Elementary Earth history often covered briefly in introductory Physical Geology courses
basic theory and practical material both for field and office work. Chapters are arranged in a logical and progressive order, with earlier chapters covering fundamentals suitable for a first course in surveying, and later chapters taking on advanced topics appropriate for a second course. Coverage includes the theory of errors and correlations of theory and practical field methods, as well as a…
This volume is the result of an attempt to compile and authoritative text that would cover the rapidly expanding field of knowledge between nuclear physics and geology of the pick-and-hand-lens type.
Industrial Minerals and Rocks: Nonmetallics Other Than Fuels is a comprehensive reference book that covers the various aspects of industrial minerals and rocks. Written by Joseph Lincoln Gillson, the book provides an in-depth analysis of the properties, uses, and applications of nonmetallic minerals and rocks that are used in various industries.The book is divided into two parts. The first part…
Geodynamics is an old science. Most of the basic theories have been conceived in principle during the 19th century and not many fundamen tal ideas have been added since. Some progress has been made in the following-up of these concepts and, in some instances, in the deter mination of some important facts about the Earth. Nevertheless, geo dynamics has been a highly speculative subject for…
The idea for putting together a tutorial on zeolites came originally from my co-editor, Eric Derouane, about 5 years ago. I ?rst met Eric in the mid-1980s when he spent 2 years working for Mobil R&D at our then Corporate lab at Princeton, NJ. He was on the senior technical staff with projects in the synthesis and characterization of new materials. At that time, I managed a group at our Paulsbor…