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Weekly News - 2018 / 05 GeoKatalog 2 page 1 • February 2018 Geosciences Weekly News - 2018 / 05 100 Earth / Erde 242 Belgium / België / Belgique / Belgien 100/1111 243 Luxembourg / Lëtzebuerg / Luxemburg Wielki atlas świata (Great Atlas of the World) Wydawnictwo Demart, Warszawa 2017 242/2210 – 243/2210 432 pp., col., c. 140 map & engraving pp., Poland 1:750 000 Landscapes and Landforms of Belgium and Luxem- in thematic maps, regional, continent & world in phys. & pol. bourg maps, overview of dependent countries and territories & Springer 2018 countries not recognized by the UN, geographical records of xi + 424 pp., chiefly b&w, 350 illus. (incl. maps, cross sec- the world, index with over 70 000 entries, all in Polish, tion & photos), contents: 1 Morphogenic Setting and Diver- 25x35 cm, hardcover 48,00 EUR sity of Processes and Landforms: The Geomorphological Title ID: 136498 Regions of Belgium, 2 An Introduction to the Geology of Belgium and Luxembourg, 3 The Climate of Belgium and 100/2410 Luxembourg, 4 Landscapes and Landforms of the Luxem- Essentials of Soil Science bourg Sandstone, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, 5 Erosion "Soil formation, functions, use, and classification (World Surfaces in the Ardenne–Oesling and Their Associated Reference Base, WRB)" Kaolinic Weathering Mantle, 6 A Unique Boulder-Bed Reach Borntraeger Science Publisher, W. Blum. P. Schad & S. of the Amblève River, Ardenne, at Fonds de Quarreux: Nortcliff, Stuttgart 2018 Modes of Boulder Transport, 7 The Periglacial Ramparted 171 pp., 101 figs., 22 tables, contents: 1 Introduction, 2 Soil Depressions of the Hautes Fagnes Plateau: Traces of Late components, 3 Soil characteristics, 4 Soil formation (Pe- Weichselian Lithalsas, 8 Karstic Systems in Eastern Bel- dogenesis), 6 Soils in the environment, 7 Soil as a plant- gium: Remouchamps and Noû Bleû, 9 The Karstic System growing medium, 8 Soil information systems, 9 History of of Han-sur-Lesse, 10 The Picturesque Ardennian Valleys: soil science, References, Subject index, 17x24 cm, soft Plio-Quaternary Incision of the Drainage System in the Up- cover 27,90 EUR lifting Ardenne, 11 Karst and Underground Landscapes in Description preliminary. the Cretaceous Chalk and Calcarenite of the Belgian-Dutch Title ID: 134912 Border—The Montagne Saint-Pierre, 12 The Campine Pla- teau, 13 Morphotectonics and Past Large Earthquakes in Eastern Belgium, 14 The Hageland Hills, Legacies of the 224 Switzerland / Suisse / Svizzera / Svizra / Depositional Architecture of the Miocene Diest Sands, 15 Schweiz Gullies and Closed Depressions in the Loess Belt: Scars of Human–Environment Interactions, 16 River Landscapes in 224/3260 the Dijle Catchment: From Natural to Anthropogenic Mean- Atlas de la ville de Fribourg de 1822 à nos jours / dering Rivers, 17 The Scheldt Estuary: An Overview of the Atlas der Stadt Freiburg von 1822 bis heute Morphodynamics of Intertidal Areas, 18 The Flemish Valley: Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire / Kantons- und Uni- Response of the Scheldt Drainage System to Climatic and versitätsbibliothek, C. Arbellay & al. (eds.), Fribourg / Glacio-Eustatic Oscillations, 19 The Coastal Plain of Bel- Freiburg 2017 gium, Joint Product of Natural Processes and Human Activi- 110 pp., col., 46 plans & maps (partly fold-out), notes, refer- ties, 20 Landslides in Belgium—Two Case Studies in the ences, index, bilingual, 30x42,5 cm, hardcover 95,00 EUR Flemish Ardennes and the Pays de Herve, 21 Spy and Title ID: 136381 Scladina Caves: A Neandertal's Story, 22 The Semois Val- ley in Southern Ardenne: Short-Wavelength, Large- 241 France / Frankreich Amplitude Meanders Incised into a Slaty Basement, 23 Cuestas in Gutland (S Luxembourg) and Belgian Lorraine: Evolution of a Structurally Controlled Landscape, 24 Geo- 241/2380 Extraction et production de métaux et de sel en morphosites: Function and Geoheritage Preservation in France (Situation 2017) 1:500 000 Belgium, References, 21,5x28,5 cm, hardcover 160,49 EUR BRGM & al., Paris 2017 Description preliminary col., geol. base, shading, hydro., roads, places, mines, me- Title ID: 136359 tall production & plants, 3 insets (Gîtes minières hors subs- tance énergetiques, Carte minère de Guyane & Carte mi- nière Nouvelle-Calédonie), notes "Extraction et de produc- 261 Poland / Polska / Polen tion de métaux et de sel – France (situation 2017)", diagram "Principales substances minières produites et transformées 261/3120 en France - Usages des produits finis dans notre quotidien", Atlas gmin Pomorza Zachodniego w 1939 r 6 photos, 132x 81 cm, flat 10,00 EUR "Demografia - społeczeństwo - gospodarka (Demography - Title ID: 136383 society - economy)" Uniwersyet Szczeciński, K. Dariusz & al., Szczecin 2017 (Atlas historyczny Pomorza Zachodniego, Tom II) col., 40 thematic maps, fd. in a jacket, ring-bd., booklet, s.p., with some Germ. explanations, CD-ROM, slip case, 30x40,5 cm 128,00 EUR Title ID: 136496 Internationales Landkartenhaus (ILH) - GeoCenter TMS GmbH, Kurze Straße 40, D-70794 Filderstadt, Germany • E-Mail: [email protected] • www.ilh-stuttgart.de page 2 • February 2018 GeoKatalog 2 Geosciences Weekly News - 2018 / 05 311 Turkey / Türkiye / Türkei 311/2410 The Soils of Turkey Springer, S. Kapur, E. Akça, & H. Günal, Hikmet (eds.), Cham 2018 (World Soils Book Series) xiii + 369 pp., chiefly col., 324 illus. (maps, profiles, dia- grams, graphs & photos), some tables, contents: Historical Perspective of Soil Research in Turkey, Vegetation, Cli- mate, Climate Change and Soils, Geology, Pedogeomor- phology, Soil Geography, Cambisols and Leptosols, Fluvi- sols, Calcisols and Leptosols, Vertisols, Alisols-Acrisols, Podzols, Kastanozems, Luvisols, Regosols, Rendzic Lepto- sols, Solonchaks and Solonchak-Like Soils, Lixisols, Arenosols, Gleysols, Histosols, Solonetz Soils–Solonchaks (Solonetz-Like Soils), Andosols / Andosol-Like Soils, Man- agement, References, Index, 21,5x28 cm, hardcover 160,49 EUR Title ID: 136357 331 India / Bhārat / Indien 331/3550 India agro-ecological regions ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Plan- ning, D.K. Mandal, C. Mandal & S.K. 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