Geosciences

Rupicolous Environments
P. Pech
Edition 2013

Rupicolous environments include rock faces, coastal cliffs, screes, bare and stony soils of proglacial surfaces and also quarries and ore dumps. This book presents the riches of rupicolous environments, explains how they operate as ecosystems in relation with their media, explains their heritage interest as a species repository and innovation laboratory, discusses how to restore them and advocates their integrated and sustainable management.

Searching for Vanished Oceans in the French Mountains
Alps, Massif Central, Armorican Massif, Pyrenees, Corsica
C. Nicollet, C. Laverne
Edition 2012

How can the presence of rocks from the oceanic crust in the French mountains be explained? How can we decode their long history from their birth within the oceans, their burial in the depths and then their rise to the surface? This work will serve as a geological guide for anyone wishing to explore these rocks on the ground.

Can a toad detect an earthquake?
Ninety keys to understanding earthquakes and tsunamis
L. Géli, H. Géli
Edition 2012

December 2004, tsunami in Sumatra, January 2010, earthquake in Haiti, March 2011, earthquake in Tohoku and tsunami in Fukushima - all human dramas that remind us constantly that forecasting earthquakes and tsunamis is still a complex and difficult science.This simple, concise book is an introduction to the broad elementary notions of earthquakes and an inventory on their forecasting.

Deep Marine Mineral Resources
Forecast Study by 2030
Y. Fouquet, D. Lacroix
Edition 2012

The risks of shortages of certain metals and uncertainties surrounding land reserves of several others justify seeking to diversify the sources of supply and to call on the potential of the deep marine mineral resources.

Guide pour la description des sols
D. Baize, B. Jabiol
Edition 2012

This new edition of the practical guide covers all the problems encountered in soil description, from the selection of sites to be observed and the choice of material to the stocking, processing and communication of the information collected.

Le captage et le stockage du CO2
Technical and Social Issues in France
M. Ha-Duong, N. Chaabane
Edition 2010

This book offers a state of knowledge put together by specialists in CO₂ capture and storage. It takes stock of the issues and the social acceptability of this new technology in France.

Le feu des abysses

R. Hekinian, N. Binard
Edition 2008 This geology text book shows how observations of the seabed can help us understand our planet's origins and how it has evolved. Over 110 photographs, most of them previously unpublished, provide an illustration.

Exploitation de materiaux marins
B. Latteux
Edition 2008

It is a delicate task to assess the impact of marine mining on shore stability. This publication will prove invaluable for enterprises, consultancies or the authorities controlling studies.

Morpho-bathymetry of the Mediterranean Sea
Echelle 1/2 000 000 - 2 cartes pliées sous pochette
Ifremer/Ciesm
Edition 2005

These maps illustrate the tremendous contribution of seafloor mapping with modern swath bathymetry systems to our knowledge of deep basins and understanding of submarine geological processes.

Carte des formations superficielles sous-marines aux abords de Flamanville (Manche)
Echelle : 1/15 000 - Carte pliée
C. Augris
Edition 2005

The results may be used in economical field : fishery, coastal zone management ; in cultural field : help to "sea classes" or classes of secondary and high schools, and also in scientific ...