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Amino Acids and the Asymmetry of Life : Caught in the Act of Formation

This book describes how the basic building blocks of life, the amino acids, formed. After a comprehensible introduction into ...

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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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Evolutionary Stasis and Change in the Dominican Republic Neogene

In practice, however, science is no less susceptible to fads, culture shifts, and pendulum swings than any other realm of ...

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Kinetics of Water-Rock Interaction

Systems at the surface of the Earth are continually responding to energy inputs derived from solar radiation or from the ...

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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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Life in the Universe : Expectations and Constraints

Energy, chemistry, solvents, and habitats -- the basic elements of living systems - define the opportunities and limitations ...

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Links Between Geological Processes, Microbial Activities&Evolution of Life : Microbes and Geology

Microbial activities influence water-rock interaction processes and chemical transport between the major geochemical reservoirs ...

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Marine Carbon Biogeochemistry

This book discusses biogeochemical processes relevant to carbon and aims to provide with insight into the functioning of ...

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Mass Extinction

The present book combines three main aspects: five major mass extinctions; contributions on some other minor extinctions; ...

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Mountain Ecosystems

This volume focuses on interaction between vegetation, relief, climate, soil and fauna in the treeline ecotone, and the effects ...

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New Trends in Soil Micromorphology

The soil water retention curve, the saturated hydraulic conductivity and the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity function ...

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Soil Pollution : Origin, Monitoring & Remediation

This book serve the needs of students and professionals alike interested in the subject of soil pollution. This book is a ...

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Status and Dynamics of Forests in Germany

This book presents the scientific findings of this study for Germany, including the major challenges with regard to the future ...

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Subseafloor Biosphere Linked to Hydrothermal Systems : TAIGA Concept

This book is the comprehensive volume of the TAIGA (“a great river ” in Japanese) project. Supported by the Japanese ...

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