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The main developments of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering since the early 1700s and the new challenges for a sustainable society
AbstractA look at the evolution of Seismology and Engineering Construction from the mid-1700s until the mid-1900s is presented to understand the main...
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Seasonal Variations of Currents over the Western Slope of the Middle Caspian Bed
Results of field observations of current dynamics in the frontal zone of the western Middle Caspian are given. The cyclonic circulation over the...
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Structural pattern recognition applied on bathymetric data from the Eratosthenes Seamount (Eastern Mediterranean, Levantine Basin)
The scope of the present work is to apply tested techniques of pattern recognition on bathymetric data from the Eratosthenes Seamount to (a) detect...
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Applications of Submarine Geomorphology
Submarine geomorphology is a large branch of the submarine geosciences that carries out studies of the seabed geomorphology worldwide using...
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Design and development of a towfish to monitor marine pollution
Monitoring of marine pollution is currently being given a lot of importance as an aid to legislators for when it comes to protecting the environment....
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Deposits Formed by Sedimentation and Weathering
Weathering, transport, and sedimentation are other processes that lead to effective fractionation. Little wonder important metal deposits are found...
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The Dor C shipwreck, Israel: metallurgical analysis and its contribution to the ship characterization
The Dor C shipwreck is the remains of a 60-t schooner that plied the Mediterranean during the last decades of the nineteenth century. The various...
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Near-Surface Vertical Flux Divergence in the Stable Boundary Layer
Flow in the stable boundary layer is examined at four contrasting sites with greater upwind surface roughness. The surface heterogeneity is...
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The AlpArray Seismic Network: A Large-Scale European Experiment to Image the Alpine Orogen
The AlpArray programme is a multinational, European consortium to advance our understanding of orogenesis and its relationship to mantle dynamics,...
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Summarizing metocean operating conditions as a climatology of marine hazards
Marine occupations are plagued by some of the highest accident and mortality rates of any occupation, due in part to the variety and severity of...
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Sensor Performance and Data Quality Control
This chapter discusses the optimization of meteorological and oceanographic measurements from ocean surface moorings. First, we give guidelines and...
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The World of Metals
This chapter is intended as a reference and is therefore kept short. It may be used as an alternative way of accessing the book by listing important...
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Platforms for Coastal Ocean Observing
Instrument platforms, static or mobile, are essential to the observing mission providing not only load bearing surface and housing but also...
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Analysis of a Green Transport Plant for Deep Sea Mining Systems
Deep sea mining was identified in the middle of last century. However, its industrialization and commercialization today are limited in the costal...
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Application of artificial neural networks in optimal tuning of tuned mass dampers implemented in high-rise buildings subjected to wind load
High-rise buildings are usually considered as flexible structures with low inherent dam**. Therefore, these kinds of buildings are susceptible to...
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Analysis of the Oldest Carbonate Gas Reservoir in China—New Geological Significance of the Dengying Gas Reservoir in the Weiyuan Structure, Sichuan Basin
The Weiyuan Structure is the largest surface structure in the Sichuan Basin. However, the abundance of the Dengying Formation gas reservoir in the...
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Numerical evaluation of longitudinal motions of Wigley hulls advancing in waves by using Bessho form translating-pulsating source Green’S function
In the framework of 3D potential flow theory, Bessho form translating-pulsating source Green’s function in frequency domain is chosen as the integral...
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Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential of New Caledonian Nickel Ores
Although Nickel ores are generally characterized as plastic to very plastic silts they do liquefy under specific conditions. In fact, it was...
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On the Use of Electromagnetics for Earth Imaging of the Polar Regions
The polar regions are host to fundamental unresolved challenges in Earth studies. The nature of these regions necessitates the use of geophysics to...
