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This book collects and summarizes current scientific knowledge concerning coal-mined landscapes of the Appalachian region in eastern United States. Containing contributions from authors across disciplines, the book addresses topics relevant to the region’s coal-mining...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-11-25
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This book successfully connects archaeology and archaeometallurgy with geoscience and metallurgy. It addresses topics concerning ore deposits, archaeological field evidence of early metal production, and basic chemical-physical principles, as well as experimental...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-11-21
Collection :
Natural Science in Archaeology
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This book introduces the latest research regarding the adsorption of heavy metals, toxic ions, and organic compounds at the interfaces of water/minerals, such as mineralogical characterizations, surface chemistry, and modification of natural minerals as adsorbents, as...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-10-10
Collection :
Engineering Materials
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This book discusses potential mineral belts in various geotectonic regions around the globe, with a particular focus on concealed deposits, in order to highlight new areas for geochemical exploration and modelling. In recent years, the application of statistical methods...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-10-06
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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A Comprehensive Introduction to the “Geochemist Toolbox” – the Basic Principles of Modern Geochemistry In the new edition of William M. White’s Geochemistry, undergraduate and graduate students will find each of the core principles of geochemistry covered. From defining...
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2020-10-02
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This richly illustrated book provides an overview of the Neoproterozoic Pan-African Belt of Egypt (PABE), which represents the northwestern continuation of the Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS) and the East African Orogen (EAO). The first chapter offers an introduction to the...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-09-29
Collection :
Regional Geology Reviews
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This book explores the geotectonic evolution of the lithosphere beneath the Indian Shield, which comprises a collage of cratons variously bounded by mobile belts and palaeo-rifts. The lithosphere beneath these is fairly thin compared to other cratons worldwide,...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-09-24
Collection :
Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences
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This book presents general problems in geoarchaeology, and discusses geophysical solutions, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry applications, X-ray and isotope analyses and GIS technologies. It also examines practical reconstructions of technological processes used in...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-08-06
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology, second edition, presents the essentials of both disciplines through an approach accessible to industry professionals, academic researchers, and students alike. This new edition emphasizes the relationship between rocks and...
Editeur : Elsevier
Parution : 2020-07-29
Format(s) : ePub
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This book consolidates the latest research on the Hadean Eon - the first 500 million years of Earth history - which has permitted hypotheses of early Earth evolution to be tested, including geophysical models that include the possibility of plate tectonic-like behavior....
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-06-18
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Electronic Structure and Surfaces of Sulfide Minerals: Density Functional Theory and Applications examines the mineral structure and electronic properties of minerals and their relationship to mineral floatability by density functional theory (DFT). This pragmatic guide...
Editeur : Elsevier
Parution : 2020-04-23
Format(s) : epub sans DRM
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This book describes the discovery of quasicrystals (icosahedral and decagonal) in an extraterrestrial rock from the Koryak Mountains of Far Eastern Russia. After a decade-long search for a natural quasicrystal, this discovery opened a new avenue in mineralogy and...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-04-20
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Crystallography
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The purpose of this book is to provide a review of tectonic outlines of the Asian continent, metallogenesis rules of 242 large deposits or fields in 67 tectonic units of 6 tectonic domains in the Asia, and guidelines for the mining companies to effectively prospect the...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-04-13
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This exceptionally well-illustrated book at a high scientific level describes mud volcanism as a complex, multidimensional phenomenon requiring multidisciplinary study. Mud volcanoes can be used as “cheap windows” to search for gas-hydrates and other mineral...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-03-31
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Elements move through Earth's critical zone along interconnected pathways that are strongly influenced by fluctuations in water and energy. The biogeochemical cycling of elements is inextricably linked to changes in climate and ecological disturbances, both natural and...
Editeur : American Geophysical Union
Parution : 2020-03-26
Collection :
Geophysical Monograph Series
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Handbook of Mineral Spectroscopy, Volume 1: X-ray Photoelectron Spectra presents a database of X-ray Photoelectron spectra showing both survey (with chemical analysis) and high-resolution spectra of more than 200 rock-forming and major ore minerals. XPS of minerals is a...
Editeur : Elsevier
Parution : 2020-03-10
Format(s) : epub sans DRM
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This volume provides an overview and tour (with many interesting stops along the way) of Devonian and Ordovician intraplate magmatism and associated sedimentary rocks and tectonics in the regions of Kuznetsk Alatau, Minusinsk Basin and Khakassia in western...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-03-06
Collection :
GEOguide
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This book summarizes the latest research on the structural geology of the mobile belts of the Indian subcontinent including the Himalayas, NE Himalayas, Bangladesh thrust belt, Andaman subduction zone, the Aravalli-Delhi, the Central India Tectonic Zone, the Singhbhum,...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-02-21
Collection :
Society of Earth Scientists Series
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This book offers a comprehensive review devoted exclusively to slate as dimension stone. Beginning with a description of the slate as dimension stone, the book describes the origin of slate and related geological phenomena.It thoroughly explains key data acquisition...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-02-20
Collection :
Springer Mineralogy
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This book summarizes the exploration history and provides a framework for assessing the economic potential of the country’s minerals by defining minimal deposit parameters for the various commodities present. Suriname was explored extensively for mineral occurrences in...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-01-28
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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