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Bodemonderzoek --- Analysis [Chemical ] --- Chemie [Analytische ] --- Chemistry [Analytic ] --- Pédologie --- Analyse de sol --- Échantillonnage --- Instrument de mesure --- Chimie du sol --- soil chemistry --- Soil analysis --- Sampling --- Measuring instruments --- Spectrometry --- Chromatography --- Sols --- Pédologie --- Analyse. --- Technique. --- Soils --- Analysis

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It is not an easy task to fascinate a student with a standard course on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. If, however, the same material is presented as a tool to explore a natural or a man-made "disaster", both the motivation and the ability to absorb this material increase dramatically. The case studies in this book could help to build an introductory Forensic Geotechnical Engineering course, covering such basic topics as settlements, bearing capacity and excavations. The failure cases considered in this book have something in common - they can be all reasonably well explained using so called "back-of-the-envelope" calculations, i.e., without sophisticated models requiring finite element analysis. These simple methods based on clear mechanical considerations are the endangered species of the computer dominated era, though sometimes they could prevent a disaster caused by a wrong application of computer models. In particular, the upper bound limit analysis has repeatedly proven itself as a powerful tool allowing for sufficiently accurate estimates of the failure loads and leaving a lot of room for creativity. No one is exempt from making mistakes, but repeating well known mistakes reveals a gap in education. One of the objectives of this book is to attempt bridging this gap, at least partially. More failure cases covering a larger area of geotechnical problems are included into the companion book "Geomechanics of Failures: Advanced Topics" by the same authors.

Engineering. --- Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics. --- Geotechnical Engineering. --- Mathematical Applications in Earth Sciences. --- Applied Earth Sciences. --- Geography. --- Mathematical geography. --- Engineering geology. --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Ingénierie --- Géographie --- Géographique mathématique --- Géologie appliquée --- Technologie hydraulique --- Mécanique des sols --- Soil mechanics. --- Roches, Mécanique des --- Rock mechanics. --- Rupture, Mécanique de la --- Structural failures. --- Constructions, Théorie des --- Structural analysis (Engineering)

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Environmental biotechnology, which was in its infancy in the early 80's, has evolved thanks to the revolution brought about by molecular biology. Multiple successes in the biological cleanup of civil and industrial wastewater and of hydrocarbon soil pollution, demonstrate the vast power of clean technologies. In addition, the buildup of information on the activities of microorganisms as catalysts in all sorts of natural, industrial and animal environments has flourished. There is a continuing realization of the critical role of microbial processes in biological, industrial and geological systems. Since environmental biotechnology has matured, it is ready to tackle bigger challenges: the scaling up of many bioremediation systems still in progress, the search for novel biocatalysts for industrial applications, the continuing effort against common human life-threatening processes such as antibiotic resistance, the accumulation of hormone-mimicking substances (endocrine disrupters), the deposition of air-borne pesticides in the environment and, the degradation of recalcitrant contaminants. These endeavors will help prevent the contamination of food chains, protect human life and allow for human activity and economic development that do not compromise environmental sustainabijity. This volume includes the key lectures and participants' contributions delivered at the NATO-funded Advanced Research Workshop (NATO- ARW No. 980838) Bioremediation of Soils Contaminated with Aromatic Compounds: Effects of Rhizosphere, Bioavailability, Gene Regulation and st rd Stress Adaptation, held in Tartu, Estonia, from the 1 to the 3 of July 2004, and attended by participants from 15 countries.

milieutechnologie --- biotechnologie --- Biotechnology --- Medical microbiology, virology, parasitology --- toegepaste microbiologie --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Soil remediation --- Bioremediation --- Aromatic compounds --- Sols --- Biorestauration --- Composés aromatiques --- Congresses --- Congresses. --- Environmental aspects --- Biodegradation --- Décontamination --- Congrès --- Aspect de l'environnement --- Biodégradation --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVECOLO LIVTERRE SPRINGER-B --- Sedimentology. --- Biotechnology. --- Microbiology. --- Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. --- Applied Microbiology. --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Petrology --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Microorganisms --- Environmental engineering. --- Environmental control --- Environmental effects --- Environmental stresses --- Engineering --- Environmental health --- Environmental protection --- Pollution --- Sustainable engineering --- Soils --- NATO

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Soils would not exist without the complex and heterogeneous activities of microorganisms. For the third volume of Soil Biology, an international board of renowned scientists shed light on the significant role of these organisms. The following key topics are covered: Microorganisms in bioerosion, humification, mineralization and soil aggregation; Microbial energetics and microbes in biogeochemical processes such as carbon and nitrogen cycles and phosphorus bio-availability; Interactions in the mycorrhizosphere, e.g. between mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria; Impact of microbes on plant nutrient cycling and the possible effects of transgenic rhizospheres on soil fungi; Functions of microbes in specific soil compartments such as soil surface or toxic metal polluted soils; Regulation of microbial activities in functional domains that are influenced by biotic or abiotic factors; Use of marker genes and isotopes as examples for modern techniques in soil microbiology.

General ecology and biosociology --- bodembescherming --- General microbiology --- Pedology --- ecologie --- microbiologie --- bodemkunde --- Soil microbiology. --- Sols --- Microbiologie --- Bodemkunde --- Soil biology. --- Soil ecology. --- Soil. --- Soil microbiology --- Ecology --- Agriculture - General --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Biology --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Environment. --- Microbial ecology. --- Microbiology. --- Geoecology. --- Environmental geology. --- Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Microbial Ecology. --- Geoecology/Natural Processes. --- Natural history --- Soil micro-organisms --- Soil microorganisms --- Soils --- Microbiology --- Soil biology --- Soilborne plant diseases --- Bacteriology --- Ecology. --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Microbial biology --- Microorganisms --- Environmental microbiology --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation --- Geoecology --- Environmental protection --- Physical geology --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Earth sciences

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This book reports on developments in Proximal Soil Sensing (PSS) and high resolution digital soil mapping. PSS has become a multidisciplinary area of study that aims to develop field-based techniques for collecting information on the soil from close by, or within, the soil. Amongst others, PSS involves the use of optical, geophysical, electrochemical, mathematical and statistical methods. This volume, suitable for undergraduate course material and postgraduate research, brings together ideas and examples from those developing and using proximal sensors and high resolution digital soil maps for applications such as precision agriculture, soil contamination, archaeology, peri-urban design and high land-value applications, where there is a particular need for high spatial resolution information. The book in particular covers soil sensor sampling, proximal soil sensor development and use, sensor calibrations, prediction methods for large data sets, applications of proximal soil sensing, and high-resolution digital soil mapping. Key themes: soil sensor sampling – soil sensor calibrations – spatial prediction methods – reflectance spectroscopy – electromagnetic induction and electrical resistivity – radar and gamma radiometrics – multi-sensor platforms – high resolution digital soil mapping - applications Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel is a scientist at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) of Australia. Alex McBratney is Pro-Dean and Professor of Soil Science in the Faculty of Agriculture Food & Natural Resources at the University of Sydney in Australia. Budiman Minasny is a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Agriculture Food & Natural Resources at the University of Sydney in Australia.

Environment. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. --- Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Environmental sciences. --- Physical geography. --- Remote sensing. --- Geographical information systems. --- Soil conservation. --- Sciences de l'environnement --- Géographie physique --- Télédétection --- Systèmes d'information --- Sols --- Noms géographiques --- Conservation --- Soils --- Digital soil mapping --- Remote sensing --- Propriété physicochimique du sol --- soil chemicophysical properties --- Relevé (des données) --- surveying --- Capteur --- Sensors --- Traitement d'images --- Image processing --- Spectrométrie --- Spectrometry --- Radar --- Système d'information géographique --- Geographical information systems --- Méthode statistique --- Statistical methods --- Digital soil mapping. --- Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Soil Science --- Soil Science (General) --- Agriculture -- Remote sensing. --- Soils -- Remote sensing. --- Agriculture - General --- Ecology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Agriculture --- Soil Science (General). --- Predictive soil mapping --- Earth (Soils) --- Mold, Vegetable --- Mould, Vegetable --- Soil --- Vegetable mold --- Earth sciences. --- Sedimentology. --- Geophysics. --- Soil science. --- Earth Sciences. --- Soil mapping --- Agricultural resources --- Plant growing media --- Regolith --- Land capability for agriculture --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- GIS (Information systems) --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Petrology --- Geography --- Control --- Prevention --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Earth sciences --- Physics --- Remote-sensing imagery --- Remote sensing systems --- Remote terrain sensing --- Sensing, Remote --- Terrain sensing, Remote --- Aerial photogrammetry --- Aerospace telemetry --- Detectors --- Space optics --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Soils - Remote sensing