Die Geschichte des Bergbaus, das Leben der Bergleute, der Wandel der Harzer Industrielandschaft und die Entwicklung der Bergbautechnik werden in einem allgemeinen Teil ausfuhrlich beschrieben. Ein regionaler Teil stellt die wichtigsten Harzer Bergbaureviere sowie deren Geschichte vor und unterbreitet zahlreiche Vorschlage fur eigene Exkursionen. Informationen uber alte Grubenreviere, Besucherbergwerke, Museen und sonstige Sehenswurdigkeiten, ein kleines bergmannisches ABC sowie eine Zusammenstel...
Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths (Handbook on the Physics & Chemistry of Rare Earths)
The rare earths play a unique role in science. These seventeen related elements afford a panoply of subtle variations deriving from the systematic development of their electronic configurations, allowing a test of theory with excellent resolution. In contrast they find widespread use in even the most mundane processes such as steel making, for polishing materials and gasoline cracking catalysts. In between are exotic uses such as TV screen phosphors, lasers, high strength permanent magnets and c...
Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks
This revised edition contains numerous diagrams showing the stability relations among minerals found in metamorphic rocks. Part 1 explains basic principles of metamorphism, introduces metamorphic processes and geologic thermobarometry, and defines metamorphic grade. Part 2 presents in a systematic way mineralogical changes and assemblages found in the most common types of rocks. The computation of the diagrams is based on recent advances in quantitative petrology and geochemistry.
Radiocarbon After Four Decades
Radiocarbon After Four Decades: An Interdisciplinary Perspective commemorates the 40th anniversary of radiocarbon dating. The volume presents discussions of every aspect of this dating technique, as well as chronicles of its development and views of future advancements and applications. All of the 64 authors played major roles in establishment, development or application of this revolutionary scientific tool. The 35 chapters provide a solid foundation in the essential topics of radiocarbon dati...
Highlights in Applied Mineralogy
What can we learn from nature? The study of the physical, chemical and structural properties of well-known minerals in the geo- and biosphere creates new opportunities for innovative applications in technology, environment or medicine. This book highlights today's research on outstanding minerals such as garnets used as components in all solid state batteries, delafossite formation during wastewater treatment, monazites for the immobilization of high level radioactive waste or hyroxylapatite as...
Clays and Clay Minerals in Natural and Synthetic Systems. Developments in Sedimentology, Volume 21.
by B Velde
The Last Deglaciation (NATO Advanced Science Institute Global Environmental Change S., v. 2)
The main focus of the book is the last deglaciation - a period of intense and rapid climatic change which affected the global climate approximately 20,000 to 50,000 years ago. Special emphasis is placed on the timing of the last deglaciation in order to provide a common absolute chronological framework for the numerous researchers in the field. Accordingly, results obtained from the various scientific disciplines, relevant for the chronological problem, are reviewed and discussed: from glaciolog...
An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology, Volume 1
by Parker Cleaveland
Dieses allgemein verständliche Buch gibt Antworten auf folgende Fragen: Wo sind Erze für Metalle, wo ist Erdöl zu finden? Der Verbrauch an mineralischen Rohstoffen ist in den letzten Jahrzehnten immer schneller gestiegen, doch die Ressourcen sind begrenzt und der Aufwand, neue Lagerstätten ausfindig zu machen, nimmt zu. Damit wird die Frage, wie Lagerstätten entstehen und wie sie aufzuspüren sind, immer wichtiger. Warum gibt es Kupfer in Chile und in der Lausitz? Wie wichtig ist die Atacamawüst...
The Earth Science Series of the Circum-Pacific Funding for ship time was made available through Council for Energy and Mineral Resources (CPCEMR) the U. S. Agency for International Development, the is designed to convey the results of geologic research in USGS, the U. S. Office of Naval Research (for RIG's and around the Pacific Basin. Topics of interest include 1982 work), the Australian Development Assistance framework geology, petroleum geology, hard minerals, Bureau, the Australian Bureau of...
Distribution Functions of the Element and Mineral Contents of Igneous Rocks
by Dmitrii A Rodionov
Calcite
As one of the most abundant minerals, calcium carbonate (CaCO3) has great significance in both geological and biological systems. Of the six calcium carbonate polymorphs, calcite is the most stable one thermodynamically, which has attracted much attention due to its considerable industrial importance and abundant diversity as a biomineral. This book presents topical research in the study of the formation, properties and applications of calcite, including CaCO3 crystallisation in the presence of...