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2001. A Clay Odyssey

• 1st Edition
• E. Domínguez, G. Mas + 1 more
• E. Domínguez, G. Mas and F. Cravero
• August 8, 2003

• Hardback 978-0-444-50945-1

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• eBook 978-0-08-092989-7

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The meeting was organized by a local university committee and 205 delegates from 35 countries took part. European participation was low due to the economic crisis experienced by national air lines. During the conference, the AIPEA medals were awarded to Gerhard Lagaly and Tom Pinnavaia.This volume of the Conference Proceedings contains 85 out of a total of 235 oral presentations and posters presented at the following symposia: Teaching Clay Mineralogy, Clays in Hydrothermal Deposits, Clays in Ceramics, Clays in Petroleum Exploration and Production, Clay Barriers, and Waste Management, as well as in the following general sessions of the Conference: Clays in Geology, Clay Minerals and Environment, Soil Mineralogy, Methods, Crystal Chemistry Structure and Synthesis, and Clays in Industry.

2D/3D Boundary Element Programming in Petroleum Engineering and Geomechanics

• 1st Edition
• Nobuo Morita
• Nobuo Morita
• November 17, 2020

• Paperback 978-0-12-823825-7

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2D/3D Boundary Element Programming in Petroleum Engineering and Geomechanics, Volume 72, is designed to make it easy for researchers, engineers and students to begin writing boundary element programs. This reference covers the fundamentals, theoretical developments, programming and applications. Both fluid flow through porous media and structural problems are used for coding exercises. Included computer programs may be used as starting codes; after modifications, they can be applied to real world problems. The book covers topics around mesh generation, 3D boundary element coding, and interface coding for controlling mesh generation, and plotting results.

A Colour Guide to Clouds

• 1st Edition
• Richard Scorer + 1 more
• R. S. Scorer + 1 more
• Richard Scorer and Harry Wexler
• R. S. Scorer and C. M. Penner
• January 1, 1963

• eBook 978-1-4832-7921-3

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A Colour Guide to Clouds contains 48 pictures that illustrate the most important cloud making processes. These pictures provide insights into the mode of formation of almost every cloud. This book is composed of six sections, and begins with an introduction to cloud name identification and the importance of clouds in the circumstances in which they occur. The succeeding sections deal with the major cloud names, namely, cumulus, cirrus, nimbus, and stratus. These topics are followed by illustrations of various cloud forms, the low pressure area of clouds, as well as ice clouds. The final chapters contain text and colored plates of different cloud forms. This book will prove useful to meteorologists, naturalists, and cloud scientists and researchers.

A Comprehensive Database of Tests on Axially Loaded Piles Driven in Sand

• 1st Edition
• Zhongxuan Yang, Richard Jardine + 2 more
• Zhongxuan Yang, Richard Jardine, Wangbo Guo + 1 more
• November 11, 2015

• Paperback 978-0-12-804655-5

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• eBook 978-0-12-804748-4

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A Comprehensive Database of Tests on Axially Loaded Driven Piles in Sands reviews the critical need to develop better load-test databases for piles driven in sands. The key quality parameters, population of current entries and reporting formats are described before offering preliminary results obtained from comparisons between axial capacities calculated by various predictive approaches and site measurements. This book also shows that the "simplified" and "offshore" ICP and UWA variants proposed by some practitioners are over-conservative and that their use could be discontinued. The new pile capacity and stiffness database offers a broad scope for evaluating potential prediction biases relating to a wide range of soil and pile parameters. Submission of further high quality tests for inclusion in regularly updated versions is encouraged.

A Concise Geologic Time Scale

• 1st Edition
• J.G. Ogg, Gabi M. Ogg + 1 more
• J.G. Ogg, Gabi M. Ogg and Felix Gradstein
• May 13, 2016

• Paperback 978-0-444-63771-0

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A Concise Geologic Time Scale: 2016 presents a summary of Earth's history over the past 4.5 billion years, as well as a brief overview of contemporaneous events on the Moon, Mars, and Venus. The authors have been at the forefront of chronostratigraphic research and initiatives to create an international geologic time scale for many years, and the charts in this book present the most up-to-date international standard, as ratified by the International Commission on Stratigraphy and the International Union of Geological Sciences. This book is an essential reference for all geoscientists, including researchers, students, and petroleum and mining professionals. The presentation is non-technical and illustrated with numerous colour charts, maps and photographs.

A Generalized Approach To Primary Hydrocarbon Recovery Of Petroleum Exploration & Production

• 1st Edition
• M. Walsh + 1 more
• M. Walsh and L.W. Lake
• June 26, 2003

• Hardback 978-0-444-50683-2

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A Geography of the Soviet Union

• 3rd Edition
• John C. Dewdney
• W. B. Fisher
• John C. Dewdney
• W. B. Fisher
• January 1, 1979

• eBook 978-1-4831-5799-3

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A Geography of the Soviet Union, Third Edition presents the significant geographical elements of the contemporary U.S.S.R. This book explores the human, economic, and political conditions and problems posed by the various geographical features. Organized into 11 chapters, this edition begins with an overview of the comparison of the relative sizes of U.S.A, U.K., and U.S.S.R. This text then provides a detailed account of the main features of the geological structure of the Soviet Union. Other chapters consider the latitude distribution of the land area of the U.S.S.R. that is extremely significant in the effect it has on climatic conditions. This book discusses as well the historical geography of Soviet Union, tracing the stages by which so large an area has been brought within the frontiers of a single political unit. This book is intended to be suitable for fifth and sixth level pupils in school as well as for first-year university students.

A Journey Through Tides

• 1st Edition
• Mattias Green + 1 more
• Mattias Green and Joao C. Duarte
• September 13, 2022

• Paperback 978-0-323-90851-1

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A Journey Through Tides is a fully comprehensive text on the history of tides. It brings together geology and oceanography and discusses, in detail, new ideas that have emerged about how tectonics and tides interact. In addition, the book provides an overview of Earth’s history, from the perspective of tidal changes, while also highlighting other fascinating phenomena (e.g., solid Earth tides and links between tides and earthquakes). Sections cover an introduction to tides for oceanography students and scientists from other disciplines, cover the Earth’s deep time processes, and include several case studies of specific topics/processes that apply to a earth science disciplines. There are many other processes that drive and modify the tides, hence this book also describes why there is a tide, how it has changed since Earth’s early days, and what consequences the tides, and changes in the tides, have on other parts of the Earth system.

A Manual of Chemical & Biological Methods for Seawater Analysis

• 1st Edition
• Timothy R. Parsons
• Timothy R. Parsons
• May 25, 1984

• eBook 978-1-4832-9339-4

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An introduction to the quantitative analysis of seawater, describing in detail biological and chemical techniques, which are considered to be amongst those most often used by biological oceanographers. The manual provides complete instructions for the addition of reagents and calculation of results with reference material for each method so that the original texts can be consulted if necessary. In general, the techniques require a minimum of prior professional training and methods needing very expensive equipment have been avoided.

A New Ecology

• 1st Edition
• Sven Erik Jørgensen, Brian D. Fath + 7 more
• Sven Erik Jørgensen, Brian D. Fath, Simone Bastianoni + 6 more
• May 16, 2007

• Hardback 978-0-444-53160-5

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A New Ecology presents an ecosystem theory based on the following ecosystem properties: physical openness, ontic openness, directionality, connectivity, a complex dynamic for growth and development, and a complex dynamic response to disturbances. Each of these properties is developed in detail to show that these basic and characteristic properties can be applied to explain a wide spectrum of ecological obsevations and convections. It is also shown that the properties have application for environmental management and for assessment of ecosystem health.