Geology and Ecosystems - Zektser, Igor S.; Marker, Brian; Ridgway, John.; Rogachevskaya, Liliya; Vartanyan, Genrikh; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2006)
Geological Environment as a Basement for the Formation of Ecosystems -- Contemporary Conceptions of the Geological Environment: Basic Features, Structure and System of Links -- The Geological Environment and Ecosystems -- Influence of Modern Geological Processes on Evolution of Ecosystems -- Geological and Geochemical Influences on Estuarine Ecosystems -- The Role of Tectonic Processes in the Interaction Between Geology and Ecosystems -- Karst and Ecosystems -- Environmental Impacts of the Extractive Industries -- Geoenvironmental Problems of Mineral Resources Development -- Groundwater as a Component of the Environment -- Groundwater Use and Public Health -- Methods of Groundwater Pollution Risk Estimation for Ecosystem Sustainability -- Anthropogenic Development, Geology and Ecosystems -- Urbanisation and the Geoenvironment -- Assessment of Effects of Discharged Waters Upon Ecosystems -- Impact of Technogenic Disasters on Ecogeological Processes -- Exogenic Geological Processes As a Landform-Shaping Factor -- Environmental Aspects of Groundwater Pollution -- Medical Problems Related to Geology and Ecosystem Interaction -- Human Health and Ecosystems -- Medical and Ecological Significance of the Water Factor -- Prediction of the Geoenvironmental Evolution of Ecosystems -- Prediction of Exogenic Geological Processes -- Prediction of Endogenic Geological Processes -- Mathematical Models of the Interaction Between the Geological and Ecological Environment -- The Influence of Climate Change on Geology and Ecosystems Interaction -- Newest Ecogeological Processes Within River Basins -- Ecosystem Monitoring under Desertification within Interior Sea-Lakes and Deltas -- Ecosystems Forming on the Fresh River Deposition -- Main Directions for Ecogeological Studies -- Ecogeological Mapping -- Monitoring Geological Processes as Part of General Environment Monitoring -- Geology and High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal - a Brief Overview -- Monitoring Endogenic Geological Processes -- Permafrost Monitoring -- Ecological Education of Geology Students.
Keywords: Geoecology; Environmental geology; Geology; Ecosystems; Mineral resources; Ecotoxicology; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Geology; Ecosystems; Mineral Resources; Ecotoxicology