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Tsukahara, Togo. "An Unpublished Manuscript Geologica Japonica by Von Siebold: Geology, Mineralogy, and Copper in the Context of Dutch Colonial Science and the Introduction of Western Geo-sciences to Japan." East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine 40, no. 1 (June 25, 2014): 45–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/26669323-04001004.
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In this article, I will discuss one important aspect of historical encounters between Western colonial scientists and Japanese nature. In order to do so, I will shed new light on how geo-sciences became an object of scientific research of Japan, in the framework of Dutch colonial sciences. I will also show that Western interests in Japanese geo-sciences were primarily stimulated by economic motivations, and that, at the same time, it accompanied the process of the introduction of modern Western sciences into Japan. It is well-known that Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) studied Japanese natural history widely, and wrote two standard works, Flora Japonica and Fauna Japonica. This paper examines a newly found unpublished manuscript Geologica Japonica by von Siebold, which discusses Japanese geology and mineralogy, and reports on copper mining and smelting. Mineralogical and geological collections have also been discovered in museums at Leiden, the Netherlands. These collections are now identified as the research materials used in the preparation of this manuscript, and found to be the first systematic European geo-scientific collections from Japan. The collection of rocks and minerals from Japan has been proved as mostly collected and identified by Heinrich Burger (1806-1858), a pharmacist and assistant to von Siebold. Burger classified the collection using two nomenclature systems, those of A. G. Werner and R. Hauy. We further point out that the Dutch were interested in the useful natural resources of their trading partner, carrying out a survey of coal mines in Japan, and the trial of tea transplantation from Japan to Java. In my research on the newly found manuscripts and collections of geology and mineralogy, I clarify that von Siebold and Burger intensively investigated Japanese copper mining and smelting. They reported their visit to the Sumitomo copper refinery at Osaka, and Burger wrote an article on Japanese copper in the journal of the Batavian Society for Arts and Sciences. In conclusion, based on close study of newly examined manuscripts and detailed identification of geological collections, a network of interest in Japan’s geology and mineralogy by Dutch colonial scientist is illustrated, and its hybrid character is demonstrated against the background of Dutch- Japan cultural exchange.
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Milici, Robert, and C. Hobbs. "William Barton Rogers and the First Geological Survey of Virginia, 1835 - 1841." Earth Sciences History 6, no. 1 (January 1, 1987): 3–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.17704/eshi.6.1.h913334r26963621.
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Virginia was the fifth state in the United States to establish a geological survey. Support for this bold venture to develop the state's mineral wealth came from the Geological Society of Pennsylvania, several prominent Virginia citizens, and county legislators. On March 6, 1835 the General Assembly passed an act to authorize a geological reconnaissance. Shortly thereafter William Barton Rogers was appointed to direct the survey, as well as being elected to the chair of natural philosophy at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Within a nine-month period he prepared a report on limestones, sandstones, granites, slates, soapstones, coal, ores of iron, copper, gold, and other materials having economic potential. This report influenced the legislature to give financial support to the survey through April 1842. He prepared six annual reports and numerous papers and in 1853 left Charlottesville for Boston, Massachusetts, where he founded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Rogers identified several rock units using stratigraphic names correlative with those in Pennsylvania and New York. His works were among the first to deal with igneous and metamorphic rocks in the state. He and his brother, Henry Darwin Rogers, made the first major structural synthesis of the Appalachian chain, recognizing inverted folds and reverse faults. Rogers' works were used as a basis of the development of Virginia geology and mineral resources beyond his demise in 1882. Emma Rogers, his wife, compiled his papers and reports, a vital legacy published in 1884. William and Henry were in constant contact with one another and many other geologists during their years of study in the Appalachian mountains. Indeed, they relied heavily upon Conrad and Hall of New York for detailed paleontologic and stratigraphic work, which they applied to their own areas in Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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Christmann, Patrice, Nikolaos Arvanitidis, Luis Martins, Gilles Recoché, and Slavko Solar. "Towards the Sustainable Use of Mineral Resources: A European Geological Surveys Perspective." Minerals & Energy - Raw Materials Report 22, no. 3-4 (December 2007): 88–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14041040701405662.
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Goldman, Michael. "A Survey of Typical Claims and Key Defenses Asserted in Recent Hydraulic Fracturing Litigation." Texas A&M Law Review 1, no. 2 (November 2013): 305–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.37419/lr.v1.i2.2.
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Small energy companies using hydraulic fracturing, along with horizontal drilling, are unlocking vast oil and natural gas deposits trapped in shale all over the United States. Over the past few years, several key technical, economic, and energy policy developments have spurred increased use of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas extraction over a wider diversity of geographic regions and geologic formations.2 However, with the expansion of hydraulic fracturing, there have been increasing concerns voiced by the public about potential impacts on drinking water resources, public health, and the environment.
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Hill, P. R., D. Lebel, M. Hitzman, M. Smelror, and H. Thorleifson. "About this title - The Changing Role of Geological Surveys." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 499, no. 1 (2020): NP. http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/sp499.
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Senior managers and Heads of Geological Survey Organizations (GSOs) from around the world have contributed a collection of papers to provide a benchmark on how GSOs are responding to national and international needs in a rapidly changing world. GSOs continue to provide key scientific information about Earth systems, natural hazards and climate change. As countries adopt sustainable development principles and the public increasingly turns to social media to find information about resource and environmental issues, the generation and communication of Earth science knowledge become increasingly important. This volume provides a snapshot of how GSOs are adapting their activities to this changing world. The different national perspectives presented converge around several common themes related to resources, environment and big data. Climate change and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals provide an increased incentive for GSOs of the world to work in harmony, to generate knowledge of Earth systems and to provide solutions for sustainable management of the planet.
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Penha, Hélio Monteiro. "A geologia e os problemas ambientais." Anuário do Instituto de Geociências 13 (December 1, 1990): 31–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.11137/1990_0_31-38.
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The present paper deals with environmental problems - from a geological point of view - which have been worsened considerably in recent times, due mainly to the exploitation of our natural resources. The classic concepts concerning the environmental problems are reviewed here. It must be emphasized that we must profit from the present experience in order to forecast the problems we can expect to have in the near future. Finally, this contribution enhances the role of the geological sciences in matters concerning the exploitation and the conservation of natural resources.
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Bodiuk, Adam. "Application of the principle of threeunity for the evaluation of ironore deposits." Problems of Innovation and Investment Development, no. 19 (April 2019): 191–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.33813/2224-1213.19.2019.16.
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Subject of research – deposits of iron ore on the principle of threeunity asobjects of natural, needs, economic. The purpose of writing the article is thedevelopment of a resource-based approach to the study of problems, systems ofconcepts and indicators that allow to characterize the resource-cost aspects andevaluation of the results of the study of iron ore deposits in accordance with theirneeds in the process of exploration of mineral resources, conducting search andexploration research and work. Because we are substantiated by the need-resourceconcept of the EG, the system of indicators of iron ore stocks. The methodologyof the work – application of abstract-logical, system-structural and comparativeanalysis (to determine the system of concepts and indicators that allow characterizingresource-cost aspects and evaluating the results of the study of deposits of ironores); analysis (study of the right base for studying the geology of the interior);monographic analysis (with the application of a resource approach); generalization(formation of a system of monetary obligations to the state); interpretation(substantiated systems of concepts using the principle of threeunity and resourceand cost estimates for the study of mineral resources, minerals, conductingexploratory research and work on the needs and resources concept of economicgeology). Results of work-justified: resource approach to evaluation of exploreddeposits of iron ore; Consideration on the principle of fourunity quaternity ofgeological objects as: natural resources (quantity, quality, structure of ores);production and economic resources (costs, production facilities); informationalresources ie information display of geology of subsoil (for example, deposits inthe form of geological maps, geological reports); property resources (fiscal payments from the sale of deposits, iron ore, information about them). Conclusions -using the resource approach and the fourunity principle, iron ore deposits canbe estimated not by geological and economic indicators, but by a system ofquantitative and qualitative indicators, which reflect them as objects of natural,industrial-economic, informational, and fiscal.
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Nurpeissova, M., M. Zh Bitimbayev, К. В. Rysbekov, K. Derbisov, Т. Тurumbetov, and R. Shults. "GEODETIC SUBSTANTIATION OF THE SARYARKA COPPER ORE REGION." NEWS of National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan 6, no. 444 (December 15, 2020): 194–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.32014/2020.2518-170x.147.
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. Information about copper deposits of Kazakhstan, development of which is carried out in the Saryarka region and its role in the development of the mining industry are considered in the article. Geological, structural and tectonic features of the deposits are presented. Research results on improvement methods of studying and geomechanical processes management in the development of mineral resources are presented. It is shown that the problem of geomechanical processes management can be solved on the basis of methodology for rock condition geomonitoring considered in this article, which provides comprehensive accounting and analysis of all natural and technogenic factors, as well as use of control tools developed by the authors. The article presents technical solutions to ensure operational safety during the development of Saryarka region field reserves, which occur in difficult mining and geological conditions. Ore bodies of the deposit have different sizes and are located at different depths, therefore, seismic surveys are carried out. The geodetic network of provisional seismic surveys at the field has been substantiated. It is proposed to conduct surveys using modern geodetic instruments, such as satellite technologies, electronic, digital geodetic instruments. The geodetic survey methods proposed by the authors provide information on the bowels of the earth with a high degree of accuracy.
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Volkova, Irina, Dmitry Gura, and Ilia Aksenov. "Abiogenic and Biogenic Petroleum Origin: A Common Theory for Geological Surveys." Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution 18, no. 1 (January 25, 2021): 59–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/ajw210008.
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Biogenic and abiogenic origins of petroleum are a pertinent problem today, which have been examined in this article including the current state of theories and experimental facts. The paper provides an overview of works on this subject over the past decade. As analysis of scientific research efforts, majority of scientists suggest that petroleum is organic in origin. The second theory also includes reliable facts and hypotheses about the existence of abiogenic hydrocarbons. This origin is associated with tectonic geological processes, in particular, orogenesis, rifting, excessive releases, erosion, sediment deposition, deep gas releases, etc. The results of experimental studies, the existing concepts presented in this review, show that despite disagreements between the proponents of both theories, common beliefs remain prevalent, namely, about the process of hydrocarbons formation both on Earth and other objects of the solar system. The analysis concludes that the consolidation of these theories is of high scientific interest and has great potential for confirmation of numerous hypotheses, facts from the scientific point of view and the search for alternative energy sources due to environmental and economic issues associated with the impoverishment of natural resources. This review study is valuable for generalising various scientific theories, which can be used for future research efforts and modelling new ideas about the origin of hydrocarbons.
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Wang, Jian Guo, Hai Jie Zhang, Cui Cui Liu, and Li Xia Lou. "The Significance of Shale Gas Development in China." Advanced Materials Research 616-618 (December 2012): 767–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.616-618.767.
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China is facing a severe situation of energy resources. High oil dependency is seriously threatening our economy’s fast and stable development. The US has successfully achieved the commercial development of shale gas, which has decreased its oil dependency, and also contributed to its natural gas geology and petroleum engineering technology development. Both Chinese and U.S. geological experts predict that China has similar quantities of shale gas reserves as founded in the United States. This paper aims to clarify that producing shale gas resources has economic significance of energy security and environment protection, and scientific significance of promoting the further development of natural gas geology and petroleum engineering subjects.
Books on the topic "Geological surveys Geology, Economic Natural resources"
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Synthesis of available biological, geological, chemical, socioeconomic, and cultural resource information for the South Florida area. [Tysons Corner, Va.?]: The Service, 1990.
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(Editor), A. C. Scott, and A. J. Fleet (Editor), eds. Coal & Coal-Bearing Strata as Oil-Prone Source Rocks (Geological Society Special Publication). Geological Society Publishing House, 1994.
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D, Cornwell J., British Geological Survey, and Great Britain. Dept. of Trade and Industry., eds. A Review of detailed airborne geophysical surveys in Great Britain. Keyworth: British Geological Survey, 1995.
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Kudrass, Herman R., and Dennis A. Ardus. "Geological Techniques." In Continental Shelf Limits. Oxford University Press, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195117820.003.0019.
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In the previous chapters, the use of geophysical data for delineating the continental shelf has been discussed in some detail. But the determination of the case for any extension of the legal continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles (M) from the territorial sea baseline may in some circumstances require a geological survey to confirm that a topographic or geophysical feature comprising what appears to be a natural prolongation of land territory is of continental or oceanic origin. A geological survey may also be necessary to determine the occurrence, thickness, and extent of sediments beyond the foot of the slope. Continental margins represent regions of transition from the landmass to the ocean basin and may be present-day areas of sediment erosion or deposition. Sediment supply to the continental shelf and slope, or the extent of erosion on the continental shelf and upper slope, is influenced by tectonic activity, sea-level fluctuations, climate change, variation in the wave or current regime, and various other processes. Bottom currents or gravity transport (turbidity) processes combine to varying degrees with pelagic sedimentation (the accumulation of the remains of marine organisms) to extend the supply of sediment well beyond the shelf and slope to the continental rise, ocean trench, or abyssal plain (Evans et al., 1998). In order to understand the geology of such areas, it is necessary to determine the structural setting, the tectonic and sedimentary evolution, the chrono-and lithostratigraphy, and the volcanic history. Understanding the ocean floor is a prerequisite for the determination of the extent of the continental shelf under UNCLOS. It is also highly relevant to the identification and delineation of mineral and energy resources, for determining the waste disposal potential of parts of the seafloor, and for undertaking an assessment of the risk of slope failure. None of these are directly relevant to establishing the new limits of the continental shelf, but they are highly relevant to its long-term exploitation. In order to achieve the necessary level of knowledge, the seafloor morphology and seabed character derived from bathymetric and sonar surveys (described in chapters 9 and 10) and the three-dimensional geology determined by geophysical surveys using seismic profiling, magnetometer, and gravity meter (discussed in chapters 12 and 13) need to be calibrated or "ground truthed" by sampling and coring (figure 14.1; Stoker et al., 1994).
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Supak, Stacy, Yu-Fai Leung, and Kevin Stewart. "Geotourism potential in North Carolina perspectives from interpretation at state parks." In Geotourism: the tourism of geology and landscape. Goodfellow Publishers, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.23912/978-1-906884-09-3-1063.
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Established in 1789 as the 12th state, North Carolina lies in the eastern seaboard of the United States of America between the Appalachian mountain range and the Atlantic Ocean. It is ranked 28th with respect to its size (139,389 square kilometers) and is the 10th most populated state with 9.1 million residents as of 2007 (US Census Bureau, 2008). The state was known for its farming/tobacco, textile and furniture industries, but substantial transformation has taken place over the past few decades and now the service industry, led by tourism, is the major part of the state’s economy (Gade, 2008). North Carolina has a unique and rich natural heritage which includes geological, landscape and biological resources that span three physiographic regions: the Appalachian Mountains, the Piedmont Plateau and the Coastal Plain (Horton et al., 1991; Stewart and Roberson, 2007). This natural heritage forms an integral part of the network of attractions enticing local, out-of-state and international tourists, who spent over $17 billion in the state and generated almost 200,000 jobs in 2007 (TIA, 2008). Indeed, North Carolina’s tourism promotional material (e.g., travel guides, brochures, websites) routinely highlight physical landscapes such as the Great Smoky Mountains, peaks like Pilot Mountain and geomorphic features such as waterfalls. Many of these geological features and attractions can be found in North Carolina’s state park (NCSP) system, which received over 12.8 million visitors in 2007– 2008 (Leung et al., 2009), with an estimated annual economic impact of $289 million to local economies (NCDPR, 2009). Landform-dependent recreation opportunities draw tourists to the state as well, with skiers enjoying the mountains and kitesurfers flocking to sandy beaches at the Outer Banks. In addition, mineral hunting has become a popular tourist activity with several independent contractors offering mine tours, cave tours and gemstone mining.
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Collier, Paul. "Investing in Investing." In The Plundered Planet. Oxford University Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195395259.003.0012.
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Harnessing natural assets for sustained development depends upon a chain of decisions, and the outcome is only as good as the weakest link in that chain. We have now reached the last link in the chain, and unfortunately it is the weakest. Suppose that the government has got each of the three previous decisions right: It has commissioned geological surveys that have revealed sufficient information about opportunities and thus been able to auction extraction rights for likely discoveries at good prices; it has designed a tax system which has captured the lion’s share of the rents that constitute the economic value of these natural assets; and it has saved the bulk of these revenues—less than 100 percent—because it judged some extra consumption to be consistent with meeting its obligations to the future, and, recognizing that the rate of return on domestic investment would be much higher than the world interest rate, counted on a capital gain to ease the burden of responsibility. All that remains—the final link—is to implement that domestic investment. Scaling up domestic investment is surely the very stuff of development: it builds the office blocks, constructs the factories, paves the roads, and generates the electricity that visibly distinguishes an emerging market economy from the bottom billion. Why might this final step be the most difficult? Recall that the International Monetary Fund has advised the governments of low-income countries to use the savings from the revenues on natural resources not to invest domestically but to acquire foreign financial assets. This is the Norwegian model, to which the more prudent finance ministers of poorer countries have been attracted. The Fund’s advice is based on a realistic sense of the problems involved: were the extra money spent on domestic investment it would be unlikely to yield an adequate return. Indeed, it might actually damage the economy by congesting fragile public investment systems and causing a collapse in quality. The overarching concept the Fund uses for these problems is “absorption”: the economy simply cannot absorb the extra spending.
Conference papers on the topic "Geological surveys Geology, Economic Natural resources"
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Smith, I. Rod. "Data Mining Seismic Shothole Drillers’ Log Records: Regional Baseline Geoscience Information in Support of Pipeline Proposal Design, Assessment, and Development." In 2008 7th International Pipeline Conference. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2008-64524.
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Assessment and development of pipeline projects in northern Canada, such as the proposed Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline (MGP), are hampered by a lack of baseline terrain geoscience information including drift thickness, sediment type, presence of massive ground ice, and the availability of granular aggregate resources. Clearly there is a need by Industry, Regulators, Aboriginal groups, and others, to understand the nature and character of near-surface earth materials, in order that pipeline proposals can be properly developed, evaluated, and when approved, proceed with the greatest degree of environmental sustainability and economic efficiency. While numerous field-based reports and surficial geology maps have been prepared for the MGP, there are long stretches along the proposed route for which little near-surface geoscience information is available. This is even more apt for areas outside the defined MGP corridor, where the likelihood of tie-in and gathering pipeline systems exist. Drillers’ logs, recorded during auger drilling of seismic shotholes, represent a virtually untapped resource of regional baseline geoscience information. The Geological Survey of Canada recently produced a digital archive of 76,000 shothole records from the Northwest Territories and Yukon, which had originally been collected on file cards in response to the 1970’s MGP proposal. Released in 2007 as a freely downloadable Open File report (#5465), the archive provides users with an Access database of drillers’ logs and derivative GIS maps in which shapefiles of drift isopach thickness, potential granular aggregate resources, geohazards, permafrost and ground ice occurrences, and muskeg thickness can be opened, viewed, and queried, or otherwise incorporated into GIS platforms of the user’s choice. Realizing the amount of additional archival shothole information held by Industry, and the great utility of bringing this forth in a public database and derivative GIS, a subsequent project has focused on capturing and integrating additional data. Receiving near-universal support by the Petroleum Industry, a Version 2 of the database and GIS is currently being assembled, and is scheduled for release in 2009 with some quarter million individual shothole drillers’ records. This presentation highlights the nature, character and distribution of shothole drillers’ logs in northern Canada. It also reviews the derived GIS layers, and how this baseline geoscience information can be beneficially utilized by the Pipeline and related infrastructure development industries, particularly as it may apply to focusing future field studies. It also serves as a key reference tool for those assessing pipeline development proposals.