The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with guidance on the development and implementation of cost-effective and defensible environmental sampling programs that are designed to collect data needed to
• Defi ne the nature and extent of contamination

• Calculate baseline human health and ecological risk
• Identify contaminant migration pathways
• Predict rates of contaminant migration
• Evaluate the viability of potential remedial alternatives
• Support treatability testing
• Assess the effectiveness of a remedial alternative during implementation
• Determine if remedial action objectives have been met
• Dispose of waste material properly

This  geological excursion to Poland has realized as a result of the scientific cooperation and exchange between INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF TUBINGEN, and INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY,  UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW.The program of  the excursion includes presentation of  the structures strictly comparable  in our two  countries,  as  exemplified by some Paleozoic and Mesozoic sequences of  the Holy Cross Mountains,  as well as of  the structures different  in their type of  development,  as exemplified by the Neogeae sequence of   the Fore-Carpathian Depression. To make better opportunities for studying  the selected sections,   this  very   FIELD-GUIDE is presented to our best colleagues and friends.

Investment decisions are critical part of a company’s success, and capital budgeting is a central topic of financial management. However, in contrast to other strategic decisions in business, decisions on capital projects are decentralized, from corporate to divisions, divisions to operations, from operations to departments. Engineers at various levels within the organization who make a capital proposal are contributing to the strategic success of the organization. This book will assist engineers to contribute strategically to the organization, so that they can contribute to the success of their company and can make a success of their careers.<...>

Fine-grained, mud-rich turbidite systems primarily occur in basins with a large fluvial input. Depositional models derived from sand-rich turbidite  systems are not appropriate because the large volume of mud in fine-grained turbidite systems produces different sediment distribution patterns, geomorphic features, and internal architecture at bed-to-sequence scales. Many of the chapters in this volume demonstrate that understanding fine-grained turbidite systems requires a number of steps and degrees of resolution, very similar to the range of data utilized in the oil industry. Industrial examples include 2-D and 3-D seismic, cores, and well logs. To refine the understanding of a turbidite field, the earth scientist must integrate the most applicable models with subsurface data, outcrop analyses, modern analogs, and experimental results. <...>