The garnet group includes a group of minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives. In this book, the authors presen...

The field of geochemistry involves study of the chemical composition of the Earth and other planets, chemical processes and reactions that govern t...

A traveller's guide to sites of geologic interest in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Maps, GPS waypoints, and travel directions make it eas...

A guide to 48 sites of geologic interest in Newfoundland -- one of North America’s most popular areas for rock enthusiasts. Maps, GPS waypoints, an...

A guide to 48 sites of geologic interest in Newfoundland -- one of North America’s most popular areas for rock enthusiasts. Maps, GPS waypoints, an...

Geomorphology is the scientific study of landforms and the processes that shape them. Geomorphology is practised within geology, engineering geolog...

Geospatial information is data referenced to a place (a set of geographic co-ordinates) which can often be gathered, manipulated, and displayed in ...

We live in the Quaternary Ice Age, the last million years when large ice sheets covered much of North America and Eurasia, with successive glaciati...

Gold, a chemical element with the symbol Au, is a highly sought-after precious metal, having been used as money, in jewellery, in sculpture, and fo...

In this book, the authors gather and present topical research in the study of the occurrence, mineralogy and origin of granite. Topics discussed in...

Groundwater (GW) is one of the most valuable natural resources and for that reason, the GW protection and management is vital for human evolution, ...

This book discusses arsenic contamination in groundwater, which has emerged as a major health hazard in India. The authors review a generalised sce...

Decades, or even centuries, of changing and competing land uses have left many of the world's streams degraded, in poor health, and out of balance ...

Developing the evolutionary history and classification in the planktic foraminifera of the Late Cretaceous age also led to the proliferation of tax...

Mining of Hardrock minerals on federal lands is governed primarily by the General Mining Law of 1872. The law grants free access to individuals and...

Concentrations (clarkes) of chemical elements in different components of the environment are indicative of the redistribution of the elements betwe...

This book presents the basic physics needed to model the past, present and future of large continental ice sheets. Minimal mathematical ability is ...

The Holocene (11.5 ka BP onwards), directly linked to the evolution of modern society, encompasses the increase and impacts of the human species wo...

Chapter one reports the results of a radiometric survey performed at the main installations of DPM-Department of Petrology and Metallogeny of IGCE-...

Horizons in Earth Science Research. Volume 17 opens with a discussion about the attainment of a new multichannel seismic profile in the Volturno Ba...

Horizons in Earth Science Research. Volume 18 opens with a chapter discussing the influence of canyons at the nearshore of river mouths on water dy...

In the opening chapter Volume 19 uses obtained kinetic data to estimate the growth rate of the basic copper carbonates with the participation of co...

Rangelands are confined to the tropic and sub-tropic regions, and cover about 4.5 billion hectares of the world's dry lands or one fifth of the ear...