Site characterization is a fundamental step towards the proper design, construction and long term performance of all types of geotechnical projects, ranging from foundation, excavation, earth dams, embankments, seismic hazards, environmental issues, tunnels, near and offshore structures. The Fourth International Conference on Site Characterization (ISC’4) was held near the beautiful coastal town of Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco – Brazil, from September 18-21, 2012, under the responsibility of TC-102/TC-16 on In-Situ Testing of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), the Brazilian Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ABMS), and the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil (UFPE). The fourth conference followed the successful series of international conferences held in Atlanta (ISC-1, 1998), Porto (ISC-2, 2004), and Taipei (ISC-3, 2008).

Сборник "Переработка и использование торфа и сапропелей" содержит результаты научных исследований Института торфа АН БССР по вопросам комплексного использования торфяных богатств республики, механизации и автоматизации процессов торфодобычи, физики торфа и сапропелей, торфяной механики, физико-механической и химической переработки торфа.
Сборник будет полезен для работников научно-исследовательских и высших учебных заведений, торфяной и химической промышленности, а такие для работников других отраслей народного хозяйства, связанных с использованием торфяных месторождений, торфа и сапропелей.

WILLIAMS, E. A., FRIEND, P. F. & WILLIAMS, B. P. J. A review of Devonian time scales: databases, construction and new data
HOUSE, M. R. Chronostratigraphic framework for the Devonian and Old Red Sandstone
FRIEND, P. F., WILLIAMS, B. P. J., FORD, M. & WILLIAMS, E. A. Kinematics and dynamics of Old Red Sandstone basins

GRIPPING, D. H., BRIDGE, J. S. & HOTTON, C. L. Coastal-fluvial palaeoenvironments and plant palaeoecology of the Lower Devonian (Emsian), Gaspe Bay, Quebec, Canada
BRIDGE, J. S. The geometry, flow patterns and sedimentary processes of Devonian rivers and coasts, New York and Pennsylvania, USA

The Goldfield gold district, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada

The Tonopah precious-metal district, Esmeralda and Nye Counties, Nevada

The Republic gold district, Ferry County, Washington

The Comstock Lode precious-metal district, Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada

TYSON, R. V. & PEARSON, T. H. Modern and ancient continental shelf anoxia: an overview
Modern shelf anoxia
BOESCH, D. F. & RABALAIS, N. N. Effects of hypoxia on continental shelf benthos: comparisons between the New York Bight and the Northern Gulf of Mexico
RABALAIS, N. N., TURNER, R. E., WISEMAN, W. I. Jr. & BOESCH, D. F. A brief summary of hypoxia on the northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf: 1985-1988
HARPER, D. E. Jr., MCKINNEY, L.D., NANCE, J. M. & SALTER, R. R. Recovery responses of two benthic assemblages following an acute hypoxic event on the Texas continental shelf, northwestern Gulf of Mexico
VAN DER ZWAAN, G. J. & JORISSEN, F. J. Biofacial patterns in river-induced shelf anoxia

GAROFALO, P. S. & RIDLEY, J. R. Gold-transporting hydrothermal fluids in the Earth’s crust: an introduction
POKROVSKI, G. S., AKINFIEV, N. N., BORISOVA, A. Y., ZOTOV, A. V. & KOUZMANOV, K. Gold speciation and transport in geological fluids: insights from experiments and physical-chemical modelling
GAROFALO, P. S., FRICKER, M. B., GU¨ NTHER, D., BERSANI, D. & LOTTICI, P. P. Physical-chemical properties and metal budget of Au-transporting hydrothermal fluids in orogenic deposits

Secular Variation in the Composition of Subcontinental Lithospheric Mantle: Geophysical and Geodynamic Implications
Hypotheses Relevanto Crustal Growth
Upper Mantle Structure beneath Australia from Portable Array Deployments
Mapping of Geophysical Domains in the Australian Continental Crust Using Gravity and Magnetic Anomalies
Complex Anisotropy in the Australian Lithosphere from Shear-wave Splitting in Broad-band SKS Records
A Brief Review of Differences in Lithosphere Seismic Properties Under Western and Eastern Australia Stimulated by Seismograms from the Marryat Creek Earthquakes of 1986

Hydrophobic Agglomeration of Fine Particles

Electrokinetic Behaviour of Sulphide Minerals: A Contribution to the Chemistry of Flotation

Bacterial Leaching of Minerals

Legal Framework for Environmental Protection in Mineral Processing Activities

Air-Pollutant Emissions and Imissions from Metallurgical Industry

Electrochemical Approach to Pollutants Removal and Destruction

This book is a collection of papers on an aspect of plate tectonics of which our understanding is at present limited. In the mid-1970s, prior to the recent phase of IPOD active margin drilling, few geologists would have anticipated that at the start of the 1980s so many new questions concerning the nature of tectonic and sedimentary processes in forearc regions would have come to light.

Лавров Д.Д., Лебедева Р.В., Шнайдер С.С. Организация спецсеминара, специального и факультативного курсов по географическим дисциплинам
Антипов Н.И. О постановке спецкурсов и спецпрактикумов по географическим дисциплинам
Воскобойникова С.М. Из опыта проведения спецкурсов и спецпрактикумов по географии населения
Добринан Д.О спецкурсе «Учение о географической зональности»
Рохмистров В.Л. Опыт проведения спецпрактикума-по гидрологии