The first edition of this book appeared at the end of 1942. Since that time war and post-war readjustment has forcibly demonstrated the extent to which the materials of the mineral kingdom constitute the backbone of industrial life and peace-time economic development of nations. Former bountiful supplies now show serious depletion, and nations of the world are looking farther and farther afield for those miiieral supplies necessary to their subsistence. This book deals with' such mineral deposits, how they are formed, what they are, how and where they occur, and what they are used for. Its chief purpose is as a textbook, designed both for elementary and more advanced courses. The first edition was in demand also as a source of information to all those interested in mineral deposits and in the mineral industry. <...>

Во время прошлых землетрясений было выяснено, что колебания грунта на мягких участках почвы в целом больше, чем близлежащих горных пород, в зависимости от местных грунтовых условий (например, Сид (Seed) и Идрис (Idriss), 1968). Такие усиления реакции грунта симулировались с помощью нескольких компьютерных программ, в которых принимались упрощенные грунтовые условия, такие, как горизонтальные слои грунта бесконечной протяженности.

This paper displays geoenvironmental aspects of supply and distribution of chemical elements in urban environments related to activities of the electrical engineering enterprises. The paper is based upon the data obtained during the course of studies conducted in Saransk, Republic of Mordovia, Russia. In the methodical aspect, this is a favorable object representing an industrial urban area. Its ecology is dominated by the electrical engineering plants.

Geophysical techniques have many environmental, archaeological, forensic, geological, geotechnical, or engineering applications, as well as in the oil and gas, the mining industry, or for general academic research. Because of this, all the aspects connected with the logistics, designing, data collection, analysis, interpretation, and visualization, must be evaluated on a case-by case basis.