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Environmental Science Oil Panic and the Global Crisis Steven M. Gorelick, Stanford Univ., USA Analyzing predictions of global oil depletion in the context of science, history, and economics, this book summarizes—and then challenges— key assumptions underlying argu- ments in the global oil-depletion debate. Concepts of resource deple- tion, end-use needs, technology leap-frogging, efficiency, and substi- tution are used to evaluate histori- cal patterns of exploitation of non-renewable resources and to explore what history suggests about our future dependence on oil. What’s more, facts about oil supply, production, and consumption are made acces- sible using concise and simple graphics. This book is aimed at a broad range of readers, from undergraduate stu- dents studying resource science and economics to anyone interested in understanding the context of the controversy over global oil depletion. Hardcover 192 pp 2010 ISBN 978-1-4051-9548-5 €42.90/£32.50/CAD $65.95/USD $54.95 new Amazonia, Landscape and Species Evolution A Look at the Past new Carina Hoorn, Univ. of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Hubert Vonhof, Vrije Univ. Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Frank Wesselingh, Naturalis, Leiden; Editors Ideal for those interested in Amazonia’s natural history, this inci- sive book covers: • The configuration of the sedimentary basins, the Andean foreland, and the significance of Andean tectonics on Amazonia’s sedimentary record and the Amazon Fan • The stratigraphy of Amazonia (synthesis of Neogene formations) • Neogene sedimentary environments (Early Miocene E-W fluvial system) • Middle Miocene paleo-Amazon wetland (W-E flow) • Ostracod speciation in the paleo-Amazon wetland • A reconstruction of Neogene water chemistry and it implications for the climate in Amazonia Laser Scanning for the Environmental Sciences new George Heritage, Univ. of Salford, UK; Andy Large; Editors This book collates a series of invit- ed peer reviewed papers presented at the conference on geoinformatics and LIDAR held at the National Centre for Geocomputation. Current constraints in field survey and DEM construction are reviewed together with technical and applied issues around the new technology. The book provides great value to researchers in the field of geomor- phology, geostatistics, remote sensing, and GIS, and is extremely useful to students and practitioners concerned with terrain analysis. • Highlights major technological breakthrough in 3D data collection • Features examples of application across a wide range of environmental areas • Critically evaluates the role of laser based techniques in the environment • Details theory and application of laser techniques in the natural environment Hardcover 288 pp 2009 ISBN 978-1-4051-5717-9 €69.90/£55.00/CAD $119.95/USD $99.95 • Amazonia’s fish fauna: Origins and distribution patters in relation to Andean tectonics, past marine incursions, and the paleo-Amazon wetland • Vertebrate fauna in Neogene Amazonia: Evidence from the fossil record. Hardcover 504 pp 2010 ISBN 978-1-4051-8113-6 €77.90/£95.00/CAD $234.00/USD $195.00 2
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