Books published by A A Balkema Publishers

Several aspects of interpretation of geophysical data applied to the study of tectonics, geodynamics, metamorphism and magmatism are discussed.

Systematically monitoring the dam¿s behaviour from the potential risk stage to the accident event, would allow a hazard-management programme to be implemented, minimising loss of life and property, and provide useful data.

Containing the major contributed papers to the Nakase Memorial Symposium, this volume includes two keynote lectures, forty three peer-reviewed papers and selected papers of Professor Akio Nakase.

These collected essays reflect a range of issues central to social science research and environmental change in Europe. It analyses how environmental problems come to the fore, and makes special reference to the situation in Turkey.

The papers presented cover subjects including: data management; leakage detection and the management of leakage throughout water distribution networks; analysis, design or rehabilitation of distribution networks and more.

This volume is an outcome of the 11th IFIP WG7.5 working conference on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems in Canada. The conference focuses on structural reliability methods and applications and engineering risk analysis and decision-making.

This final volume of the proceedings of the International Conference on Water Resources Management in Arid Regions, March 2002, Kuwait, discusses major aspects of hydrology and water resources and includes papers on groundwater and water quality.

This text aims to be a driving force for an economically sound and sustainable development of developing countries. It looks at the provision of geothermal energy within the framework of sustainable energy development for power generation.

The chemical and electro-chemical properties of clays are the source of many undesired effects. These papers provide insight into this.

This proceedings volume showcases all aspects of the science and engineering of mine ventilation and health and safety, with special focus on the applied aspects of mine ventilation practice.

Papers cover: laboratory and in-situ testing; coupled effects and permeability; creep damage and dilatancy; constitutive modelling; crushed salt behaviour; numerical modelling; storage and disposal projects; mining applications; case studies and more.

These papers focus on mine and mill tillings and mine waste. The work also contains information on subjects related to: regulations, technical capacities and developments.

This covers the general problem related to the damage initiation and development, the failure criteria and the specific aspects related to fatigue, creep behaviour, moisture diffusion and the problem of the joining systems.

The papers from these proceedings address experimental and analytical methods for the characterization and analysis of modern composite and adhesive systems.

The text broadly covers developments in ground control techniques, and their at operating mines, worldwide. Specific topics include: design and analysis of support and re-inforcement in metalliferous mines, mesh and more.

This work presents a holistic view of the fundamental principles and practicable methods of polluted soils. A set of definitions is presented and different aspects of the evolution of pollutants and their toxicity are developed.

This work presents an account of major branches of sedimentary geology, highlighting the connecting links between them. Topics covered include processes of sedimentation; sedimentary texture; sedimentary petrology; and hydraulics.

There has been an explosive growth of methods in recent years for learning (or estimating dependency) from data. This work addresses model induction from data for the simulation of hydrodynamic processes in the aquatic environment.

This work contains results of the latest studies on the composition, structure and properties of humic substances, which are the largest and most important component of organic matter of different types of soils.

This volume deals with various aspects of the biology and aquaculture of the sea urchin.

This set of papers presents a description of the synthesis of hydrological problems and various environmental implications and management strategies for different highland and headwater regions of the world.

This volume provides a snapshot of the current thinking and development perspectives on the installation and design of screw piles within a framework of the Eurocode 7.

The problem of earth pressure on retaining structures is one of the oldest in soil mechanics. This volume comprises tables that facilitate calculations in problems of limit equilibrium.

A gathering of useful data in tabular/chart form with examples to demonstrate the use of the information. No indices. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Rapid growth in water requirements makes it necessary to increase the amount of water drawn from rivers

This volume is based on the symposium on controversies in 'Homo sapiens evolution' in Zagreb. It examines the competing models for modern human origins within the framework of present-day knowledge in the areas of human paleontology, paleolithic archaeology, and molecular genetics.

This text delivers a description of the method, developed to prevent liquefaction, in which soil used for reclamation is first treated by adding a small amount of cement.

These proceedings present high-level research in structural engineering, concrete mechanics and quasi-brittle materials, including the prime concern of durability requirements and earthquake resistance of structures.

This volume presents 24 peer-reviewed papers on discontinuous analysis in geological materials. It also explores issues such as fracture mechanics modelling in the new manifold method and developments in three-dimensional DDA.