Physical geology : the science of Earth.

Es una herramienta de aprendizaje para entender los fundamentos científicos de la geología, así como las consecuencias de las acciones humanas sobre nuestro planeta. Ofrece a los estudiantes un marco para aprender y pensar de forma crítica y ayudarles a tomar decisiones sobre cuestiones tan importantes como: el calentamiento global, la superpoblación, el problema del agua dulce y otros.

Geology manual; an instruction and laboratory manual for beginners.

Part II has title: Geology manual; an instruction and laboratory manual in elementary geology.

Manual of geology : theoretical and practical /

I. Physical geology and palaeontology, by H. G. Seeley. -- II. Stratigraphical geology and palaeontology, by R. Etheridge.

The Mesozoic and Cenozoic motion of Adria (central Mediterranean): a review of constraints and limitations

This paper presents kinematic analysis on the motion of Adria, which is the continental mass that bridges Africa and Europe in the central Mediterranean. Palaeomagnetic data show a general coherence between the motion of Adria and Africa since the Late Paleozoic. This mutual motion, for the period from 120 Ma and the present, is verified by comparing inferred palaeolatitudes from relatively stable parts of Adria (Apulia, Gargano, Istria, and the Southern Alps) and the Hyblean Plateau, with latitudinal changes that are calculated from the motion of Africa with respect to hotspots. Additional constraints on the motion of Adria are provided from the Late Paleozoic-Early Mesozoic passive margin of Adria in the Ionian Sea. The seismic structure of the floor of the Ionian Sea resembles the structure of the oceanic crust in marginal back-arc basins, suggesting that it formed as a small ocean basin. Furthermore, the Ionian lithosphere in the Calabrian arc has been subjected to rapid rollback, which commonly occurs only when the subducting slab is made of oceanic lithosphere. This oceanic domain marks the Pennian-Triassic to Jurassic plate boundary between Adria and Africa, suggesting that a small amount of independent motion between Adria and Africa took place at that time. Since the Jurassic, Adria and Africa have shared a relatively coherent motion path. (C) 2004 Lavoisier SAS. All rights reserved.

Els mapes del medi natural terrestre com a coneixements de base per als estudis sobre la prevenció de la contaminació

Sobre els mapes del medi natural terrestre que aglutinaran els trets del rocam, la disposició dels materials i les seves formes i que reuniran la informació suficient per poder ser utilitzats per als estudis sobre la prevenció de la contaminació

Els mapes del medi natural terrestre com a coneixements de base per als estudis sobre la prevenció de la contaminació

Sobre els mapes del medi natural terrestre que aglutinaran els trets del rocam, la disposició dels materials i les seves formes i que reuniran la informació suficient per poder ser utilitzats per als estudis sobre la prevenció de la contaminació

1978 Atlantic 3800-meter radioactive waste disposal site survey : sedimentary, micromorphologic and geophysical analyses /

"Prepared June 1979."

High resolution provenancing of long travelled dust deposited on the Southern Alps, New Zealand

On 7 February 2000 an atypical orange discolouration of snowfields in the central Southern Alps, New Zealand occurred following the passage of a cold front. Analysis of snow samples identified fine orangey-brown dust mixed with much coarser grey dust. Air parcel forward trajectories from dust sources in southern and central Australia, where dust storms were reported on 4 February 2000, were computed to identify the deposits source. Geochemical analyses of the dust deposit using 26 trace elements, unaffected by regional air pollution and gravitational sorting, indicate that 20% of the dust was sourced from western New South Wales, with 45% from the eastern Eyre Peninsula of South Australia and the remaining 35% was local New Zealand dust. This provenancing approach provides a spatial resolution of long travelled dust sourcing not previously achieved. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

AUSLEM (AUStralian Land Erodibility Model): A tool for identifying wind erosion hazard in Australia

We present AUSLEM (AUStralian Land Erodibility Model), a land erodibility modelling system that utilizes a rule-set of surficial and climatic thresholds applied through a Geographic Information System (GIs) modelling framework to predict landscape susceptibility to wind erosion. AUSLEM is distinctive in that it quantitatively assesses landscape susceptibility to wind erosion at a 5 x 5 km. spatial resolution on a monthly time-step across Australia. The system was implemented for representative wet (1984), dry (1994), and average rainfall (1997) years with corresponding low, high and moderate dust storm day frequencies. Results demonstrate that AUSLEM can identify landscape erodibility, and provide an interpretation of the physical nature and distribution of erodible landscapes in Australia. Further, results offer an assessment of the dynamic tendencies of erodibility in space and time in response to the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and seasonal synoptic scale climate variability. A comparative analysis of AUSLEM output with independent national and international wind erosion, atmospheric aerosol and dust event records indicates a high level of model competency. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Agate : physical properties and origin, archaeology and folk-lore / By Oliver C. Farrington, Curator of Geology, [and] Berthold Laufer, Curator of Anthropology.

no.8(1927)

Amber: its physical properties and geological occurrence / by Oliver C. Farrington, Curator of Geology.

no.3(1923)

The Mississippi Valley : its physical geography, including sketches of the topography, botany, climate, geology, and mineral resources ; and of the progress of development in population and material wealth /

Includes index.

The British colonial library, comprising a popular and authentic description of all the colonies of the British empire, their history - physical geography - geology - climate - animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms - government - finance - military defence - commerce - shipping -monetary system - religion - population, white and coloured - education and the press - emigration, social state, &c.

Published in 1834-35 under the title: History of the British colonies.

Geology, physical and historical,

Contains bibliographies.

An account of travels into the interior of southern Africa, in the years 1797 and 1798 : including cursory observations on the geology and geography of the southern part of that continent ; the natural history of such objects as occurred in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms ; and sketches of the physical and moral characters of the various tribes of inhabitants surrounding the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. To which is annexed, a description of the present state, population, and produce of that extensive colony ; with a map constructed entirely from actual observations made in the course of the travels.

Vol. 2 has title: An account of travels into the interior of Southern Africa; in which is considered, the importance of the Cape of Good Hope to the different European powers, as a naval and military station ; as a territorial acquisition and commercial emporium in time of peace : with a statistical sketch of the whole colony ; comp. from authentic documents.