Earth system processes and disaster management

One of the fundamental goals of earth system science research is to adopt a more holistic view of the earth as a 'system' comprising different domains. The Society of Earth Scientists has brought out this multidisciplinary publication to emphasize the need of an integrated approach to unde...

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企业作者: SpringerLink (Online service)
其他作者: Ravindra, Rasik (Editor), Sinha, Rajiv (Editor)
格式: 电子书
语言:English
出版: Berlin Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg Imprint Springer 2013
丛编:Society of Earth Scientists Series,
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书本目录:
  • Preface - 1. Introduction,- Section I Earth Systems: Cryosphere and hydrosphere
  • 2. Global warming and glacier retreat - an overview
  • 3. Asynchronous behaviour of glaciers of Ladakh Himalaya
  • 4. Signatures and evidences of surging glaciers in Shyok valley
  • 5. Antarctic climate variability durng the past few centuries
  • 6. River systems and river science in India,- Section II Earth's climate system and paleoclimate
  • 7. Impact of climate change on lichen and moss communities in Ny-Alesund
  • 8. High resolution southwest monsoon reconstruction for the past ~ 2800 years
  • 9. New record of magnetic properties of late quaternary sediments from the Easatern Arabian Sea
  • 10. Anthropogenic climate change: observed facts, projected vulnerabilities and knowledge gaps
  • Section III Natural Disasters
  • 11. Landslide hazard analysis and management - case study from Nainital, India
  • 12. Natural hazards of the Arabian peninsula: their causes and possible remediation
  • 13. Influence of Young's modulus and Poisson's ration on the displacement around a circular tunnel
  • Section IV Natural Resource Management
  • 14. Gas hydrates - viable future and major energy resource of India
  • 15. Impact cratering from an Indian perspective
  • 16. Optical characterization of backscattering of total suspended matter and its correlation with phytoplankton concentration in the Arabian Sea.