Geology - Earth Sciences

As industrialization and technology advancement rapidly increase, the global metal reservoir has been decreasing significantly along with high load of metal contaminated waste stream generation. Sustainable resource management has played a major role in many political decisions in which the idea to ..

Covering key subjects and issues of well design, this second edition presents a unified approach to the well design process and drilling operations. The book begins with an introduction to the field and then goes on to address drilling fluids, optimal mud weight, hole cleaning, hydraulic optimizatio..

The proceedings of the 32nd US Symposium on Rock Mechanics, held at the U. of Oklahoma, Norman, July 1991, include three papers related to a special sessi on lunar rock mechanics, as well as 121 technical papers covering areas such field observati.....

Bringing together some of the world’s greatest experts in archaeological prospection, this volume provides a clear illustration of the remarkable potential of geophysical methods in the study of ancient landscapes. It focuses on researching the entire landscape in all its multiperiod complexity. Ill..

A study on the Bellingwe Greenstone Belt, presenting the stratigraphy of the belt, its structure and tectonic setting, the sedimentology of what may be a rift basin, the geochemistry of the freshest Archaean komatiites yet found, and models of the.....

This volume is entirely devoted to the life and work of the world's most famous geomorphologist, William Morris Davis (1850-1934). It contains a treatment in depth of Davis' many contributions to the study of landforms including: _x000D_ _x000D_ the cycle of erosion _x000D_ denudation chronology _x0..

This book is a ground breaking and highly illustrated study challenging existing plate tectonics theory. It describes mountains from all over the world, analysing their rocks, structure and age to ascertain what led to their formation...

This book is a ground breaking and highly illustrated study challenging existing plate tectonics theory. It describes mountains from all over the world, analysing their rocks, structure and age to ascertain what led to their formation...

This volume is an excellently written and beautifully illustrated textbook compiled by a multidisciplinary group of experts examining the production, transport and deposition of volcaniclasts (tephra and epiclasts) as well as their economic geology...