Petrology, petrography and mineralogy

This book discusses potential mineral belts in various geotectonic regions around the globe, with a particular focus on concealed deposits, in order to highlight new areas for geochemical exploration and modelling.

This richly illustrated book offers a concise overview of the geology of Egypt in the context of the geology of the Arab Region and Northeast Africa.

Practical Petrophysics looks at both the principles and practice of petrophysics in understanding petroleum reservoirs.

The first edition of the Handbook of Clay Science published in 2006 assembled the scattered literature on the varied and diverse aspects that make up the discipline of clay science.

This book presents fundamental experimental data and experiment-based theoretical conclusions on, as well as physico-chemical models of, the natural hydrothermal, metasomatic, metamorphic, magmatic and ore-producing processes in the Earth's crust, upper mantle, transition zone and lower mantle.

This richly illustrated book reviews the geology, tectonics, sedimentary basins and strategic resources of North Africa in 21 chapters.

This book explores research that contributes to the current literature on the Oil and Gas Sector by analysing the multiple discourses that experts use to examine social investment.

This book introduces recent development of technologies for mine waste management in China.

This book presents select proceedings of the Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON-2021) under the theme "e;Sustainable Utilization of Resources for Chemical Mineral Sectors"e;.

This book presents a summary of high-pressure phase transitions of minerals and related inorganic compounds.

The advent of flotation, with selective interaction of reagents with minerals at its core, has greatly advanced the development of modern mining.

This book presents a complete set of studies of alluvial fan sediments in southern Iran from the point of view of sedimentology, sedimentary geochemistry, tectonics, economic geology, groundwater, geomorphology, hazards and telemetry.

This book focuses on green mine evaluation.

This book comprehensively illustrates the elemental processes of vesiculation and crystallization recorded in volcanic products on the basis of the equilibrium and non-equilibrium theories.

This book focuses on the geological characteristics and genesis of several base metal deposits in the northern margin of the North China Plate, namely the Bainaimiao Cu-Au-Mo, the Huogeqi Cu-Pb-Zn, the Dongshengmiao Zn-Pb-Cu and the Jiashengpan Zn-Pb deposits.

Minerals respond texturally and compositionally to changing magmatic environments and preserve a wealth of information regarding magmatic processes and compositions in their crystal-growth stratigraphy.

This book highlights the principles and technologies of flotation machine mainly used in mineral processing in detail.

This book presents the theory and technologies of drilling operations.

The purpose of this book is to provide a review of tectonic outlines of the Asian continent, metallogenesis rules of 242 large deposits or fields in 67 tectonic units of 6 tectonic domains in the Asia, and guidelines for the mining companies to effectively prospect the large deposits in the Asia in future.

This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 3rd International Petroleum and Petrochemical Technology Conference (IPPTC 2019).

This book investigates the mineralogy and shock effects of Yanzhuang chondrite, using modern micro-mineralogical experimental techniques, including SEM, TEM, EPMA, Raman microprobe spectroscopy, instrumental neutron activation analysis, X-ray micro-diffraction analysis, micro-PIXE analysis and laser ablation ICP-MS.

This book presents more than 600 eye-catching structural geological photographs and explanatory descriptions, from different Indian terrains.

This book investigates the evolution process of rockburst based on the energy dissipation theory and proposes appropriate active prevention and control technologies.

This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 2nd International Petroleum and Petrochemical Technology Conference (IPPTC 2018).

This book presents selected articles from the workshop on "e;Challenges in Petrophysical Evaluation and Rock Physics Modeling of Carbonate Reservoirs"e; held at IIT Bombay in November 2017.

This book asserts that the albatross was the reason for the advance of the Japanese into the isolated islands in the Pacific after the abolition of the Japanese "e;closed-door"e; policy that had been in effect from the seventeenth century to the latter part of the nineteenth century.

This book summarizes the author's findings on the functional principle of flotation reagents, gathered over the past few decades.

This volume presents essential information on chemical reagents commonly used in flotation processes.

Based on hundreds of thin sections from granite in China, this book introduces metasomatic textures and their formation mechanism in granite.

La presente obra aborda uno de los procesos más intrigantes de la geología: el metamorfismo; el cual ha sido ampliamente difundido a través de la historia geológica de la Tierra y gran actor en su constitución.

This edited work contains the most recent advances related to the study of layered intrusions and cumulate rocks formation.

Crystals are everywhere, from natural crystals (minerals) through the semiconductors and magnetic materials in electronic devices and computers or piezoelectric resonators at the heart of our quartz watches to electro-optical devices.

Since the 1992 World Scientists' Warning to Humanity, the looming prospect of Earth's changing climate has inspired a broad movement dedicated to a sustainable future.

This book addresses most of the environmental impacts of sand mining from small rivers The problems and solutions addressed in this book are applicable to all rivers that drain through densely populated tropical coasts undergoing rapid economic growth.

There has been a great advance in the understanding of processes of meta- morphism and of metamorphic rocks since the last edition of this book appeared.

The main aim of this paper is to present some new and general results, ap- plicable to the the equations of two phase flow, as formulated in geothermal reservoir engineering.

Hydrogeology of Crystalline Rocks deals with deep groundwater in the granite and gneiss basement of the continents.

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In his foreword to Structural Mineralogy.

Natural and Laboratory-Simulated Thermal Geochemical Processes compares a series of thermal natural geochemical events with thermally laboratory-simulated processes.

This is the first book in English reviewing and updating the geology of the whole Apennines, one of the recent most uplifted mountains in the world.

This book is the proceedings of the 11th Kongsberg seminar, held at the Norwegian Mining Museum in the city of Kongsberg, about 70 km Southwest of Oslo.

Since 1980, progress in research on the fission-track dating method and its applications to earth and related sciences has been evaluated during an International Workshop that takes place every four years.

2Gpa has increased to more than 15.

600 km giving insight into the 3D structure of the upper mantle.

This volume follows a Specialized Symposium on "e;Mantle denudation in slow spreading ridges and in ophiolites"e;, held at the XII EUG Meeting in Strasbourg, spring 1993.