45.36
€ 62.28
€ 45.36
Hardback. To understand climate change today, we first need to know how Earth s climate changed over the past 450 million years. Finding answers depends upon contributions from a wide range of sciences, not just the rock record uncovered by geologists. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1042.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118897393
- ISBN
- 9781118897393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.18
€ 87.18
Paperback. Regional Geology Guides provide a broad view and interpretation of the geology of a region. Series: British Regional Geology S. Num Pages: 162 pages, illustrations (some colour), diagrams, maps (one folded), tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKEA; RBG; RGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 384. Series: British Regional Geology S. 162 pages, illustrations (some colour), diagrams, maps (one folded), tables. Regional Geology Guides provide a broad view and interpretation of the geology of a region. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKEA; RBG; RGS. Dimension: 244 x 153 x 12. Weight: 392.
- Publisher
- Her Majesty's Stationery Office
- Number of pages
- 162
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780118841214
- ISBN
- 9780118841214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.41
€ 10.41
Hardback. Editor(s): Nakashizuka, Tohru; Urabe, Jotaro. Series: Ecological Research Monographs. Num Pages: 421 pages, 83 black & white illustrations, 60 colour illustrations, 64 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: RBKF; RNKH; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
- Number of pages
- 421
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431564461
- ISBN
- 9784431564461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 263.25
€ 263.25
Paperback. Covering the field of ecological stoichiometry, this study brings this field into its own as a unifying force in ecology and evolution. Synthesizing a range of knowledge, it shows how an understanding of the biochemical deployment of elements in organisms from microbes to metazoa gives the key to making sense of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Num Pages: 464 pages, 21 tables. 92 line illus. 4 halftones. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSB; RB; RNC; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691074917
- ISBN
- 9780691074917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.68€ 71.49
€ 91.68
€ 71.49
Hardcover. Forest soils are the foundation of the entire forest ecosystem and complex, long-term interactions between trees, soil animals, and the microbial community shape soils in was that are very distinct from agricultural soils. Num Pages: 362 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGB; RGBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 254 x 21. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470979471
- ISBN
- 9780470979471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.27
€ 157.27
Hardback. Series: Monographs in Population Biology. Num Pages: 408 pages, 124 line illus. BIC Classification: PSAF; RBP; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148472
- ISBN
- 9780691148472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.45
€ 94.45
hardcover. Describing trophic interactions between species that carry out the decomposition of organic matter in the soil, this title addresses the key topics of functional groups, spatial stratification and succession patterns over time, involving bacteria, protists, fungi and micro-invertebrates. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: RBGB; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780851996615
- ISBN
- 9780851996615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.85
€ 161.85
Hardcover. Soil degradation is real and global, even if the evidence is not so easy to glean. Degradation poses comparable risks to greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and nonhuman animal extinctions. Few have noticed soil degradation as the problem it has become, except most indigenous peoples in their struggles for survival. Series: Environmental Politics and Theory. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBGB; RGB; RNA; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137358219
- ISBN
- 9781137358219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Bartos, Gregory N. Num Pages: 82 pages, tables. BIC Classification: RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 82
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606921166
- ISBN
- 9781606921166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.28€ 45.36
€ 62.28
€ 45.36