Techniques of geologicmapping and geologicmap creation have changed significantly from traditional paper-based methods. Geologic mapping and data collection in the field is now primarily facilitated by mobile devices and dedicated geologic mapping software. Geologic map production has become a fully integrated process, importing digital data from the field and making use of cartographic software, such as ArcGIS and Adobe Illustrator, to create interactive geologic map products.

This laboratory manual is based on our collective 70-plus years of teaching and coordinating introductory geology courses. Those experiences have helped us understand not only how students best learn geologic principles, but also how to stimulate their engagement with the material to enhance their learning process. Our manual provides (1) an up-to-date, comprehensive background that addresses the hands-on tasks at the core of any introductory geology course; (2) patient stepby-step explanations that are more easily understood by students than those in textbooks; (3) text and exercises that lead students to think like geologists, engaging them in solving real-life problems important to their lives; and (4) the passion and excitement that we still feel after decades as teachers and geologists.

The technical world is changing very rapidly. In only 15 years, the power of personal computers has increased by a factor of nearly one-thousand. By all accounts, it will increase by another factor of one-thousand in the next 15 years. This tremendous power has changed the way science and engineering is done, and there is no better example of this than Digital Signal Processing. <...>

This book is not a text on geomorphological techniques. It is intended as a field handbook to be used during the conduct of geomorphological research. Its prime purpose is to act as an aide memoire containing information essential for efficient fieldwork. One fundamental assumption made in compiling this manual is that the user is familiar with at least the essentials of the techniques that he proposes to employ. However, where possible sufficient information has been included to refresh the user’s memory on the basics of the various techniques.

Цѣль предлагаемой маленькой книжечкм—научить изслѣдовать и опредѣлять минералы съ помощью простыхъ физическихъ и химическихъ испытаній. Потребность въ такомъ руководствѣ чун-ствуется въ настоящее время и въ высшихъ учебныхъ заведеніяхъ, и въ среднихъ школахъ, и въ народныхъ университетахъ, и па популярныхъ естественно-научныхъ курсахъ, устраиваемыхъ обществами любителей естествознанія *), и въ такъ называемыхъ „кружкахъ саморазвитія", и при самостоятельныхъ занятіяхъ отдѣльныхъ любителей природы. Въ настоящее время дѣло обстоять такимъ образомъ, что, имѣя даже» въ рукахъ удовлетворительный опредѣлитель въ родѣ „Таблицъ для опредѣленія минераловъ" Кобелля, лица, не знакомыя съ иностранными языками, все же не могутъ приступить къ опредѣленію но нему того или иного минерала но неимѣнію чисто практическихъ указаній, какъ это сдѣлать. <...>

Книга знакомит с основными принципами современной гидромеханизации, а также дает описание оборудования и условий применения передвижных гидроустановок на тракторах ЧТЗ с газогенераторными двигателями.
Народный комиссар тяжелой промышленности товарищ Л.М. Каганович в своем приказе № 249 от 11 июля 1938 г. определил гидромеханизацию, как основной вид механизации разработки россыпей, позволяющий увеличить добычу золота в короткое время.

For any oilfield analysis, it is necessary to understand how to calculate areas, volumes and capacities. Fortunately, areas and capacities of tubing and casing are in most field handbooks and in the engineering tables of this book. Most readers of this document will remember how to calculate areas and volumes from grade school, so only a brief review is presented here.
The engineering tables at the back of this book provide all the necessary data to determine well capacities quite easily. The first few sample problems are solved manually to show how the tables were generated. Thereafter, the tables will be used as much as possible to simplify the problem solving. Understanding how the data was generated will make the calculations more meaningful and the tables easier to use. In any case, a clear understanding of the basic principles is necessary before proceeding as subsequent concepts will build on prior ones. <...>

В книге подробно рассмотрены вопросы исторической геологии, подлежащие изучению на практических занятиях, включены многочисленные рисунки и фотоизображения руководящих форм фауны и флоры.
Книга рассчитана на студентов и преподавателей геологических факультетов университетов и горных институтов, а также может быть использозана в повседневной практической работе геологами-съемщиками и геологами-поисковиками.

GIS, the acronym for Geographic Information Systems, has been around since the 1980s. Although one can impute a number of characteristics from the use of this acronym, at the heart of the term “systems” lies a computer software package for storing, displaying, and analyzing spatial data. Consequently, the use of the term GIS implies an object or tool which one can use for exploring and analyzing data that are recorded for specific locations in geographical space (see Cowen [1988] for an early article articulating this type of definition and Foresman [1998] for a rich and varied account of the history of Geographic Information Systems).