Nowadays, many surficial mineral deposits are being mined out, leaving only deep-seated mineral deposits for feeding raw materials into the industry. Therefore techniques applied to mineral exploration need to be revisited for discovering new mineral resources, which may be located in harsh and remote regions. Over the past decades, remote sensing technology and geographic information system (GIS) techniques have been incorporated into several mineral exploration projects worldwide. This aim is to bridge the knowledge gap for the geospatial-based discovery of buried, covered, and blind mineral deposits. This book details the main aspects of the state-of-the-art remote sensing imagery, geochemical data, geophysical data, geological data, and geospatial toolbox required to explore ore deposits. It covers advances in remote sensing data processing algorithms, geochemical data analysis, geophysical data analysis, and machine learning algorithms in mineral exploration. It also presents approaches on recent remote sensing and GIS-based mineral prospectivity modeling, which offer a piece of excellent information to professional earth scientists, researchers, mineral exploration communities, and mining companies <...>

Nonlinear inverse problems are common in science and engineering. In fact the quotation from Feynman shows clearly that the process of discovering physical laws is itself an inverse problem.
What is an inverse problem? Subtraction is the inverse of addition. Division is the inverse of multiplication. Root is the inverse of power. Given the answer (say, the number 4) nd the question (2+2 = ? or 8/2 = ? or p 16 = ?).

е часто бывает так, что совершенно новый метод каротажа входит в повседневную практику.
Недавние успехи технологии ядерно-магнитного каротажа расширили возможности получения сведений о пластовых флюидах. Эта технология, относящаяся к самым значительным достижениям науки, позволяет поднять эффективность ГИС на новый уровень. Она дает возможность определять, какая часть пористости связана с пластовыми флюидами, потенциально извлекаемыми на поверхность.

1. The geochemistry of wall rock alteration in turbidite-hosted gold vein deposits, Central Victoria, Australia / Геохимия измененных турбидитов, вмещающих жильные месторождения золота, Центральная Виктория, Австралия. Gao Z.L., Kwak T.P.A., 1996

2. Gold–anomalous catchment basin: a GIS prioritization model considering drainage sinuosity / Золото-аномальная область водосбора: модель определения приоритетов в ГИС с учетом геометрии водотоков (извилистости). Seoane J.C.S., Silva A. de B., 1999

3. Multidata set analysis for gold-deposit exploration criteria: application in the Catalonian Coastal Ranges (NE Spain) / Анализ наборов данных для определения критериев изучения золоторудных месторождений: применение в прибрежных районах Каталонии (Северная Испания). Viladevall M., Font X., Carmona J.M., 1999

Electrical well logging was introduced to the oil industry over a half century ago. The first log was recorded on September 5, 1927, in a well in the small oil field of Pechelbronn, in Alsace, a province of northeastern France. This log, a single graph of the electrical resistivity of the rock formations cut by the borehole, was recorded by the “station” method. The downhole tool (called a sonde) was stopped at periodic intervals in the borehole, measurementsw ere made, and the calculated resistivity was hand-plotted on a graph. This procedure was repeated from station to station until the entire log was recorded.<...>

Рассматриваются теоретические основы создания геофизических и геоинформационных систем и технологий, а также исследуется применение пространственного анализа для решения геолого-геофизических задач. Содержатся пошаговые инструкции выполнения практических заданий с использованием программного обеспечения ArcGIS 10
Учебное пособие предназначено для проведения лабораторных работ по курсу «Геофизические информационные системы» для студентов бакалавриата геологического факультета, обучающихся по направлению «Геология» 05.03.01, направленности «Геофизика». Пособие может использоваться бакалаврами других направленностей при изучении курса «Геоинформационные системы в геологии» и студентами специальности «Технология геологической разведки» 21.05.03, профиль «Геофизические методы поисков и разведки месторождений полезных ископаемых» в процессе изучения курса «Геоинформационные системы в геофизике».

This document defines the shapefile (.shp) spatial data format and describes why shapefiles are important. It lists the tools available in Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), software for creating shapefiles directly or converting data into shapefiles from other formats. This document also provides all the technical information necessary for writing a computer program to create shapefiles without the use of ESRI® software for organizations that want to write their own data translators. <...>

IS is an extremely collaborative activity. Almost at the drop of a hat, GIS professionals will organize a conference, set up a Web-based list server, pull people together for discounts on training, establish a networking group, and generally do what they can to move the community forward.The standards for GIS certification in the United States, which are being worked out as we complete the manuscript for this book, explicitly include points for participating in and organizing events that benefit the entire community.

Концепции корреляции с высоким разрешением возраста и фаций

As the search for oil and gas becomes more sophisticated and producing basins and fields become more intensely developed, geoscientists need correspondingly  more accurate techniques for stratigraphic analysis. To achieve this accuracy, companies are shooting higher-resolution seismic lines, acquiring 3-D seismic surveys over fields, and coring more to quantify reservoir properties.