This volume is the final outcome of a conference designed to wrap up IOCP Project 157 (" Early Organic Evolution and Mineral and Energy Resources ") after a decade of prolific activity. The picturesque solitude of Maria Laach Abbey in the Eifel Mountains (FRO) provided the appropriate setting for a conclave of some 80 specialists from the various walks of the field who, during the week of Sept. 19 - 23, 1988, strived hard to define the state of the art in the principal segments of this Earth Science frontier. <...>
В сборнике рассмотрены мировые ресурсы нефти, газа, горючих сланцев и угля. Проанализированы геологические закономерности их пространственного размещения. Предложены новые методы поисков и разведки основных видов энергетического сырья
