History of Geoscience
History of Geoscience

Author: W. Mayer

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2017-06-06

Total Pages: 443

ISBN-13: 1786202697

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The study of the Earth’s origin, its composition, the processes that changed and shaped it over time and the fossils preserved in rocks, have occupied enquiring minds from ancient times. The contributions in this volume trace the history of ideas and the research of scholars in a wide range of geological disciplines that have paved the way to our present-day understanding and knowledge of the physical nature of our planet and the diversity of life that inhabited it. To mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the International Commission on the History of Geology (INHIGEO), the book features contributions that give insights into its establishment and progress. In other sections authors reflect on the value of studying the history of the geosciences and provide accounts of early investigations in fields as diverse as tectonics, volcanology, geomorphology, vertebrate palaeontology and petroleum geology. Other papers discuss the establishment of geological surveys, the contribution of women to geology and biographical sketches of noted scholars in various fields of geoscience.

Sensing the Past
Sensing the Past

Author: Nicola Masini

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-04-06

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 3319505181

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This book provides a complete overview of novel and state of art sensing technologies and geotechnologies relevant to support management and conservation of CH sites, monuments and works of art. The book is organized in an introduction stating the motivations and presenting the overall content of the volume and four parts. The first part focuses on remote sensing and geophysics for the study of human past and cultural heritage at site scale and as element of the surrounding territory. The second part presents an overview of non invasive technologies for investigating monuments and works of art. The third part presents the new opportunities of ICT for an improved and safe cultural heritage fruition, from the virtual and augmented reality of historical context to artifact tracking. Finally, the forth part presents a significant worldwide set of success cases of the exploitation of the integration of geotechnologies in archeology and architectural heritage management. This book is of interest to researchers, experts of heritage science, archaeologists, students, conservators and other professionals of cultural heritage.

History, Exploration & Exploitation of Oil and Gas
History, Exploration & Exploitation of Oil and Gas

Author: Silvia Fernanda Figueirôa

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-04-02

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 3030138801

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This edited volume discusses scientific and technological aspects of the history of the oil and gas industry in national and international contexts. The search for oil for industrial uses began in the nineteenth century, the first drills made in Azerbaijan and the United States. This intense search for a substance to become one of the most important energy sources was, many times, based on skill as well as luck, resulting in knowledge and the development of prospecting and exploration technologies. The demand for oil improved expertise in geological science, in areas such as micropaleontology, stratigraphy or sedimentology and informed different disciplines such as geophysics. These contributions made possible not only the discovery of new oil fields but also new applications and methods of exploration. Beyond the scientific and technological aspects, an industry that grew to such considerable size also impacted the political, economic, social, cultural, environmental and diplomatic issues in history. The book approaches these changes in different scales, countries, areas, and perspectives. This edited book appeals to researchers, student, practitioners in various fields from geology and geophysics to history. It is also an important resource for professionals in the oil and gas industry.

Mineral Deposits
Mineral Deposits

Author: Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits. Meeting

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 1018

ISBN-13: 9789054105503

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This volume contains 253 extended abstracts presented at the third biennial SGA Meeting, held in Prague in 1995. The abstracts are grouped into topics, including metallogeny in the evolution of orogenic belts, gold and precious metal deposits, and metamorphism and mineralizations.

The Literary Genres in the Flavian Age
The Literary Genres in the Flavian Age

Author: Federica Bessone

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2017-11-07

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 3110534436

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The construction of a new Latin library between the end of the Republic and the Augustan Principate was anything but an inhibiting factor. The literary flourishing of the Flavian age shows that awareness of this canon rather stimulated creative tension. In the changing socio-cultural context, daring innovations transform the genres of poetry and prose. This volume, which collects papers by influential scholars of early Imperial literature, sheds light on the productive dynamics of the ancient genre system and can also offer insightful perspectives to a non-classicist readership.

Domitian
Domitian

Author: Pat Southern

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-02

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1317798449

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This is the first ever study to assess Emperor Domitian from a psychological point of view and covers his entire career from the early years and the civil war AD through the imperial rule to the dark years and the psychology of suspicion. Pat Southern strips away hyperbole and sensationalism from the literary record, revealing an individual who caused undoubted suffering which must be accounted for.

Early Iron in Europe
Early Iron in Europe

Author: Brigitte Cech

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9782355180415

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Thilo Rehren, Brigitte Cech - Early Iron in Europe. An introduction and overviewf arch, p. 70- Brigitte Cech - The production of ferrum Noricum at Hüttenberg, Austria. The results of archaeological excavations carried out from 2003 to 2010 at the site Semlach/Eisner, p. 110- Guntram Gassmann, Andreas Schäfer - Early iron production in Germany - a short review, p. 210- Andreas Schäfer - Early iron production in the Central German Highlands. Current research in the Lahn Valley at Wetzlar-Dalheim (Lahn-Dill-District, Hessen), p. 330.

The Evolution of Clastic Sedimentology
The Evolution of Clastic Sedimentology

Author: Hakuyu Okada

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13:

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Sedimentology is steadily developing as a basic discipline of earth sciences. The authors describe the chronology of the emergence of sedimentology by setting out the objective of sedimentology studies and its broad impact on such diverse fields of earth sciences as petrology, mineralogy and geomorphology as well as on applied fields such as geotechnology, ecology and soil sciences. The approach is distinctive since the book deals with the significant contributions made by individuals to the development of the subject from Steno in the seventeenth century to the present day. It is lavishly illustrated with examples of research as well as portraits of key scientists. With a Foreword by Professor Dott of Wisconsin Universuty, this is a library reference work rather than a course text for Earth Sciences libraries world wide. The book is a revised and expanded version of a book first published in Japanese in 2002.