Petrology

This volume presents papers from a symposium on extraction of rare metals from primary and secondary materials and residues as well as rare extract...

This collection presents papers from the 154th Annual Meeting & Exhibition of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.

Have you ever wondered how to explain to your friends and acquaintances what you specialize in within your scientific field? And have you tried to ...

The collection focuses on the advancements of characterization of minerals, metals, and materials and the applications of characterization results ...

These Proceedings represent the metallurgical engineering and materials science research presented at the 62nd Annual Conference of Metallurgists (...

This book introduces super gravity metallurgy in separation of valuable component in metallurgical slag. It collects the principle, apparatus and r...

This book informs the reader about a fascinating class of materials referred to as skutterudites, the atomic lattice of which has large structural ...

This book provides a comprehensive and process-based account of the genesis of carbonate rocks, from which the authors derive and describe current ...

Geomaterials are of enormous economic importance to the global construction industry. This is the first comprehensive guide to the petrography of g...

Based on hundreds of thin sections from granite in China, this book introduces metasomatic textures and their formation mechanism in granite. It in...

Kristalle von den Wurzeln der Heilkunst zur Spitze der Technologie Kristalle, jahrtausendelang verehrt für ihre Perfektion in Form und Farbe, erz...

The Connemara region in Western Ireland is world-renowned for its outstanding geology that is blended with spectacular landscapes. This book and it...

Learning to draw field sketches is an essential task for geologists, however it is often overlooked. This book presents simple techniques, useful t...

This open access book serves as a comprehensive exploration of Alternating Current Field Measurement (ACFM), encompassing the foundational theory c...

This book contains the selected proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Energy Engineering, held in Xi'an, China, December 15-17, 2023....

Quantifying the timescales of current geological processes is critical for constraining the physical mechanisms operating on the Earth today. Since...

This book presents recent developments in ore microscopy to support the work of engineers and scientists actively engaged in the field of mineral r...

This book strives to fill in the following gaps. First, there is no comprehensive descriptive treatment of deposits emplaced by lahars, debris aval...

This open access book delves into the realms of geotechnical engineering and solid mechanics. In order to establish fracture parameters that are bo...

This book examines agate provinces through the lens of plate tectonics, stratigraphy, agatization, and more. It delves into the physical and chemic...

This book systematically investigates the depositional process and reservoir characteristics of organic-rich shales, including (1) The types and de...

The Atlas of Minerals and Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks in Thin-section provides the geology student and geoscientist with a stunning new color atl...

The Atlas of Minerals and Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks in Thin-section provides the geology student and geoscientist with a stunning new color atl...

Diamonds in Nature: A Guide to Rough Diamonds illustrates the range of crystal shapes, colours, surface textures, and mineral inclusions of rough, ...

The main prospects for expanding the mineral resource base of gold are associated with the discovery of typical ore objects within the distribution...

Building upon the award-winning second edition, this comprehensive textbook provides a fundamental understanding of the formative processes of igne...

The process of regional-residual separation in potential field is age-old.  Broadly, there are two techniques for regional-residual resolution, viz...

With the awareness that the Earth has a magnetic field, its mathematical description, discovery of remanent magnetisation in rocks and discovery of...

As a self-study guide, course primer or teaching aid, Borchardt-Ott's Crystallography is the perfect textbook for students and teachers alike. In f...

This literary 'Swiss army knife' on limestones provides descriptions and illustrations to explain the origins and uses of these important deposits....

The role of hydrothermal fluids during the crystallization of layered intrusions and the ore deposits they contain has long been debated. This book...

Many contemporary problems within the Earth sciences are complex, and require an interdisciplinary approach. This book provides a comprehensive ref...

A clear understanding of the processes responsible for observed rock microstructures is essential for making reliable petrogenetic interpretations,...

Clays and clay minerals are the most abundant natural reactive solids on the Earth's surface. This comprehensive review considers clay science in t...

As one of the eighteen field-specific reports comprising the comprehensive scope of the strategic general report of the Chinese Academy of Sciences...

The basis of this investigation is the petrographic and geochemical understanding of principal igneous rock types of the Norilsk region, in order t...

The basis of this investigation is the petrographic and geochemical understanding of principal igneous rock types of the Norilsk region, in order t...

International Kimberlite Conferences (IKCs) are special events that are held across the world once in four to five years. IKC is the confluence pla...

International Kimberlite Conferences (IKCs) are special events that are held across the world once in four to five years. IKC is the confluence pla...

This book focuses on reservoir surveillance and management, reservoir evaluation and dynamic description, reservoir production stimulation and EOR,...

The book summarizes the results of the experimental studies of phase relations in the chemical systems relevant to Earth, carried out by the author...

Luminescence Dating in the Natural Sciences covers the exponential number of applications and significant advances in methodology that have come to...

Hydrocarbon production, gas recovery from shale, CO2 storage and water management have a common scientific underpinning: multiphase flow in porous ...

This book explores the topic of gyrolite and calcium silicate hydrates, focusing on their potential applications in wastewater purification and as ...

This book presents the Rock-Eval® method, which was invented in France in the 1970s and is used by the oil industry worldwide to characterize sourc...

Tuzo is the never-before-told story of one of Canadas most influential scientists and the discovery of plate tectonics, a pivotal development that ...