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Health monitoring of civil structures (HMS) is a new discipline, which contributes to successful and on time detection of damages to structures. This book is a collection of chapters on different topics written by leading scientists in the field. It is primarily focused...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-12-11
Collection :
Springer Environmental Science and Engineering
Format(s) : ePub
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This book sets out the basic materials science needed for understanding the plastic deformation of rocks and minerals. Although at atmospheric pressure or at relatively low environmental pressures, these materials tend to be brittle, that is, to fracture with little...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-11-28
Collection :
Springer Geochemistry/Mineralogy
Format(s) : ePub
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Fluid-aided mass transfer and subsequent mineral re-equilibration are the two defining features of metasomatism and must be present in order for metamorphism to occur. Coupled with igneous and tectonic processes, metasomatism has played a major role in the formation of...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-08-15
Collection :
Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences
Format(s) : ePub
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Extensive descriptions of a wide range of key or world-class mineral deposits of China are presented in the context of the country’s general geology, tectonic units and mineral systems and their geodynamic evolution within the tectonic framework of the Asian continent....
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-08-13
Format(s) : ePub
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This book consists of 44 technical papers presented at the Ninth International Geostatistics Congress held in Oslo, Norway in June 2012. The papers have been reviewed by a panel of specialists in Geostatistics. The book is divided into four main sections: Theory;...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-05-08
Collection :
Quantitative Geology and Geostatistics
Format(s) : ePub
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The book will include contributions of the state of the art of quartz raw materials (deposits and properties) and their analytics.The chapters are presented by leading scientists in the quartz field.The presentations cover the main interrelations between genesis of...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-04-23
Collection :
Springer Geology
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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INTRODUCTION TO Geochemistry This book is intended to serve as a text for an introductory course in geochemistry for undergraduate/ graduate students with at least an elementary-level background in earth sciences, chemistry, and mathematics. The text, containing 83...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2012-03-28
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This book is a collection of papers that are devoted to various aspects of interactions between mineralogy and material sciences. It will include reviews, perspective papers and original research papers on mineral nanostructures, biomineralization, micro- and nanoporous...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-12-01
Format(s) : ePub
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This book presents a comprehensive, contemporary review of tidal environments and deposits. Individual chapters, each written by world-class experts, cover the full spectrum of coastal, shallow-marine and even deep-marine settings where tidal action influences or...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-10-20
Format(s) : ePub
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High-pressure mineral physics is a field that is strongly driven by the development of new technology. Fifty years ago, when experimentally achievable pressures were limited to just 25 GPa, little was know about the mineralogy of the Earth's lower mantle. Silicate...
Editeur : Elsevier Science
Parution : 2011-10-13
Format(s) : PDF, epub sans DRM
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The book presents the results from the Uranium Mining and Hydrogeology Conference (UMH VI) held in September 2011, in Freiberg, Germany.The following subjects are emphasised: Uranium Mining, Phosphate Mining and Uranium recovery. Cleaning up technologies for water and...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-10-05
Collection :
Springer Geology
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Frontiers in Geofluids is a collection of invited papers chosen to highlight recent developments in our understanding of geological fluids in different parts of the Earth, and published to mark the first ten years of publication of the journal Geofluids. The scope of...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2011-03-10
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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The weathering of historical buildings and, indeed, of monuments and sculptures of natural stone is a problem that has been encountered for hundreds of years. However, a dramatic increase in deterioration in the structure of our built heritage has been observed during...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-01-25
Format(s) : ePub
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The book contains the Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium on Archaeometry, 12th May 2008, Siena, Italy.
The aim of the Symposium is to promote the development and use of scientific techniques in order to extract archaeological and historical information...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-01-15
Format(s) : ePub
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1000 °C) and low pressures (< 2 kb) and typically results in the formation of "burnt" and fused rocks termed buchites, paralavas, clinkers and fulgarites. It is typically associated with shallow basaltic intrusions (contact aureoles, xenoliths,) combustion of...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2010-10-19
Format(s) : ePub
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Metals in the earth's crust are very unevenly distributed and, traditionally, a small number of ore deposits, districts or countries have dominated the world supply and have influenced commodity prices. The importance of exceptionally large, or rich, deposits has...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2010-09-02
Format(s) : PDF
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This book is not designed to be an exhaustive work on mine wastes. It aims to serve undergraduate students who wish to gain an overview and an understanding of wastes produced in the mineral industry. An introductory textbook addressing the science of such wastes is not...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2010-07-09
Format(s) : ePub
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This practical step-by-step guide describes the key geological field techniques needed by today's exploration geologists involved in the search for metallic deposits. The techniques described are fundamental to the collection, storage and presentation of geological data...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2010-06-01
Format(s) : ePub
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Policy makers, mineral exploration experts, and regional planners decide how public lands, which may contain undiscovered resources, should be used or whether to invest in exploration for minerals on a regular basis. Decisions are also made concerning mineral resource...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2010-03-23
Format(s) : PDF
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Advances in Nanoporous Materials is a collection of comprehensive reviews of lasting value to the field. The contributions cover all aspects of nanoporous materials, including their preparation and structure, post-synthetic modification, characterization and use in...
Editeur : Elsevier Science
Parution : 2009-10-16
Format(s) : epub sans DRM
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