The National Mineral Deposit Database of China (2002)(also referred to as the Database 2002) has been ranking topin terms of daily data distribution volume in the NationalGeological Archives of China (also referred to as theNGAC). However, it cannot be updated in a sustainablemanner and cannot provide up-to-date, comprehensive dataat present. Therefore, a new edition of the database isurgently …
A beautifully illustrated presentation of 250 milestones in the history of our home planet, from a celebrated geologist and planetary scientist. Spanning Earth’s entire history, from its birth 4.6 billion years ago to its inevitable destruction billions of years into the future, this stunning volume chronicles the life of our home planet in 250 well-chosen milestones. Jim Bell leads us on …
Rock salt constitutive models are used to simulate the evolution of mines, boreholes, storage caverns for gases and liquids, and nuclear waste repositories in rock salt formations. A wide variety of thermo-mechanical constitutive models have been proposed for rock salt, yet even the damage-free (micro-crack-free) thermoviscoplastic behavior remains difficult to capture. The Munson-Dawson model …
In its broadest sense, geology is the study of Earth — its interior and its exterior surface, the rocks and other materials that are around us, the processes that have resulted in the formation of those materials, the water that flows over the surface and lies underground, the changes that have taken place over the vastness of geological time, and the changes that we can anticipate will take …
The use of mineral based building material in the Himalayas has a long tradition, probably reach-ing back to the first settlements. Use of such material was, and partially still is, deeply anchored as an essential material cultural fingerprint and certainly a manifestation of cultural identity. Mineral building tradition influenced the evolution of certain structural features which were insepar…
On a cloudless afternoon in June 2017, three Senegalese geologists visit the edge of the exploration permit of their employer, the small Australian gold- mining firm Bassari Resources.1 The permit sits in the region of Kédougou, in southeastern Senegal, bordering Guinea and Mali. More than three-quarters of the region’s surface area, which stands at over 16,000 square kilometers, is covered …