Geologie, Geophysik (2 021 Artikel)

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...

TO THE MODEL EVALUATION 1. MODELLING SOIL EROSION BY WATER l 2 John Boardman and David Favis-Mortlock 1 School of Geography and Environmental Change Unit Mansfield Road University of Oxford Oxford ...

Regional seismograms are dominated by the phases Pn, Pg, Sn, and Lg. More often Sn and Lg are used to infer the attenuation structure of the lithosphere. The seismic phase Sn is a high-frequency sh...

In September 1996, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), prohibiting nuclear explosions worldwide, in all environments. The treaty calls for ...

On September 1996, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), prohibiting nuclear explosions worldwide, in all environments. The treaty calls for ...

In September 1996, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), prohibiting nuclear explosions worldwide, in all environments. The treaty calls for ...

The Chaco-Paranense Basin and the Península de Valdés

An atmospheric phenomenon is considered as 'explained' when we have succeeded in deducing it on the basis of accepted principles of physics. (H. Ertel, Methods and problems of dynamical meteorolo g...

Volcano Crisis Communication

Geological-Structural Cartography using Potential Fields and Airborne Gamma Spectrometry

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Background and Problem.- 1.2 Objectives.- 2 Modeling Soil Venting.- 2.1 Physical Basis of the Venting Technique.- 2.2 Simulation Models.- 3 Stationary Problem and Optimal Contr...

Origin and Formation of Coastal Boulder Deposits at Galway Bay and the Aran Islands, Western Ireland

Base isolation, passive energy dissipation and active control represent three innovative technologies for protection of structures under environmental loads. Increasingly, they are being applied to...

Noisy systems and folded maps.- Nearly chaotic behavior on finite point sets.- Structural stable patterns and elementary catastrophes.

is an account of the origin of forces and matter at the dawn of time, and the way they evolved to planet Earth of today. Several fields of natural sciences are consulted to present a coherent view ...