Simulation Modeling of Forest Landscape Disturbances

Simulation Modeling of Forest Landscape Disturbances
Author: Ajith H. Perera
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2015-07-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319198092

Forest landscape disturbances are a global phenomenon. Simulation models are an important tool in understanding these broad scale processes and exploring their effects on forest ecosystems. This book contains a collection of insights from a group of ecologists who address a variety of processes: physical disturbances such as drought, wind, and fire; biological disturbances such as defoliating insects and bark beetles; anthropogenic influences; interactions among disturbances; effects of climate change on disturbances; and the recovery of forest landscapes from disturbances—all from a simulation modeling perspective. These discussions and examples offer a broad synopsis of the state of this rapidly evolving subject.

Computer Vision Systems

Computer Vision Systems
Author: Henrik I. Christensen
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2023-09-20
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3031441370

This volume LNCS 14253 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference, ICVS 2023, in Vienna, Austria, in September 2023.. The 37 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 74 submissions. The conference focuses on Humans and Hands; Medical and Health Care; Farming and Forestry; Automation and Manufacturing; Mobile Robotics and Autonomous Systems; and Performance and Robustness.

Folding and Fracturing of Rocks

Folding and Fracturing of Rocks
Author: C.E. Bond
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2020-01-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1786204290

This Special Publication is a celebration of research into the Folding and Fracturing of Rocks to mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of the seminal textbook by J. G. Ramsay. Folding and Fracturing of Rocks summarised the key structural geology concepts of the time. Through his numerical and geometric focus John pioneered and provided solutions to understanding the processes leading to the folding and fracturing of rocks. His strong belief that numerical and geometric solutions, to understanding crustal processes, should be tested against field examples added weight and clarity to his work. The basic ideas and solutions presented in the text are as relevant now as they were 50 years ago, and this collection of papers celebrates John’s contribution to structural geology. The papers explore the lasting impact of John and his work, they present case studies and a modern understanding of the process documented in the Folding and Fracturing of Rocks.

Tectonic and Stratigraphic Evolution of Zagros and Makran During the Mesozoic-Cenozoic

Tectonic and Stratigraphic Evolution of Zagros and Makran During the Mesozoic-Cenozoic
Author: Pascale Leturmy
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2010
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781862392939

The Zagros fold-thrust belt (ZFTB) extends from Turkey to the Hormuz Strait, resulting from the collision of the Arabian and Eurasian plates during Cenozoic times, and separates the Arabian platform from the large plateaux of central Iran. To the east a pronounced syntaxis marks the transition between the Zagros collision belt and the Makran accretionary wedge. In the ZFTB, the Proterozoic to Recent stratigraphic succession pile is involved in huge folds, and offers the opportunity to study the stratigraphic and tectonic evolution of the Palaeo-Tethyan margin. Few recent data were widely available on the southern Tethys margin preserved in the Zagros Mountains. The Middle East Basins Evolution (MEBE) program was an excellent opportunity to go back to the field and to collect new data to better constrain the evolution of this margin. In this volume the structure of the Zagros Mountains is explored through different scales and using different methodologies.

Flow Processes in Faults and Shear Zones

Flow Processes in Faults and Shear Zones
Author: G. Ian Alsop
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2004
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781862391536

Faults and their deeper level equivalents, shear zones, are localized regions of intense deformation within the Earth. They are recognized at all scales from micro to plate boundary, and are important examples of the nature of heterogeneous deformation in natural rocks. Faults and shear zones are significant as they profoundly influence the location, architecture and evolution of a broad range of geological phenomenao The topography and bathymetry of the Earth's surface is marked by mountain belts and sedimentary basins that are controlled by faults and shear zoneso In addition, faults and shear zones control fluid migration and transport including hydrothermal and hydrocarbon systems. Once faults and shear zones are established, they are often long-lived features prone to multiple reactivation over very large time-scales. This collection of papers addresses lithospheric deformation and the rheology of shear zones, together with processes of partitioning and the unravelling of fault and shear zone histories.

Architecture of the Central Brooks Range Fold and Thrust Belt, Arctic Alaska

Architecture of the Central Brooks Range Fold and Thrust Belt, Arctic Alaska
Author: John S. Oldow
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 334
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780813723242

The 17 papers presented here introduce results on geological and geophysical research centred largely along a North-South transect through the central Brooks Range of Arctic Alaska. Investigations centre on a descripton of the rocks and their tectonic evolution from the foreland to the hinterland of the orogen, the geometry and kinematics of contractional and extensional structures, regional and local stratigraphic relations, thermochronology, and the deep crustal structure of the Brooks Range and parts of the North Slope, and descriptions of the major lithotectonic assemblages, composing the orogenic belt.