La Paleontología es una ciencia notablemente compleja, que abarca todos los problemas relacionados con los seres vivos, referidos a épocas pasadas, en su sentido más amplio y, al mismo tiempo, sus implicaciones geológicas, toda vez que los fósiles asociados a las rocas sedimentarias, constituyen el elemento básico para determinar su edad geológica <...>

This easy-to-use website features animations, videos, and interactive exercises, making it possible to quickly reinforce and illustrate key concepts from the text. Students can use these resources for tutorials, as well as a self-quizzing device to complement the textbook and enhance their understanding of geography. Easy integration of this content into course management systems and homework assignments enables instructors to conveniently integrate multimedia with their syllabi and more traditional reading and writing assignments. <...>

Volcanoes have the power to rock our world, from the spectacular and the beautiful to the violent and the deadly. Introducing Volcanology: A Guide to Hot Rocks is a detailed but accessible introduction to volcanoes and their plumbing systems. Aimed at those with an inquisitive interest in volcanoes as well as the more advanced reader, the ten chapters document different aspects of volcanology. All are illustrated with a wide array of photographs and diagrams to accompany the text, and an A–Z of volcanology is included as a glossary. Since the first edition of this book was published in 2011, a lot has happened in the world of volcanoes and in the world of DougalEARTH. I have been lucky to continue travelling globally to see many of the world’s modern and ancient volcanic rocks (the ‘HOT Rocks’ that form the basis of this guide). Since appearing as ‘Dr Volcano’ on BBC television, I have continued to work with various media projects including CBBC series Fierce Earth, a trip down the Grand Canyon in a wooden boat (BBC/Discovery) and a journey to the very edge of China (Discovery Asia), always looking out for the next Earth Science adventure <...>

This book was originally published in Japanese in October 1998 with the intention of providing a straightforward presentation of the sophisticated techniques used in optical waveguide analyses. Apparently, we were successful because the Japanese version has been well accepted by students in undergraduate, postgraduate, and Ph.D. courses as well as by researchers at universities and colleges and by researchers and engineers in the private sector of the optoelectronics field. Since we did not want to change the fundamental presentation of the original, this English version is, except for the newly added optical fiber analyses and problems, essentially a direct translation of the Japanese version. <...>