Petrology, petrography and mineralogy

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

This book explores all aspects of large igneous provinces as key processes in shaping our planet, for researchers, graduate students and mining industry professionals.

Radiocarbon After Four Decades: An Interdisciplinary Perspective commemorates the 40th anniversary of radiocarbon dating.

Geochemical reaction modeling plays an increasingly vital role in several areas of geoscience, from environmental geochemistry and petroleum geology to the study of geothermal and hydrothermal fluids.

The tropics provide the key to understanding much biological and Earth science.

This textbook provides an overview of the origin and preservation of carbonate sedimentary rocks.

In this book, the first dedicated entirely to the petrology of lamproites and their relationships to other potassium-rich rocks, the objective of the authors is to provide a comprehensive critical review of the occurrence, mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrogenesis of the clan.

This book appears a century after the discovery of radioactivity.

Written for students and professionals, this revised textbook surveys the mineral industry from geological, environmental and economic perspectives.

Although Rock Mechanics addresses many of the rock mechanics issues which arise in underground mining engineering, it is not a text exclusively for mining applications.

Since early 1989, a gem dealer I've known for years has been calling me every few weeks to brief me on mounting mayhem in Colombia's lucrative emerald market.

In the first edition of this book, we observed that it had been created to fill a need for a usable "e;self-contained volume on hydrodynamics"e; (and hydrogeology) that was written specifically for the petroleum industry, but could also serve the earth science community in general.

The modeling of minerals and silicated materials is a.

This book seeks to enrich the growing literature on mine legacies by examining a case study of a small abandoned mine in Latin America.

This book, first published in 1987, contains a collection of papers presented at the 18th Binghamton Symposium, focusing on the topic of catastrophic flooding.

This book, first published in 1986, stems from the 1986 Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium.

The earlier editions of this book have been used by successive generations of students for more than 20 years, and it is the standard text on the subject in most British universities and many others throughout the world.

Advanced textbook outlining the physical, chemical, and biological properties of sedimentary rocks through petrographic microscopy, geochemical techniques, and field study.

An accessible resource, covering the fundamentals of carbonate reservoir engineering Includes discussions on how, where and why carbonate are formed, plus reviews of basic sedimentological and stratigraphic principles to explain carbonate platform characteristics and stratigraphic relationships Offers a new, genetic classification of carbonate porosity that is especially useful in predicting spatial distribution of pore networks.

This book, first published in 1985, arises from the 14th Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium.

This book contains a comprehensive field guide, including detailed itineraries and supporting data, to the Geology of Western Ireland, a classic site for world geology.

A richly illustrated survey of rock microstructures in igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, from basic concepts to cutting-edge research.

This book covers the more basic aspects of carbonate minerals and their interaction with aqueous solutions; modern marine carbonate formation and sediments; carbonate diagenesis (early marine, meteoric and burial); the global cycle of carbon and human intervention; and the role of sedimentary carbonates as indicators of stability and changes in the Earth's surface environment.

Provides a very clear guide to sedimentary rock types as seen under the microscope supported by practical aspects of slide preparation.

The last two decades have witnessed a dramatic expansion and intensification of mineral resource exploitation and development across the global south, especially in Latin America.

This book presents the genetic connections of metamorphism and geodynamics.

This book, first published in 1973, focuses on non-urban terrain, and presents a uniquely balanced historical treatment of both the land degradation induced by man and his efforts at conservation, preservation and reclamation.

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Advanced textbook outlining the physical, chemical, and biological properties of sedimentary rocks through petrographic microscopy, geochemical techniques, and field study.

This book, first published in 1981, provides an excellent introductory analysis to plate tectonic theory.

This textbook is intended to be used in a lecture course for college students majoring in Earth Sciences.

Earth has become a huge mine, with a greater quantity and variety of fundamental mineral resources being extracted year after year.

This book describes for the first time the complexity of the Northeastern Transbaikalia province of Russia.

This book presents cutting-edge approaches to solving practical problems faced by professionals in the petroleum industry and geosciences.

This book, first published in 1985, conveys the flavours of geomorphology and the bases of its ideas.

The fifth volume in this series is focused on the chemical and physical interactions between rocks undergoing metamorphism and the fluids that they generate and that pass through them.

Estuaries occur along many of the world's coastlines irrespective of geologic setting, energy regime, and depositional environment.

This book is the successor to A practical introduction to optical mineralogy, which was written in the early 1980s, and published by George Allen & Unwin in 1985.

A user-friendly, thorough introduction to quantitative modelling of sedimentary basins, illustrated throughout with real-world examples, applications and test exercises.

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In the extensive field of earth sciences, with its many subdisciplines, the trans- fer of knowledge is primarily established via personal communication, during meetings, by reading journal articles, or by consulting books.

The Earth Science Series of the Circum-Pacific Funding for ship time was made available through Council for Energy and Mineral Resources (CPCEMR) the U.

Granites are emblematic rocks developed from a magma that crystallized in the Earth's crust.

This book offers a comprehensive review devoted exclusively to slate as dimension stone.

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When accidents occur in the oil and gas industry, the impacts can be profound.