Geology category: 1681 books
Safety in Offshore Drilling
The Role of Shallow Gas Surveys, Proceedings of an International Conference (Safety in Offshore Drilling) organized by the Society for Underwater Technology and held in London, U.K., April 25 & 26, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Shallow Gas determination, prior to drilling, is carried out using 'Engineering Seismic' survey methods. Seismic acquisition data quality is fundamental in achieving this objective as both the data processing methods and interpretation accuracy are subject to the quality of the data obtained. The...
Environmental Effects on Volcanic Eruptions
From Deep Oceans to Deep Space
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
The book presents current research into the effect that environmental conditions have on volcanic eruptions and the subsequent emplacement of volcanic products. This is accomplished through a series of chapters that investigate specific environments - both terrestrial and extraterrestrial - and the...
by Weihong Qian, Xiaolong Shan, Haoyuan Liang
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Typhoons with unusual tracks are difficult to forecast with respect to whether, when, and where typhoon turning occurs based on traditional synoptic charts and numerical weather forecast model products. This typhoon turning atlas provides an additional tool to deal with the typhoon turning question...
Geological and Mud Logging in Drilling Control
Catalogue of Typical Cases
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
New demands on landscapes and natural resources call for multifunctional approaches to land development. Tools are required to identify the effects of land management on landscape sustainability and to support the decision-making process on the multipurpose utilisation of landscape resources. Scientists...
by Louis Figuier
Language: French
Release Date: March 12, 2016
Language: French
Release Date: March 12, 2016
L’origine des puits artésiens n’est pas aussi récente que pourrait le faire supposer leur nom, tiré de la province d’Artois. En France, c’est en effet dans la province d’Artois qu’ont été creusées les premières fontaines jaillissantes, et de là le nom qui a prévalu. Mais bien...
by Louis-Laurent Simonin, Ligaran
Language: French
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Extrait : "Il est de toute nécessité, ami lecteur (laissez-moi vous donner ce vieux nom), que je vous introduise dans le monde dont je vais vous raconter les merveilles. Entrez sans crainte, la maison est à vous. Voulez-vous la parcourir avec moi, de la cave au grenier ? Dites oui, ce ne sera pas...
by Rodney Grapes, Kurt Bucher
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks presents a large number of diagrams showing the stability relations among minerals and groups of minerals found in metamorphic rocks. The diagrams help to determine the pressure and temperature conditions under which a given set of metamorphic rocks may have formed....
Chitin
Formation and Diagenesis
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
There are several books on properties of chitin and associated biomolecules and their biochemical significance. However, the present volume deals with a wide variety of biogeochemical and organic geochemical aspects of this vital macromolecule written by leading authors and experts in the field. Each...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
The Geologic Time Scale 2012, winner of a 2012 PROSE Award Honorable Mention for Best Multi-volume Reference in Science from the Association of American Publishers, is the framework for deciphering the history of our planet Earth. The authors have been at the forefront of chronostratigraphic research...
by John W. Anthony, Sidney A. Williams, Raymond W. Grant
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Long awaited by professional geologists and amateur rockhounds alike, the new Mineralogy of Arizona is a completely revised and greatly expanded edition of a book first published in 1977 and updated in 1982. New material covers 232 minerals discovered in Arizona since the first edition, including...
Basement Tectonics 13
Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Confenrence on Basement Tectonics, held in Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A., June 1997
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The Thirteenth International Conference on Basement Tectonics was held on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia from June 2 -6, 1997. The oral presentations and discussions over three days covered a wide range of topics, and provided the international...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Sediment-hosted deposits are the main source of zinc and lead. In this volume, the reader will find the most recent developments in research including: - Fluid migration leading to formation of Zn-Pb ores in sedimentary basins. Relationships to orogenic events and to geothermic anomalies - Transport...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
The 10th International Basement Tectonics Conference was conducted on the campus of the University of Minnesota, Duluth, in Duluth, Minnesota, USA, from August I through August 11, 1992. A total of 78 individuals were in attendance, 47 of which represented the host country, with the remaining 31 traveling...