DTM-GL Library - Recent Acquisitions

May-August 2006

The following titles have been acquired for the library. Most are shelved in the library in the Main Building; check the "New Books" shelf outside Room 208. Astronomy materials are in Room 272 of the Research Building. For assistance in locating items of interest, please ask either S. Hardy (x7960) or M. Wolf (x7962).

Albarède, F.  Introduction to Geochemical Modeling.  Cambridge University Press, 1996.

American Academy of Arts & Sciences.  Book of Members, 1780-2005.  Cambridge MA:  The Academy, 2006.  Gift of Vera C. Rubin. 

Ben-Zion, Y., and W. H. K. Lee, eds.  Advances in Studies of Heterogeneities in the Earth’s Lithosphere:  The Keiiti Aki Volume II.  Special issue of Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 163, Nos. 2-3.  Basel:  Birkhäuser Verlag, 2006.

Burton, P. W., et al., guest eds.  Spatiotemporal Models of Seismicity and Earthquake Occurrence.  Special issue of Tectonophysics, Vol. 423.  Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006.

Byers, N., and G. Williams, eds.  Out of the Shadows: Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics.  Cambridge University Press, 2006.  Gift of  Vera C. Rubin.

Byrd, R. E.  Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition.  New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1935.

Cas, R., and G. Giordano, guest eds.  Explosive Mafic Volcanism.  Special issue of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Vol. 155, Nos. 1-2.  Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006.

Eisberg, R., and R. Resnick.  Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles, 2nd edition.  New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1985.

Freedman, W. L., ed.  Measuring and Modeling the Universe.  Cambridge University Press for The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of  Washington, 2004.

Frohlich, C.  Deep Earthquakes.  Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Fry, B.  Stable Isotope Ecology. New York:  Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2006.

Gade, M., H. Hühnerfuss, and G. Korenowski, eds.  Marine Surface Films: Chemical Characteristics, Influence on Air-Sea Interactions and Remote Sensing.  Berlin: Springer, 2006.  Gift of Dr. Gerald M. Korenowski.

Herraro-Bervera, E., guest ed.  Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility Studies: From Microscopic to Continental Scales.  Special issue of Tectonophysics, Vol. 418, Nos. 1-2.  Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006.

Huppert, H. E., and R. S. J. Sparks, eds.  Extreme Natural Hazards; Vol. 364, No. 1845 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences.  London: The Royal Society, 2006.

Irvine, T. N., et al.  Excursion Guide to the Skaergaard Intrusion Kangerdlugssuaq Area, East Greenland.  Vol. 1: Text.  International Geological Correlation Project 427.  Cornwall and Paris:  Camborne School of Mines, and Société Géologique Appliquée, 2001.

Jerram, D. A., and A. J. R. Kent, guest eds.  Modern Trends in Petrography: Textural and Microanalysis of Igneous Rocks.  Special issue of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Vol. 154, Nos. 1-2.  Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006.

Jolliff, B. L., et al., eds.  New Views of the Moon, Vol. 60 of Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry.  Chantilly VA:  Mineralogical Society of America and Geochemical Society, 2006.

Keane, C. M., and C. Martinez, eds.  Directory of Geoscience Departments, 44th Edition.  Alexandria VA:  American Geological Institute, 2006.

Keppler, H., and J. R. Smyth, ed. Water in Nominally Anhydrous Minerals, Vol. 62 of Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry.  Chantilly VA:  Mineralogical Society of America and Geochemical Society, 2006.

Kittel, C.  Introduction to Solid State Physics, 8th edition.   Hoboken:  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.

Klahr, H., and W. Brandner, eds.  Planet Formation:  Theory, Observations, and Experiments.  Cambridge University Press, 2006.  Gift of  Dr. Alan P. Boss.

Lenci, S., and G. Rega, eds.  Exploiting Chaotic Properties of Dynamical Systems for Their Control: Suppressing, Enhancing, Using Chaos; Vol. 364, No. 1846 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences.  London: The Royal Society, 2006.

Linnen, R. L., et al., eds.  Rare-Element Geochemistry and Mineral Deposits.  Special issue of The Canadian Mineralogist, vol. 44, Part 3.  Quebec: Mineralogical Association of Canada, 2006.

Luisi, P. L.  The Emergence of Life from Chemical Origins to Synthetic Biology.  Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Martin, S. W. and Himanshu Jain, guest eds.  Advances in Glass and Optical Technology, Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Non-Oxide Glasses and Novel Optical Glasses (ISNOG XIV) and American Ceramics Society Glass and Optical Materials Division (GOMD) Fall 2004 Meeting, Cape Canaveral, Florida.  Physics and Chemistry of Glasses and European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B, Vol. 47, No. 2.  Sheffield, England: Society of Glass Technology, 2006.

Miletich, R., ed.  Mineral Behaviour at Extreme Conditions.  European Mineralogical Union Notes in Mineralogy Vol. 7.  Budapest:  Eötvös University Press, 2005.

Mitchell, R. H., et al., eds.  8th International Kimberlite Conference, Selected Papers. Volume 1: The C. Roger Clement Volume.  Volume 2: The J. Barry Hawthorne Volume.  Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2004.

Mitra, S., ed.  Sample Preparation Techniques in Analytical Chemistry.  Hoboken:  John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003.

Moretti, R., P. Richet and J. F. Stebbins, guest eds.  Physics, Chemistry and Rheology of Silicate Melts and  Glasses.  Special issue of Chemical Geology, Vol. 229, Nos. 1-3.  Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006.

Neuendorf, K. K. E., et al., eds.  Glossary of Geology, 5th edition.  Alexandria VA:  American Geological Institute, 2005.

Nunes, J. C., et al., guest eds.  Volcanic Geology of the Azores Islands.  Special issue of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol. 156, Nos. 1-2.  Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006.

Sandage, A.  Centennial History of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Vol. 1.  The Mount Wilson Observatory: Breaking the Code of Cosmic Evolution.  Cambridge University Press for  CIW, 2004.

Snyder, D. B., et al., guest eds.  Seismic Probing of Continents and their Margins.  Special issue of Tectonophysics, Vol. 420, Nos. 1-2.  Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006.

Tonkov, E. Yu., and E. G. Ponyatovsky.  Phase Transformations of Elements Under High Pressure.  Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2005.

Vaughan, D. J., ed.  Sulfide Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Vol. 61 of Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry. Chantilly VA:  Mineralogical Society of America and Geochemical Society, 2006.

Wogelius, R. A., and D. K. Dysthe, guest eds.  Physics and Chemistry of Confined Fluids.  Special issue of Chemical Geology, vol. 230, Nos. 3-4.  Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006.

Zaitsev, A. M.  Optical Properties of Diamond: A Data Handbook.  Berlin:  Springer-Verlag, 2001.

CD-ROM Acquisition

Lunar and Planetary Institute and NASA Johnson Space Center.  Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVII: Papers Presented to the Thirty-Seventh Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 13-17, 2006.  Houston:  LPSI and NASA, 2006.

Mitchell, R. Convenor.  8th International Kimberlite Conference Extended Abstracts.     Victoria, BC: Diavik Diamond Mines, Inc., Kennecott Exploration, and Rio Tinto Group, 2003.

New Serial Acquisition (CD-ROM)

Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, beginning with Vol. 301, 2005.  Washington DC: IODP Management International, Inc.