Book Description

Advances in Geosciences is the result of a concerted effort in bringing the latest results and planning activities related to earth and space science in Asia and the international arena. The volume editors are all leading scientists in their research fields covering six sections: Hydrological Science (HS), Planetary Science (PS), Solar Terrestrial (ST), Solid Earth (SE), Ocean Science (OS) and Atmospheric Science (AS). The main purpose is to highlight the scientific issues essential to the study of earthquakes, tsunamis, atmospheric dust storms, climate change, drought, flood, typhoons, monsoons, space weather, and planetary exploration. This volume is abstracted in NASA's Astrophysics Data System: http: //ads.harvard.edu. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Tracking the High-Frequency Energy Radiation Sources of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Mw 9.0 Earthquake Using the Short-Period Seismic Data: Preliminary Result (661k). Contents: Seismic Characteristics of Strong Deep Focal Earthquakes and Associated Phenomena in Northeastern Asia (J Wang et al.); Moho Depths in the Indian Ocean Based on the Inversion of Satellite Gravity Data (D N Arabelos et al.); Post Earthquake Debris Management OCo An Overview (R Sarkar); and other papers. Readership: Academics, researchers and postgraduate students in geosciences."