Petrology, petrography and mineralogy

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 discusses how to apply the basic principles of pedology to the tropical soils of the Indian subcontinent, with an emphasis on ways to enhance crop productivity.

This book discusses the macromolecular characterization of hydrocarbon components and their industrial applications for sustainable future development.

Early in this century, the newly discovered x-ray diffraction by crystals caused a complete change in crystallography and in the whole science of the atomic structure of matter, thus giving a new impetus to the development of solid-state physics.

Structure of Crystals describes the ideal and real atomic structure of crystals as well as the electronic structures.

The chemical interaction of water and rock is one of the most fascinating an d multifaceted process in geology.

Superconductivity and Magnetism in Skutterudites discusses superconducting and magnetic properties of a class of materials called skutterudites.

Contains details on the geological units of Nigeria and the associated mineral resources.

This book examines picroilmenites and their ferromagnetic behavior in the kimberlites from the Yakut diamondiferous province.

This book explores sustainable mining knowledge, assessing researchers on the impacts of waste and new approaches to negotiating these impacts.

The necessity of eliminating the possibility of a large-scale nuclear conflict from the future of mankind is the most important problem of our times.

This book offers case study of the tridimensional exploration in whole exploration cycle with comprehensive and systematic geological and geophysical studies in the Bongor Basin.

This book focuses on reservoir surveillance and management, reservoir evaluation and dynamic description, reservoir production stimulation and EOR, ultra-tight reservoir, unconventional oil and gas resources technology, oil and gas well production testing, and geomechanics.

This collection presents papers from the 153rd Annual Meeting & Exhibition of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.

The preparation of a volume on this topic was undertaken with some hesitancy on my part because the ramifications of the mineralogy of apatite involve both bio- logical and physical sciences in very elaborate ways.

This book provides a wealth of geomathematical case history studies performed by the author during his career at the Ministry of Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada (NRCan-GSC).

A new edition of a classic text introducing metamorphic rocks and how they form, in full colour and thoroughly updated.

Nonrenewable natural resources - metallic and non-metallic minerals, industrial rocks and energy resources (both organic and inorganic), have been treated in a holistic manner in this book, including two important resources (soil and water), not commonly covered in most books on this topic.

The book contains the Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium on Archaeometry, 12th May 2008, Siena, Italy.

Describes applications of cathodoluminescence imaging for researchers, professionals and advanced graduate students in sedimentary geology.

Coral reef communities are among the most complex, mature and productive ecosystems on earth.

At attempt is made here to provide a comprehensive The Basement "e;massifs"e; roughly delimit the main account in book form of the Petroleum Geology of sedimentary areas of the: Nigeria, a country which in 1979 was the world's 1.

This book focuses on reservoir surveillance and management, reservoir evaluation and dynamic description, reservoir production stimulation and EOR, ultra-tight reservoir, unconventional oil and gas resources technology, oil and gas well production testing, and geomechanics.

This book presents essential data on the geology of the Puchezh-Katunki crater - an early Jurassic crater located on the East European Platform, with an impact structure that is ca.

In May of 1991, Victor Van Buren, who was then with Springer- Verlag in New York City, asked us for timely topics in the earth sciences that would be appropriate for publication as a book.

This book focuses on understanding Earth's geology, its mineral resources, their exploration, and management of the environment.

The first edition of this book was published in 1973, the second, totally rewritten, followed 7 years later in 1980.

In this volume, operators, engineers, and researchers present information about all aspects of current processing technologies for nickel and cobalt, as well as emerging technologies for both metals.

How best to interpret and apply geochemical data to understand geological processes, for graduate students, researchers, and professionals.

Elegant design combined with beautiful images to explore and explain Earth's natural riches.

This book focuses on reservoir surveillance and management, reservoir evaluation and dynamic description, reservoir production stimulation and EOR, ultra-tight reservoir, unconventional oil and gas resources technology, oil and gas well production testing, and geomechanics.

Microbial mats are benthic communities of a variety of microorganisms.

Here is a state-of-the-art survey of artificial intelligence in modern exploration programs.

This book addresses the hazard of gas explosions in sealed underground coal mines, and how the risk of explosion can be assessed, modeled, and mitigated.

The literature on gold deposits has increased exponentially during the past eight years.

The products of mining are everywhere - if it wasn't grown, it was mined or drilled.

Following the successful first edition of this book on drinking water quality and health, this new edition puts more focus on the importance of minerals in drinking water.

This book presents the theories and methods for geology intelligent interpretation based on deep learning and remote sensing technologies.

Clay minerals are one of the most important groups of minerals that destroy permeability in sandstones.

Diese Einführung in die spezielle Mineralogie, Petrologie und Lagerstättenkunde auf genetischer Grundlage konzentriert sich auf wesentliche Lehrinhalte des Fachgebietes und setzt Grundkenntnisse in der allgemeinen Mineralogie und Kristallographie voraus.

Locked up within human bone are tantalizing clues concerningthe diets consumed by ancient peoples.

The volume of Springer Proceedings in Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Mineralogy contains selected papers presented at the 10th Geoarchaeology Conference, which took place during September 18-21, 2023, at the South Urals Federal Research Center, the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Miass, Russia.

The first Catalogue of Meteorites from South America includes new specimens never previously reported, while doubtful cases and pseudometeorites have been deliberately omitted.

This edited book is based on the accepted papers for presentation at the 1st MedGU Annual Meeting, Istanbul 2021.

An up-to-date overview of cathodoluminescence microscopy and spectroscopy in the field of geosciences, including new important data on cathodoluminescence spectroscopy, physical parameters and systematic spectral analysis of doped minerals.

Seabed logging (SBL) gathers the electromagnetic methods of marine subsoil exploration and more specifically those dedicated to the exploration of oil and gas at sea.

A readable and informative overview of the science of crystal growth for advanced students and researchers.

This book highlights and discusses recent developments that have contributed to an improved understanding of observed mantle heterogeneities and their relation to the thermo-chemical state of Earth's mantle, which ultimately holds the key to unlocking the secrets of the evolution of our planet.