Name: EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES TODAY (HB 2018)
Brand: CBS Publishers and Distributors
SKU: 9789535121138
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Interest in earth sciences and environmental subjects is intensifying as awareness of issues in climate change increases. This book represents an intervention in this lively field through more than a dozen contributions by experts worldwide. The first part of the book focuses on key topics in earth and environmental sciences. Contributions focus in detail on topics including risk assessment of soil contamination by trace metals, the evaluation of soil hydraulic parameters in soils and land use change, and multivariate analysis techniques in environmental science. In part two, further studies on major topics in earth sciences are presented. Here, the reader will gain new insights into issues including geological mapping by remote predictive mapping, monitoring of heavy metal concentration in groundwater, and geology and geomorphology in landscape ecological analysis for forest conservation and risk assessment. Studies focus on contexts including Siberia, the Canadian Arctic, the Mamundiyar Basin, and Northern Tunisia, ensuring that this book offers a global view.