Geomaterials are defined as ‘processed or unprocessed soils, rocks or minerals used in the construction of buildings or structures, including man-made construction materials manufactured from soils, rocks or minerals’ (Fookes, 1991). The definition deliberately includes manmade materials such as bricks or cement but excludes allied engineering materials whose manufacturing is more extensive, such as steel and synthetic paints.

Shelley's lines paint a picture of a lost world, a world resurrected from the antiquities of Greek mythology. But Shelley had more than ancient legends to go on; he was acutely aware of the discoveries of great extinct beasts from the writings of contemporary naturalists. It is known that Shelley attended lectures on mineralogy at Oxford and possessed a library of scientific works which included the writings of Newton, Laplace, Herschel, Davy and Erasmus Darwin. By 1812 he was familiar with James Parkinson's Organic remains published in three volumes between 1804 and 1811.

Задача данного руководства — рассмотреть, каким образом Управление геологоразведки ТНК-ВР осуществляет планирование, контроль и реализацию геологоразведочных проектов. Данное руководство содержит описание рекомендуемых методов работы и технических требований по каждому этапу поисково-разведочных работ. Вместе с тем, его нельзя рассматривать в качестве подробной инструкции. Для получения более конкретной информации сотруднику необходимо посетить специальные курсы в рамках корпоративной программы технического обучения ТНК-ВР. Кроме того, разобраться в специальных областях могут помочь штатные эксперты и приглашенные консультанты. <...>

This manual provides guidelines and instructions for performing and documenting field work. The manual is a ready reference for anyone engaged in field-oriented engineering geology or geotechnical engineering. The manual is written for general engineering geology use as well as to meet Reclamation needs. The application of geology to solving engineering problems is emphasized, rather than academic or other aspects of geology <...>

This AWWA revision to Manual M21 is the culmination of nearly three years of effort by members of the Groundwater Resources Committee. This edition has been written to provide the reader with a general understanding of the principles involved with ground
water, its movement and character, and the subsequent impact these characteristics have on the design, construction, and maintenance of groundwater well systems for water utilities.

Stream sediment geochemistry has been described as a very robust, successful mineral exploration technique and has proven to be effective even when sampling was poorly carried out (Fletcher, 1997). Much of its early success for discovering new mineral deposits in British Columbia can be traced to the pioneers of exploration geochemistry who recognized the ability of more mobile elements such as copper and zinc to concentrate in sediment from broad range of stream environments. This proved to be an advantage in the 1950’s when exploration focused primarily on the search for porphyry copper deposits. Sediment sampling techniques could afford to be less rigorous because formation of copper stream geochemical anomalies was less susceptible to the variations in sample site environment. However, it became apparent that geochemical surveys for gold and other heavy minerals needed more careful collection of sediment from a specific energy environment so that maximum anomaly contrast could be achieved. <...>

The technical world is changing very rapidly. In only 15 years, the power of personal computers has increased by a factor of nearly one-thousand. By all accounts, it will increase by another factor of one-thousand in the next 15 years. This tremendous power has changed the way science and engineering is done, and there is no better example of this than Digital Signal Processing. <...>

Руководство включает основные сведения по расчетам оптических схем шахтных интерферометров, описание различных конструкций, необходимые сведения по организации ремонта, юстировке и поверке интерферометров; является нормативным документом.
Предназначено для работников, занимающихся ремонтом шахтных интерферометров, а также может быть полезным инженерно-техническим работникам шахт, горным мастерам-взрывникам и другому персоналу, осуществляющему контроль за составом рудничной атмосферы.