The role played by earth sciences in the scientific community has changed cons...The role played by earth sciences in the scientific community has changed considerably during this century. Since the revolutionary discoveries of global processes such as plate tectonics there has been an increasing awareness of just how...more
The role played by earth sciences in the scientific community has changed cons...The role played by earth sciences in the scientific community has changed considerably during this century. Since the revolutionary discoveries of global processes such as plate tectonics there has been an increasing awareness of just how...more
One of the major developments in Earth Sciences in general and mineralogy in p...One of the major developments in Earth Sciences in general and mineralogy in particular has been the growth of our understanding of the microscopic behaviour of the complex materials that make up the Earth. This has been made possible by advances in...more
Ordered intermetallics constitute a unique class of metallic materials which m...Ordered intermetallics constitute a unique class of metallic materials which may be developed as new-generation materials for structural use at high temperatures in hostile environments. At present there is a worldwide interest in intermetallics and...more
One of the major developments in Earth Sciences in general and mineralogy in p...One of the major developments in Earth Sciences in general and mineralogy in particular has been the growth of our understanding of the microscopic behaviour of the complex materials that make up the Earth. This has been made possible by advances in...more
This volume contains the major portion of the material given at the NATO Advan...This volume contains the major portion of the material given at the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at the University of Strathclyde Glasgow UK. September 6th-18th 1981. The original idea germin- ated in a conversation between the organisers on a...more
This book contains the texts of the main lectures presented at the NATO Advanc...This book contains the texts of the main lectures presented at the NATO Advanced Studies Institute on Advances in Preparation and Properties of Stereoregular Polymers held at Tirrenia near Pisa Italy from October 3 to 14 1978. A few contributed...more
The NATO Advanced Study Institute on Electronic Structure andPropertiesof Po...The NATO Advanced Study Institute on Electronic Structure and Properties of Polymers was held at the Facultes Universitaires de Namur (F.U.N.) from August 31 till September 14 1977. We wish to express our deepest gratitude to the Scientific Affairs...more
During the past few years there has been a marked increase in the use of advan...During the past few years there has been a marked increase in the use of advanced chemical methods in studies of soil and clay mineral systems but only a relatively small number of soil and clay scientists have become intimately associ- ated and...more
The reader will find in this volume the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study...The reader will find in this volume the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Cortina d Ampezzo Italy between August 3 and August 13 1987 under the title Long Term Dynamical Behaviour of Natural and Artificial N-body Systems . The...more
This volume contains the Proceedings of the Special Seminar on: FRAGTALS held ...This volume contains the Proceedings of the Special Seminar on: FRAGTALS held from October 9-15 1988 at the Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture Erice (Trapani) Italy. The concepts of self-similarity and scale invariance have arisen...more
The feldspars form the most abundant group ofminerals in the crust of the Ear...The feldspars form the most abundant group of minerals in the crust of the Earth and Moon and also occur in many meteo- rites. They playa fundamental role in all rock-forming processes at shallow depths but are rare or absent from the upper mantle....more
Ordered intermetallics constitute a unique class of metallic materials which m...Ordered intermetallics constitute a unique class of metallic materials which may be developed as new-generation materials for structural use at high temperatures in hostile environments. At present there is a worldwide interest in intermetallics and...more
The papersin this volume are as a resultofcontributions given at the NATO Adva...The papersin this volume are as a resultofcontributions given at the NATO Advanced Study Institute heldat L1andinam Building University CollegeofWales Aberystwyth 10 - 23 September 1989. The Institute considered the physical and chemical...more
The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology for estimating space-tim...The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology for estimating space-time stochastic properties of local climatic factors reflecting global climate change. Specifically daily precipitation amount and daily mean temperature are considered and...more