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Preface viii
1 The Alps in their Plate Tectonic Framework 1
1.1 Older Mountain Chains in Europe 2
1.2 Break-up of Pangaea and Opening of the Alpine Tethys 8
1.3 The Alpine System in Europe 12
1.4 Structure of the Alps 14
References 20
2 The pre-Triassic Basement of the Alps 23
2.1 The pre-Triassic Basement in the Black Forest and Vosges 25
2.2 The pre-Triassic Basement of the External Massifs 29
External Massi
Rohstoffwirtschaft.- Primäre Rohstoffe.- Sekundäre Rohstoffe und Recycling.- Verarbeitung und Produkte.
“The reader will return repeatedly to the excellent sketches and tables throughout the book, and the "how to” sections provide some memorable highlights.” (PESGB, 1 January 2014)
“A second edition of The Field Description of Igneous Rocks has been long overdue, and the authors are to be commended for reproducing an excellent and comprehensively revised version.” (Geological Journal, 1 January 2013)
“Overall, if you are examining igneous rocks in the field or stu
“The reader will return repeatedly to the excellent sketches and tables throughout the book, and the "how to” sections provide some memorable highlights.” (PESGB, 1 January 2014)
“A second edition of The Field Description of Igneous Rocks has been long overdue, and the authors are to be commended for reproducing an excellent and comprehensively revised version.” (Geological Journal, 1 January 2013)
“Overall,
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The Holocene provides students, researchers and lay-readers with the remarkable story of how the natural world has been transformed since the end of the last Ice Age around 15,000 years ago. This period has witnessed a shift from environmental changes determined by natural forces to those dominated by human actions, including those of climate and greenhouse gases. Understanding the environmental changes - both natural and anthropogenic - that have occurred during the Holocene is of cr
Omnipresent soil.- How I earned my first crown and dollar.- Soil is the skin of the planet Earth.- The smallest zoo and botanical garden.- The birth of soils.-Crumbling of soils.- Soils as the skyscrapers.- Soil is never without water.- How water flows in soil.- Soil regulates circulation of water on the planet Earth.- How the plants nourish themselves.- Soil reveals its true character.- Dear Soil, what is your name?.- Illness and death of soils.- Index.
Preface xi
1 Introduction 1
1.1 The basics 4
1.1.1 Units and abbreviations 6
1.1.2 Cores and logs 6
1.1.3 Lithology identification 8
1.1.4 Rock properties 10
1.1.5 Physics of a reservoir 10
1.1.6 Porosity 10
1.1.7 Water saturation 11
1.1.8 Permeability 13
1.1.9 Capillary pressure 14
1.1.10 Wettability 14
1.2 The results 15
1.2.1 Hydrocarbon pay 15
1.2.2 Simple volumetrics 15
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