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Foundation Design and Construction

Longman Publishing Group, 2001

Foundation Design and Construction has long been established as the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to the subject. The combination of soil engineering principles, design information, and construction details, makes this book an essential resource for undergraduates and practitioners alike. The text first introduces basic theory...

Quantitative Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

Remote sensing has entered a new era in the twenty-first century with a series of operating satellites from the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) program, other international programs, and commercial programs. Since November 2000 the first civilian spaceborne hyperspectral sensor, Hyperion, has observed land surfaces on the...

Ancient China and its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History

Cambridge University Press, 2002

In the time of Duke Huan of Ch’i [the position of] the son of Heaven had become humble and weak, while the feudal lords used their energies in attacking [one another]. The Southern Yi and Northern Ti engaged the Central States in battle, and the continued existence of the Central States seemed [to hang by] a thin thread...

Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

This book highlights new and emerging uses of stable isotope analysis in a variety of ecological disciplines. While the use of natural abundance isotopes in ecological research is now relatively standard, new techniques and ways of interpreting patterns are developing rapidly. The second edition of this book provides a thorough, up-to-date...

Atmospheric Deposition: In Relation to Acidification and Eutrophication (Studies in Environmental Science)

Elsevier Limited, 1995

In the early 1980s, the problem of acidification was acknowledged on a governmental level in the Netherlands as posing a major environmental threat. The concern for damage to forests and ecosystems, and materials and monuments, as well as for acidification of soils and moorland pools stimulated research and policy development. Acid...

Digital Terrain Modelling: Development and Applications in a Policy Support Environment (Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography)

Springer, 2007

This publication is the first book on the development and application of digital terrain modelling for regional planning and policy support. It is a compilation of research results by international research groups at the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, providing scientific support to the development and implementation of EU...

Osteoimmunology: Interactions of the Immune and Skeletal Systems

Springer, 2012

It has been almost 40 years since it was fi rst observed that cells of the immune system could in fl uence the functions of bone [ 1 ] . Since that time, signi fi cant strides have been made in our understanding of the interactions between hematopoietic, immune, and bone cells. This fi eld is now known as...

Methodology and Technology for Power System Grounding

John Wiley & Sons, 2012

Grounding is the fundamental measures to ensure the safe operation of power systems, including power apparatus and control/monitoring systems, and guarantee the personal safety. Grounding technology is an interdiscipline involving electrical engineering, high voltage technology, electric safety, electromagnetics, numerical analysis, and...

The Science of Clays: Applications in Industry, Engineering, and Environment

Springer, 2013

This book is an attempt to provide a comprehensive and coherent description of three widely separated aspects of clays: the science of clays; the industrial uses of clays; and the role of clays in the environment. Most of the existing literature lacks such an integrated study and this work endeavours to fill that gap.

An exhaustive...

Art, Literature, and Passions of the Skies (Analecta Husserliana)

Springer, 2012

Flashes of lightning, resounding thunder, gloomy fog, brilliant sunshine…these are the life manifestations of the skies. The concrete visceral experiences that living under those skies stir within us are the ground for individual impulses, emotions, sentiments that in their interaction generate their own ever-changing...

Advances in Structural Engineering: Materials, Volume Three

Springer, 2014

The book presents research papers presented by academicians, researchers, and practicing structural engineers from India and abroad in the recently held Structural Engineering Convention (SEC) 2014 at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi during 22 – 24 December 2014. The book is divided into three volumes and encompasses...

Foundation Engineering for Expansive Soils

John Wiley & Sons, 2015

Your guide to the design and construction of foundations on expansive soils

Foundation Engineering for Expansive Soils fills a significant gap in the current literature by presenting coverage of the design and construction of foundations for expansive soils. Written by an expert author team with nearly 70 years of...

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