geopress books
2012 geopress Catalog | Digital Library | Coming Soon | Collaboration | New Releases | Best Sellers
geopress, the new imprint for AGU books, brings renewed enthusiasm to AGU's books program. For over 85 years, AGU books has published exceptional research on the Earth and space sciences. geopress is leading the way for AGU to publish an increasing number of titles that are relevant to the professional needs of working scientists, to AGU members, and to the larger Earth and space science community.
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Scientific Societies Collaborate
A new joint publication of AGU, EEGS, and SEG is now available.

Advances in Near-surface Seismology and Ground-penetrating Radar
Richard D. Miller, John H. Bradford, and Klaus Holliger, Editors
Advances in Near-surface Seismology and Ground-penetrating Radar (SEG Geophysical Developments Series No. 15) is a collection of original papers by renowned and respected authors from around the world. Technologies used in the application of near-surface seismology and ground-penetrating radar have seen significant advances in the last several years. Both methods have benefited from new processing tools, increased computer speeds, and an expanded variety of applications.
Purchase: List $ 149.00 | Member $ 109.00
New Releases

Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise
Yonggang Liu, Amy MacFadyen, Zhen-Gang Ji, and Robert H. Weisberg, Editors
Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise presents an overview of some of the significant work that was conducted in immediate response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. It includes studies of in situ and remotely sensed observations and laboratory and numerical model studies on the four-dimensional oceanographic conditions in the gulf and their influence on the distribution and fate of the discharged oil.
Purchase: List $ 80.00 | | Member $ 56.00

Tectonic, Climatic, and Cryospheric Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula
John B. Anderson and Julia S. Wellner, Editors
Tectonic, Climatic, and Cryospheric Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula presents the analysis of data collected during the SHALDRIL program, which sampled the most complete Cenozoic stratigraphic section in the Antarctic Peninsula. The stratigraphic intervals sampled fill major gaps in the existing stratigraphic record in the region, which is believed to have been the last place in Antarctica to become fully glaciated and, as such, the last refugium for plants and animals living on the continent.
Purchase: List $ 60.00 | | Member $ 42.00

Sundar A. Christopher
Navigating Graduate School and Beyond: A Career Guide for Graduate Students and a Must Read for Every Advisor outlines the steps and skills necessary to succeed in graduate school and in your career. Dr. Christopher's "insider tips" help students better understand their advisors, leading to more productive advisor/student relationships.
Purchase: List $ 28.00 | | Member $ 20.00

Abrupt Climate Change: Mechanisms, Patterns, and Impacts
Harunur Rashid, Leonid Polyak, and Ellen Mosley-Thompson, Editors
Abrupt Climate Change: Mechanisms, Patterns, and Impacts brings together a diverse group of paleoproxy records such as ice cores, marine sediments, terrestrial (lakes and speleothems) archives, and coupled ocean-atmosphere climate models to document recent advances in understanding the mechanisms of abrupt climate changes.
Purchase: List $ 120.00 | | Member $ 85.00

Stream Restoration in Dynamic Fluvial Systems: Scientific Approaches, Analyses, and Tools
Andrew Simon, Sean J. Bennett, and Janine M. Castro, Editors
Stream Restoration in Dynamic Fluvial Systems: Scientific Approaches, Analyses, and Tools brings together leading contributors in stream restoration science to provide comprehensive consideration of process-based approaches, tools, and applications of techniques useful for the implementation of sustainable restoration strategies.
Purchase: List $ 120.00 | Member $ 90.00

Opening Space Research: Dreams, Technology, and Scientific Discovery
George H. Ludwig
Opening Space Research: Dreams, Technology, and Scientific Discovery is George Ludwig's account of the early development of space-based electromagnetic physics, with a focus on the first United States space launches and the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts.
Purchase: List $ 60.00 | Member $ 42.00

Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments
Martin J. Siegert, Mahlon C. Kennicutt II, and Robert A. Bindschadler, Editors
Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments is the first volume on this important and fascinating subject. With its underlying theme of bridging existing knowledge to future research, it is a benchmark in the history of subglacial lake exploration and study, containing up-to-date discussions about the history and background of subglacial aquatic environments and future exploration.
Purchase: List $ 110.00 | Member $ 70.00

Ellen Wohl
What are the forms and processes characteristic of mountain rivers and how do we know them? Mountain Rivers Revisited, an expanded and updated version of the earlier volume Mountain Rivers, answers these questions and more.
Purchase: List $ 95.00 | Member $ 65.00

Rainfall: State of the Science
Firt Y. Testik and Mekonnen Gebremichael
Rainfall: State of the Science offers the most up-to-date knowledge on the fundamental and practical aspects of rainfall. Each chapter, self-contained and written by prominent scientists in their respective fields, provides three forms of information: fundamental principles, detailed overview of current knowledge and description of existing methods, and emerging techniques and future research directions.
Purchase: List $ 130.00 | Member $ 90.00

Climate Dynamics: Why Does Climate Vary?
De-Zheng Sun and Frank Bryan, Editors
Major climate phenomena within the climate system and the basic material of climate dynamics are presented in this volume as well forefront research material. The processes of natural climate variability and the impact of anthropogenic forcing are examined. Projected future climate change is explored in light of climate forcing and feedback and water and energy cycles.
Purchase: List $ 90.00 | Member $ 70.00

The Stratosphere: Dynamics, Transport, and Chemistry
L. M. Polvani, A. H. Sobel, and D. W. Waugh, Editors
This volume summarizes the last two decades of research on the Earth’s stratosphere and offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of the state of field. Topics include dynamics of stratospheric polar vortices, chemistry and dynamics of the ozone hole, the role of solar variability and the effect of gravity waves in the stratosphere, and the significance of atmospheric annular modes.
Purchase: List $ 120.00 | Member $ 85.00

Diversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean Ridges
Peter A. Rona, Colin W. Devey, Jérôme Dyment, Bramley J. Murton, Editors
The papers in this volume present a multidisciplinary overview of the remarkable emerging diversity of hydrothermal systems on slow spreading ocean ridges in the Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic oceans.
Purchase: List $ 129.00 | Member $ 90.00
Best Sellers

Put Your Science to Work: The Take-Charge Career Guide for Scientists
Peter S. Fiske
Now Available as an E-Book!
Whether are you are a science undergraduate or graduate student, post-doc or senior scientist, you need practical career development advice. Put Your Science to Work: The Take-Charge Career Guide for Scientists can help you explore all your options and develop dynamite strategies for landing the job of your dreams. Completely revised and updated from the best-selling To Boldly Go: A Practical Career Guide for Scientists, this second edition offers expert help from networking to negotiating a job offer. This is the book you need to start moving your career in the right direction.
Purchase: List $ 19.95 | Member $ 13.95

Landslides: Processes, Prediction, and Land Use
Roy C. Sidle and Hirotaka Ochiai
Landslides are a constant in shaping our landscape. Whether by large episodic, or smaller chronic, mass movements, our mountains, hills, valleys, rivers, and streams bear evidence of change from landslides.
Purchase: List $ 40.00 | Member $ 28.00

Exploring Venus as a Terrestrial Planet
Larry W. Esposito, Ellen R. Stofan, and Thomas E. Cravens, Editors
As the search for planets in other solar systems picks up speed and more and more dedicated scientists turn their eyes toward the heavens, observations of our mysterious, cloud-covered "sister planet" Venus become more and more important. Venus's evolution and geology are very similar to Earth's, yet its acid clouds and lead-melting surface temperatures make it extremely unlikely as a habitat for any form of life as we know it.
Purchase: List $ 85.00 | Member $ 59.50
The Opening of a New Landscape: Columbia Glacier at Mid-retreat
W. Tad Pfeffer
Alaska's Columbia Glacier has been studied intently, as its fast calving rate was seen as a potential danger to shipping in Prince Williams Sound, scene of the Exxon Valdez disaster.
Purchase: List $ 70.00 | Member $ 49.00

Ocean Circulation: Mechanisms and Impacts
Andreas Schmittner, John Chiang, and Sidney Hemmings, Editors
The ocean's meridional overturning circulation (MOC) is a key factor in climate change. The Atlantic MOC, in particular, is believed to play an active role in the regional and global climate variability. It is associated with the recent debate on rapid climate change, the Atlantic Multi-Decadal Oscillation (AMO), global warming, and Atlantic hurricanes.
Purchase: List $ 120.00 | Member $ 84.00

