Geoscience Canada
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 35,96 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Earth sciences
ISBN :
Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience
Author : Gordon Clifford Andrews
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 37,30 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Earth sciences
ISBN : 9780176441340
Book Description
This comprehensive textbook introduces engineers and geoscientists to the structure, practice, and ethics of their professions and encourages them to apply ethical concepts in their professional lives. It is a comprehensive reference for engineers and geoscientists in any branch of these professions, in any province or territory of Canada. The book is intended for practicing professionals, recent graduates, and senior undergraduates and is an excellent study guide for the practice and ethics part of the Professional Practice Examination (PPE) required for licensing in every province and territory.
GeoRef Thesaurus
Author : Barbara A. Goodman
Publisher :
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 13,78 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Book Description
Palaeoecology
Author : P.J. Brenchley
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,43 MB
Release : 2023-07-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 1000939405
Book Description
The first palaeoecology book to focus on evolutionary palaeoecology, in both marine and terrestrial environments. Discusses reconstruction of the past ecological world at population, community and biogeographic levels. A well-illustrated and substantial volume giving accessible coverage of the full range of subjects within palaeoecology. Reviews and summarises all the major mass extinctions.
Four Billion Years and Counting
Author : Robert A. Fensome
Publisher : Nimbus Publishing (CN)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,50 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781551099965
Book Description
Canada's diverse landscape speaks to its fascinating geological history, from towering peaks to Prairie plains, from fertile farmlands of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands to rugged cliffs of the Atlantic shore. However, the modern landscape is just the latest episode in an epic story spanning more than 4 billion years. Four Billion Years and Counting unveils the geological history of Canada and makes connections between geology and social issues such as climate change, hazards such as landslides and earthquakes, and other environmental factors. The text features contributions from some 100 specialists, and is richly illustrated with over 500 colour photographs and diagrams. Four Billion Years and Counting is a fascinating exploration of Canada's geology for those who are intrigued by the landscape and the vital connection between ourselves and what lies beneath our feet.
The Last Billion Years
Author : Atlantic Geoscience Society
Publisher : Nimbus Publishing (CN)
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 34,9 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
This book is about the history of the rocks and fossils of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI) over the last billion years. The book is beautifully illustrated in full colour, with original paintings of ancient vistas, over 150 photographs, and crisp explanatory diagrams and sketches.
Geology of the Appalachian—Caledonian Orogen in Canada and Greenland
Author : Harold Williams
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 951 pages
File Size : 24,78 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813754518
Book Description
This volume focuses on the Canadian Appalachian region. The chapter on the East Greenland Caledonides stands alone and there is no attempt to integrate the geological accounts of the two far removed regions. Rocks of the Canadian Appalachian region are described under four broad temporal divisions: lower Paleozoic and older, middle Paleozoic, upper Paleozoic, and Mesozoic. The rocks of these temporal divisions define geographic zones, belts, basins, and graben, respectively. The area is of special interest because so many modern concepts of mountain building are based on Appalachian rocks & structures.
The Changing Role of Geological Surveys
Author : P.R. Hill
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 28,66 MB
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 1786204762
Book Description
Senior managers and Heads of Geological Survey Organizations (GSOs) from around the world have contributed a collection of papers to provide a benchmark on how GSOs are responding to national and international needs in a rapidly changing world. GSOs continue to provide key scientific information about Earth systems, natural hazards and climate change. As countries adopt sustainable development principles and the public increasingly turns to social media to find information about resource and environmental issues, the generation and communication of Earth science knowledge become increasingly important. This volume provides a snapshot of how GSOs are adapting their activities to this changing world. The different national perspectives presented converge around several common themes related to resources, environment and big data. Climate change and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals provide an increased incentive for GSOs of the world to work in harmony, to generate knowledge of Earth systems and to provide solutions for sustainable management of the planet.
Geographic Information Systems for Geoscientists
Author : Graeme F. Bonham-Carter
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 45,39 MB
Release : 2014-05-18
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1483144941
Book Description
Geographic Information Systems for Geoscientists: Modelling with GIS provides an introduction to the ideas and practice of GIS to students and professionals from a variety of geoscience backgrounds. The emphasis in the book is to show how spatial data from various sources (principally paper maps, digital images and tabular data from point samples) can be captured in a GIS database, manipulated, and transformed to extract particular features in the data, and combined together to produce new derived maps, that are useful for decision-making and for understanding spatial interrelationship. The book begins by defining the meaning, purpose, and functions of GIS. It then illustrates a typical GIS application. Subsequent chapters discuss methods for organizing spatial data in a GIS; data input and data visualization; transformation of spatial data from one data structure to another; and the combination, analysis, and modeling of maps in both raster and vector formats. This book is intended as both a textbook for a course on GIS, and also for those professional geoscientists who wish to understand something about the subject. Readers with a mathematical bent will get more out of the later chapters, but relatively non-numerate individuals will understand the general purpose and approach, and will be able to apply methods of map modeling to clearly-defined problems.
Physical Geology
Author : Steven Earle
Publisher :
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 14,69 MB
Release : 2016-08-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781537068824
Book Description
This is a discount Black and white version. Some images may be unclear, please see BCCampus website for the digital version.This book was born out of a 2014 meeting of earth science educators representing most of the universities and colleges in British Columbia, and nurtured by a widely shared frustration that many students are not thriving in courses because textbooks have become too expensive for them to buy. But the real inspiration comes from a fascination for the spectacular geology of western Canada and the many decades that the author spent exploring this region along with colleagues, students, family, and friends. My goal has been to provide an accessible and comprehensive guide to the important topics of geology, richly illustrated with examples from western Canada. Although this text is intended to complement a typical first-year course in physical geology, its contents could be applied to numerous other related courses.
