Страны бывшего Советского Союза являются последней территорией с огромными запасами нефти и газа, представляющими большой интерес для мировой нефтегазовой промышленности. В процессе разработки месторождений в следующем столетии специалистам разведочной и промысловой геофизики придется решать интеллектуальные и технические задачи большой значимости. Многочисленные встречи с русскоязычными коллегами во время их посещений Хьюстона и других городов были для меня интересными и полезными. Думаю, что и для них настал ответственный момент, ибо огромный поток западной терминологии пополняет запас геофизической лексики в русском языке. Подстать этим динамическим изменениям и выходит в свет англорусский энциклопедический словарь терминов разведочной и промысловой геофизики фирмы Вудз, который является важнейшим вкладом в геофизическую литературу.

В кругу широких петрографических проблем, поднятых Ф. Ю. Левинсон-Лессингом, значительное место занимали вопросы классификации и номенклатуры горных пород. Они в свою очередь требовали объективного анализа-смыслового значения громадного, неизменно возрастающего числа петрографических терминов, принятых в разных странах. За эту большую рабогу Ф. Ю. Левинсон-Лессинг взялся с самого начала своей научной деятельности и продолжал ее до последних дней жизни; Уже в 1893 г. на немецком языке им был издан первый петрографический словарь. На русском языке - первый перечень горных пород в алфавитном порядке с их краткой характеристикой был помещен Ф. Ю. Левинсон-Лессингом в приложении к петрографическим таблицам, изданным в качестве учебного пособия С.-Петербургским политехническим институтом в 1905 г. Через десять лет эти таблицы в переработанном и дополненном виде были переизданы под авторством Ф. Ю. Левинсон-Лессинга и Д. С. Белянкина.

После Октябрьской социалистической революции Ф.Ю.Левинсон-Лессинг совместно с Э.А.Струве составил петрографический словарь на русском языке. Эта работа, значительно более полная по своему содержанию, чем ее немецкий и французский варианты, имела большое значение для развития петрографии в Советском Союзе. К- сожалению, она вышла только двумя изданиями небольшими тиражами и стала очень скоро библиографической редкостью.

Few areas of science can have changed as fast as geology has in the past forty years. In the first half of the last century geologists were divided, often bitterly, between the drifters and those who believed that the Earth and its continents were static. Neither side of this debate foresaw that the application of methods from physics, chemistry and mathematics to these speculations would revolutionize the study of all aspects of the Earth Sciences, and would lead to accurate and detailed reconstructions of world geography at former times, as well as to an understanding of the origin of the forces that maintain the continental movements. This change in world-view is no longer controversial, and is now embedded in every aspect of the Earth Sciences. It is a real pleasure to see this change, which has revitalized so many classic areas of research, reflected in the articles of this encyclopedia. Particularly affected are the articles on large-scale Earth processes, which discuss many of the new geological ideas that have come from geophysics and geochemistry. Forty years ago we had no understanding of these topics, which are fundamental to so many aspects of the Earth Sciences. The editors have decided, and in my view quite rightly, not to include detailed discussion of the present technology that is used to make geophysical and geochemical measurements. Such instrumental aspects are changing rapidly and become dated very quickly. They can easily be found in more technical publications. Instead the editors have concentrated on the influence such studies have had on our understanding of the Earth and its evolution, and in so doing have produced an excellent and accessible account of what is now known.

Any encyclopedia has to satisfy a wide variety of users, and in particular those who know that some subject like sedimentation or mineral exploration is part of geology, and go to an encyclopedia of geology to find out more. The editors have made a very thorough attempt to satisfy such users, and have included sections on such unexpected geological topics as the evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere, the geology of Jupiter, Saturn, and their moons, aggregates, and creationism. I congratulate the editors and authors for producing such a fine summary of our present knowledge, and am particularly pleased that they intend to produce an online version of the encyclopedia. Though I have become addicted to using the Internet as my general encyclopedia, I will be delighted to be able to access something concerned with my own field that is as organized and scholarly as are these volumes.

Dan McKenzie

Royal Society Professor of Earth Sciences

Cambridge University, UK

Few areas of science can have changed as fast as geology has in the past forty years. In the first half of the last century geologists were divided, often bitterly, between the drifters and those who believed that the Earth and its continents were static. Neither side of this debate foresaw that the application of methods from physics, chemistry and mathematics to these speculations would revolutionize the study of all aspects of the Earth Sciences, and would lead to accurate and detailed reconstructions of world geography at former times, as well as to an understanding of the origin of the forces that maintain the continental movements. This change in world-view is no longer controversial, and is now embedded in every aspect of the Earth Sciences. It is a real pleasure to see this change, which has revitalized so many classic areas of research, reflected in the articles of this encyclopedia. Particularly affected are the articles on large-scale Earth processes, which discuss many of the new geological ideas that have come from geophysics and geochemistry. Forty years ago we had no understanding of these topics, which are fundamental to so many aspects of the Earth Sciences. The editors have decided, and in my view quite rightly, not to include detailed discussion of the present technology that is used to make geophysical and geochemical measurements. Such instrumental aspects are changing rapidly and become dated very quickly. They can easily be found in more technical publications. Instead the editors have concentrated on the influence such studies have had on our understanding of the Earth and its evolution, and in so doing have produced an excellent and accessible account of what is now known.

Any encyclopedia has to satisfy a wide variety of users, and in particular those who know that some subject like sedimentation or mineral exploration is part of geology, and go to an encyclopedia of geology to find out more. The editors have made a very thorough attempt to satisfy such users, and have included sections on such unexpected geological topics as the evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere, the geology of Jupiter, Saturn, and their moons, aggregates, and creationism. I congratulate the editors and authors for producing such a fine summary of our present knowledge, and am particularly pleased that they intend to produce an online version of the encyclopedia. Though I have become addicted to using the Internet as my general encyclopedia, I will be delighted to be able to access something concerned with my own field that is as organized and scholarly as are these volumes.

Dan McKenzie

Royal Society Professor of Earth Sciences

Cambridge University, UK

Few areas of science can have changed as fast as geology has in the past forty years. In the first half of the last century geologists were divided, often bitterly, between the drifters and those who believed that the Earth and its continents were static. Neither side of this debate foresaw that the application of methods from physics, chemistry and mathematics to these speculations would revolutionize the study of all aspects of the Earth Sciences, and would lead to accurate and detailed reconstructions of world geography at former times, as well as to an understanding of the origin of the forces that maintain the continental movements. This change in world-view is no longer controversial, and is now embedded in every aspect of the Earth Sciences. It is a real pleasure to see this change, which has revitalized so many classic areas of research, reflected in the articles of this encyclopedia. Particularly affected are the articles on large-scale Earth processes, which discuss many of the new geological ideas that have come from geophysics and geochemistry. Forty years ago we had no understanding of these topics, which are fundamental to so many aspects of the Earth Sciences. The editors have decided, and in my view quite rightly, not to include detailed discussion of the present technology that is used to make geophysical and geochemical measurements. Such instrumental aspects are changing rapidly and become dated very quickly. They can easily be found in more technical publications. Instead the editors have concentrated on the influence such studies have had on our understanding of the Earth and its evolution, and in so doing have produced an excellent and accessible account of what is now known.

Any encyclopedia has to satisfy a wide variety of users, and in particular those who know that some subject like sedimentation or mineral exploration is part of geology, and go to an encyclopedia of geology to find out more. The editors have made a very thorough attempt to satisfy such users, and have included sections on such unexpected geological topics as the evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere, the geology of Jupiter, Saturn, and their moons, aggregates, and creationism. I congratulate the editors and authors for producing such a fine summary of our present knowledge, and am particularly pleased that they intend to produce an online version of the encyclopedia. Though I have become addicted to using the Internet as my general encyclopedia, I will be delighted to be able to access something concerned with my own field that is as organized and scholarly as are these volumes.

Dan McKenzie

Royal Society Professor of Earth Sciences

Cambridge University, UK

Few areas of science can have changed as fast as geology has in the past forty years. In the first half of the last century geologists were divided, often bitterly, between the drifters and those who believed that the Earth and its continents were static. Neither side of this debate foresaw that the application of methods from physics, chemistry and mathematics to these speculations would revolutionize the study of all aspects of the Earth Sciences, and would lead to accurate and detailed reconstructions of world geography at former times, as well as to an understanding of the origin of the forces that maintain the continental movements. This change in world-view is no longer controversial, and is now embedded in every aspect of the Earth Sciences. It is a real pleasure to see this change, which has revitalized so many classic areas of research, reflected in the articles of this encyclopedia. Particularly affected are the articles on large-scale Earth processes, which discuss many of the new geological ideas that have come from geophysics and geochemistry. Forty years ago we had no understanding of these topics, which are fundamental to so many aspects of the Earth Sciences. The editors have decided, and in my view quite rightly, not to include detailed discussion of the present technology that is used to make geophysical and geochemical measurements. Such instrumental aspects are changing rapidly and become dated very quickly. They can easily be found in more technical publications. Instead the editors have concentrated on the influence such studies have had on our understanding of the Earth and its evolution, and in so doing have produced an excellent and accessible account of what is now known.

Any encyclopedia has to satisfy a wide variety of users, and in particular those who know that some subject like sedimentation or mineral exploration is part of geology, and go to an encyclopedia of geology to find out more. The editors have made a very thorough attempt to satisfy such users, and have included sections on such unexpected geological topics as the evolution of the Earth’s atmosphere, the geology of Jupiter, Saturn, and their moons, aggregates, and creationism. I congratulate the editors and authors for producing such a fine summary of our present knowledge, and am particularly pleased that they intend to produce an online version of the encyclopedia. Though I have become addicted to using the Internet as my general encyclopedia, I will be delighted to be able to access something concerned with my own field that is as organized and scholarly as are these volumes.

Dan McKenzie

Royal Society Professor of Earth Sciences

Cambridge University, UK

Учебное пособие составлено в соответствии с вузовской программой курса исторической геологии и является приложением к опубликованному ранее учебному пособию «Историческая геология. Книга 1». Учебное пособие содержит 211 слов и словосочетаний на
русском, английском и китайском языках. Для иностранных учащихся геологических специальностей университетов, горных и нефтяных академий.

Этот учебное пособие, прежде всего, ориентировано на иностранных учащихся геологических специальностей российских вузов и в первую очередь служит вспомогательным справочным материалом для китайских студентов, изучающих геологию на русском и английском языках. Тем не менее, оно может использоваться и русскими геологами при работе с англоязычной геологической литературой.

Автор выражает благодарность китайским студентам Ши Сюйдун, Шао Минцзюань, Хэ Пэнфэй, Мяо Фэнцай, Ли Цян, Ма Цзинвэй, Цю Цин и Чжан Ди за помощь при написании этого учебного пособия.

Словарь, составленный известными почвоведами из Бельгии и Франции, содержит более 2700 терминов, в том числе аббревиатуры, обозначения горизонтов, некоторые единицы измерений. Термины охватывают вопросы классификации и номенклатуры почв, почвенные процессы, вопросы, касающиеся минеральных и органических компонентов почвы и газовой фазы, важнейшие почвенные свойства. Особенно большой интерес представляют названия почв и их иитерпритация по международной и национальным классификациям почв.

Для специалистов в области почвоведения, агрохимии, агрономии, географии, мелиорации и экологии, а также для студентов и аспирантов соагветствующих специальностей.

В отличие от ранее изданных словарей по гидро­геологии и инженерной геологии в данном Словаре более полно представлены известные в русской и ино­странной литературе гидрогеологические и инженерно-геологические термины. Кроме того, в Словарь вклю­чены термины, заимствованные из смежных наук, а также некоторые сведения справочного характера.

Словарь предназначен для гидрогеологов, инжене­ров-геологов, геологов-разведчиков, горняков, специа­листов по водоснабжению, мелиораторов, гидро­техников, санитарных врачей и других специалистов, соприкасающихся в своей научной и практической деятельности с гидрогеологией и инженерной геоло­гией.