The Geological-Structural Map of the Central-Southern Apennines (Italy) provides entirely revised and original cartography for a large sector of the orogenic belt that stretches along peninsular Italy. New data collected by the authors over the past 20 years, together with fi eld revisions of published data, and available subsurface data are synthesized in two geological map sheets at scale 1:250,000 giving a regional overview of the stratigraphy, geometry, and structure of the Apenninic fold-and-thrust belt.

Цѣнность золота и простота процесса его извлеченія, сдѣлали изъ золотопромышленности дѣло общедоступное и, распространивъ его по тайгамъ Сибири, увеличили несомнѣнно оборотный капиталъ Государства; но въ тоже время каждая изъ этихъ особенностей зазграждала дорогу умственному прогрессу, всегда сопровождающему всякое промышленное дѣло. До тѣхъ поръ пока сама природа не положила препятствія къ легкому извлеченію золота, пока не выработались розсыпи съ богатымъ содержаніемъ золота въ мощныхъ пластзхъ, подъ сравнительно тонкими пластами торфовъ, а увеличившаяся потребность рабочихъ рукъ не увеличила ихъ цѣнности какъ по платѣ такъ и по содержанію и, пока послѣ затраты большихъ капиталовъ не пришли къ убѣжденію полной несостоятельности принятыхъ способовъ,;—всякая утонченность производства, всякое приложеніе знанія горнаго дѣла было или обязательнымъ на принадлежащихъ казнѣ промыслахъ, или случайнымъ, какъ на частныхъ промыслахъ, когда владѣльцемъ или управляющимъ промысла былъ человѣкъ образованный и разсчетливый. <...>

I am indebted to many colleagues and former students for valuable suggestions and discussions and for having provided thin sections or images. I thank PD Dr. Afifé El Kohr (University of Fribourg) for reading all chapters and suggesting important improvements in the text and the figures. I thank Dr. Florence Bégué (University of Geneva) for reading and improving remarks on various chapters. Special thanks for commenting on various drafts are due to Prof. Richard Bevins (Natural Museum of Wales), Sam Carmalt (University of Geneva), Dr. William Cannon (US Geological Survey), and Dr. Kenneth M. Towe (Smithonian Institute, Washington).

The book sets out to present a state of practice of the geotechnical engineering of embankment dams and their foundations and the geotechnical engineering of the foundations of concrete dams. It assumes that the reader is trained in Civil Engineering or Engineering Geology, with knowledge of soil and rock mechanics.

Холупицкіе заводы находятся Вятской губерніи въ Слободскомъ уѣздѣ, между 57° 20' 57° 50' сѣв. широты и между 08° 20' и 57 50' вост. долготы. Основаніе этихъ заводовъ,  какъ видно изъ указа Государственной Бергъ-Коллегіи, отъ 21 марта 1761 года, произошло слѣдующимъ образомъ: „секретарь главной межевой канцеляріи Левъ Александровичъ Челбышевъ, открывши Казанской провинціи, Вятской губерніи, Слободскаго уѣзда, въ казенныхъ пустопорожнихъ и принадлежащихъ Вятскому архіерею земляхъ признаки желѣзныхъ рудъ и находя ихъ благонадежными, просилъ Бергъ-Коллегію для ближайшаго осмотра ихъ командировать чиновника. Вслѣдъ за этимъ подано въ Бергъ-Коллегію прошеніе отъ генералъ-прокурора, генералъ-кригскоммисара Александра Ивановича Глѣбова, который, представляя, что отысканные Челбышевымъ пріиски ему уступлены и съ Вятскимъ архіереемъ Варфоломѣемъ на добываніе рудъ въ его земляхъ сдѣлано надлежащее условіе, просилъ о скорѣйшей присылкѣ чиновника для освидѣтельствованія какъ найденныхъ рудниковъ <...>

While this book is concerned primarily with porosity evolution and diagenesis in carbonate reservoirs, the reader and the authors must ultimately share a common understanding of the fundamental characteristics of the overall carbonate system. Therefore, the first three chapters are designed to highlight general concepts unique to— and essential for understanding—the carbonate realm.

In China, oil and gas resources mainly accumulated in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic continental basins, and the proven reserves of oil and gas in continental basins account for three-quarters and nearly half of China’s total reserves, respectively (Zhai, 1996). Almost 95% of the proven oil reserves in China are concentrated in continental basins (Dai, 2000). After more than half a century of exploration, a large number of structural reservoirs and some lithological and stratigraphic reservoirs were discovered in continental basins. Although the exploration efforts of many Mesozoic and Cenozoic basins has been relatively high, especially for eastern basins, there is still a great potential for the exploration of lithological and stratigraphic reservoirs. In order to promote petroleum exploration development, we must develop new technologies and methods, and strengthen the basic research theories targeting lithological and stratigraphic reservoirs, using petroleum geological characteristics of continental basins (Jia, 2003). <...>