Buku ini ditulis berdasarkan bahan kajian geologi yang diperlukan pada bidang teknik pertambangan umum ataupun bidang-bidang lain yang terkait, seperti rekayasa sipil dan lingkungan. Penekanan yang diberikan pada buku ini terutama dalam penyajian ilustrasi yang akan memudahkan pembaca memahami uraian yang disampaikan sesederhana mungkin. Secara garis besar, Bab 1 berisi uraian singkat men…
Nonrenewable natural resources – metallic and non-metallic minerals, industrial rocks and energy resources (both organic and inorganic), have been treated in a holistic manner in this book, including two important resources (soil and water), not commonly covered in most books on this topic. For the uninitiated reader, an introductory chapter looks into some basic definitions as well as nature…
The first edition of this book was published in 1965 and its French translation in 1966. The revised second edition followed in 1967 and its Russian translation became available in 1969. Since then, many new petrographie observations and experimental data elucidating reactions in metamorphie rocks have made a new approach in the study of metamor phic transformation desirable and possible. It …
Rapid progress in sedimentology began in the 1960's and is continuing today. Not only has knowledge increased rapidly, but technology has as well. Small and inexpensive, but powerful, computers are changing the ways in which we gather, record, and analyze our data or test ideas. The pedagogical value of this text is evident in its careful approach to the discipline. Not only is the text technol…