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978-1-4020-5760-1
Advances in Integrated Soil Fertility Research in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Food insecurity is a central concern and a fundamental challenge for human welfare and economic growth in Africa. Low agricultural ...

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978-3-540-75498-5
Arid Dune Ecosystems

Sand dune dynamics plays a key role in many arid deserts. This volume provides a synthesis of a specific sand dune ecosystem, ...

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978-1-4020-3625-5
Asian-Pacific Coasts and Their Management: States of Environment : States of Environment

The Asia-Pacific region is home to the world’s largest region of coral reefs and mangroves. It accommodates two-thirds ...

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978-3-540-73645-5
Blast Cleaning Technology

Blast cleaning is one of the most frequently utilised surface treatment-method in modern industry. The book is the first ...

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978-1-4020-5602-4
Contaminated Rivers

The geomorphological, surficial and geochemical processes and conditions of rivers require a tailored set of strategies and ...

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978-3-540-77598-0
Current Developments in Bioerosion

The book opens with papers on the evolutionary significance of bioerosion, and subsequently ventures out to explore the remarkable ...

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978-3-319-13993-7
Dental Erosion and Its Clinical Management / Bennett T. Amaechi

In this handbook, the most up-to-date theoretical and practical information on dental erosion is distilled into an accessible, ...

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978-3-540-32355-6
Desert Dust in the Global System

Dust storms, produced by the removal of surface materials from the world’s drylands, are a vital component of the environment. ...

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978-1-4020-3760-3
Desertification in the Mediterranean Region. A Security Issue

This book focuses on two basic concepts: security and desertification in the Mediterranean Region and their linkages. Desertification ...

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978-3-030-82804-2
Diseases of the Oral Mucosa: Study Guide and Review / Enno Schmidt

This textbook details the latest diagnostic and management options available when treating patients with diseases affecting ...

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978-1-4020-4260-7
Dryland Ecohydrology

By combining the analysis of biotic and abiotic components of terrestrial ecosystems, this volume provides a synthesis of ...

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978-1-4020-3964-5
Earth Structures : In Transport, Water and Environmental Engineering

This book describes the principles of working with soil as a construction material, including two basic ways of treating ...

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978-1-4020-5593-5
Eco-and Ground Bio-Engineering: The Use of Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability

In an era where climate change, natural catastrophes and land degradation are major issues, the conservation of soil and ...

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978-1-4020-4018-4
Ecophysiology of High Salinity Tolerant Plants

Halophytes get increasing attention today because of the steady increase of the salinity in irrigation systems in the arid ...

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Fluid Dynamics of Cavitation and Cavitating Turbopumps

The book focuses on the fluid dynamics of cavitation with special reference to high power density turbopumps, where it represents ...

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978-3-540-36849-6
High-Latitude Bioerosion: The Kosterfjord Experiment

Bioerosion is the major force driving the degradation of marine skeletal carbonates and limestone coasts. A wide spectrum ...

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Investigation and management of soft rock cliffs

Cliff recession and coastal landsliding of soft rock cliffs present significant threats to land use and development. Investigation ...

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978-1-4020-6008-3
Lagoons and Coastal Wetlands in the Global Change Context: Impact and Management Issues

This interdisciplinary volume comprehensively reviews recent developments in wetland science and global change. The aim is ...

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978-1-4020-6778-5
Land Use and Soil Resources

Land-use change is one of the main drivers of many environmental change processes. It influences the basic resources of land ...

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978-3-540-28680-6
Landslides

Based on contributions to the first General Assembly of the International Consortium on Landslides, this reference and status ...

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