Mineralogy & gems (81)

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:This volume focuses on research and practical issues linked to Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete. The main topics are geology of clays, hydration and performance of blended system with calcined clays, alkali activated binders, applications in c...

publisher: Springer
year: 2019
description:This book focuses on Romania’s more than 12,000 caves, which developed in limestone (including thermal water caves), salt, gypsum, and occasionally in sandstone. It examines these caves and related topics in a format suitable for cavers, while also a...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:Originally published in French, this updated and expanded English translation offers a definitive treatment on clays and effects on human health including the long history of clays used as pharmaceutical and therapeutic agents, the origins of clays, ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:This second edition provides a cutting-edge overview of physical, technical and scientific aspects related to the widely used analytical method of confocal Raman microscopy. The book includes expanded background information and adds insights into how...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:This comprehensive book contains contributions from specialists who provide a complete status update along with outstanding issues encompassing different topics related to deep-sea mining. Interest in exploration and exploitation of deep-sea minerals...

publisher: Springer
year: 2016
description: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 beg...

publisher: Springer
year: 2014
description: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. ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:Seabed logging (SBL) gathers the electromagnetic methods of marine subsoil exploration and more specifically those dedicated to the exploration of oil and gas at sea.Appeared in 2000, these techniques, with more than 500 industrial jobs, present afte...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:This book presents a state-of-the-art analysis of energy efficiency as applied to mining processes. From ground fragmentation to mineral processing and extractive metallurgy, experts discuss the current state of knowledge and the nagging questions th...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:This book represents an important new contribution to the literature that presents practical and comprehensive solutions to mining activities. Its timely content has been prepared by several experts from around the world and its practical format addr...

publisher: Springer
year: 2019
description:This book sheds valuable new light on the genetic mineralogy of lower-mantle diamonds and syngenetic minerals. It presents groundbreaking experimental results revealing the melting relations of ultrabasic and basic associations and a physicochemical ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2019
description:This second edition provides extensive information on the attributes of the Natural Gas Hydrate (NGH) system, highlighting opportunities for the innovative use and modification of existing technologies, as well as new approaches and technologies that...