In the last 15 years the concept of mineral systems approach to understanding orogenic gold systems has been developed. The orogenic gold model, as defined by Groves et al. (1998) argues for gold to be deposited during compressional deformation in accretionary orogens, from hydrothermal fluids derived from the metamorphism of greenstones. These deposits are typically found in late Archaean or in Palaeoproterozoic greenstone belts (Groves et al., 2007) and include the world class gold provinces of Yilgarn Craton, Superior Province, the Birimian of West Africa and the Tanzania Craton.

Palaeontologists can no more stop digging up fossils than stop breathing – it’s an obsession! Australasian palaeontologists are particularly driven to do this because the biological histories of Australia and its smaller neighbour, Zealandia, are the least understood of all the occupied continents.

В сборник вошли статьи, посвященные разным аспектам палеонтологии и охраны уникальных местонахождений ископаемых животных и растений. Важное место в книге отведено вопросам музееведения, хранения и экспонирования палеонтологических коллекций, а также методическим приемам изучения различных ископаемых остатков.  Рассмотрены вопросы морфологии и систематики разных групп ископаемых организмов:  цианобионтов, аммоноидей, высших растений (сфенофиллов, птеридоспермов, гинкгофитов).
Книга предназначена для специалистов-палеонтологов, сотрудников профильных и региональных музеев, а также всех лиц, интересующихся вопросами естествознания и историей органического мира Земли.

These exercises have been made to fit the content of the book Pressure Control During Oil Well Drilling http://bookboon.com/no (a book that was revised and updated in 2011, mostly on basis of input from readers). Many of the exercises in present book have been solved by students in the corresponding course at the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics at NTNU of Trondheim, Norway. It would be highly appreciated if you contacted me at pal.skalle@ntnu.no in case there is something unclear in this collection of exercises.