'What is ore geology?' Unfortunately, it is not possible to give an unequivocal answer to this question if one wishes to go beyond saying that it is a branch of economic geology. The difficulty is that there are a number of distinctly different definitions of ore.

T. rex crashes through the trees and leaps on a juvenile Triceratops. The huge predator has scaly skin and tufts of colorful feathers over its eyes; it crunches through the bones of the terrified herbivore with a force of several tons . . .
We are familiar with this kind of scene from the movies, but how much of it is guesswork? When we look at dinosaur behavior, we’re examining every aspect of how these remarkable beasts lived. Do we need a time machine to be sure what they looked like and how they behaved? The answer is, not necessarily. We have fossils, and we have smart ways to compare those fossils to modern animals. <...>

This book is a practical, hands-on introduction to numerical geodynamic modelling for inexperienced people, i.e. for young students and newcomers from other fields. It does not require much background in mathematics or physics and is therefore written with a maximum amount of simple technical details. If you are inexperienced – this book is yours! <...>

Tectonics enters into every aspect of the earth sciences. Although it is possible to study erosional and depositional processes without concern for tectonics, the relief that permits these processes to continue is always in some way related to uplift or subsidence. For example, the erosional evolution of a landscape, as proposed by W. M. Davis, requires a tectonic boost to start the process (Davis, 1899; King and Schumm, 1980), and in an attempt to link tectonics to landforms, Walter Penck (1953) estimated relative rates of uplift and denudation from the shape of valley-side profiles.

Natural gas is a kind of efficient, economic, and clean energy. With the rapid development of our economies, the demand for natural gas is climbing year by year. With the development and advancement of exploration technology, the world’s largest volcanic gas reservoirs were discovered in China. As an important part of natural gas resources in China, the discovered resources in volcanic gas reservoirs reach up to several trillion cubic meters, the proved gas in place is up to several hundred billion cubic meters, and the production keeps growing annually. The exploration and development of natural gas in China is in a period of vigorous development. As a new domain, the rational development of volcanic gas reservoirs plays a more and more important role in the natural gas industry. <...>

Иллюстрированное научное издание «Самоцветы Восточной Сибири» – это книга о ювелирных и поделочных камнях, встречающихся на востоке Сибири. В издании коротко приведена история открытия и разработки различных самоцветов в регионе, описаны основные виды камнесамоцветного сырья, физические свойства минералов, их декоративные особенности,
перечислены наиболее значительные месторождения. В отдельном разделе приведена краткая информация о ряде музеев минералов, цветных камней и самоцветов, располагающихся в университетах, научных институтах и производственных организациях региона.

Книга подготовлена для широкого круга читателей и будет интересна геологам, геммологам, минералогам, ювелирам, технологам, студентам и преподавателям вузов, а также коллекционерам и любителям камня.

This Special Publication of the Geological Society of London, The Evolving Continents: Understanding Processes of Continental Growth, is dedicated to the long and spectacular career of Brian F. Windley, a pioneer in the application of uniformitarianism to Precambrian rocks, a leader in linking field geology with the geochemistry and geochronology of different orogenic units with global tectonic history, and an overall polymath who has had a deep influence on many fields of geological sciences.