TY  - BOOK
ED  - National Research Council (U.S.).
TI  - Solid-earth sciences and society: a critical assessment 
SN  - 0585024499
AV  - QE47.A1 N38 1993eb
U1  - 550/.973 20
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Academy of Sciences
KW  - Earth sciences
KW  - United States
KW  - Sciences de la terre
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Earth Sciences
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Physics
KW  - Geophysics
KW  - fast
KW  - Sciences de la Terre
KW  - ram
KW  - earth sciences
KW  - Electronic book
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Executive summary : Present state of the solid-earth sciences -- Priorities -- Planning for the future -- Recommendations -- Global overview : Essay on the earth sciences -- The earth and its components -- Unifying forces in the geological sciences -- Goals of the earth sciences: research framework -- Priority themes: research areas -- Priority themes: objectives -- Research support -- Instrumentation, computational capability, and data management -- Education and employment -- International scope -- Organization of the report -- Understanding our active planet : Essay: the dynamic earth -- Origin of the earth -- Structure and dynamics of the solid earth -- Earthquakes: consequences of a dynamic mantle -- Volcanic activity: consequence of convecting mantle -- Ocean basin processes -- Continental structure and evolution -- Geochemical cycles -- Interaction between the solid earth and its fluid envelopes -- Research opportunities -- Facilities, equipment, and data bases -- The global environment and its evolution : The global environment : a geological perspective -- Change in the global environment -- Modeling the earth system; Research opportunities -- Resources of the solid earth : Essay: natural exploitation -- Rock-fluid interactions -- Water resources -- Mineral resources -- Energy resources -- Resource dependency -- Research opportunities -- Hazards, land use, and environmental change : Essay: a fraction of the earth's surface -- Geomorphic hazards -- Tectonic hazards -- Hazards of extraterrestrial origin -- Problems related to population concentration -- Global change -- Research opportunities -- Ensuring excellence and the national well-being : Roles, numbers, and backgrounds of solid-earth scientists -- Education in the solid-earth sciences -- Instrumentation and facilities -- Data gathering and handling -- Global collaboration -- Recommendations -- Research priorities and recommendations : Setting research priorities -- Previous recommendations and initiatives -- Goals, research areas, objectives, and research opportunities -- Priority themes and research selections -- Research implementation: facilities, equipment, and data needs -- Financial support of priority research -- Recommendations; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011
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