Innovative Exploration Methods For Mineral Oil Gas And Groundwater For Sustainable Development

Innovative Exploration Methods for Mineral, Oil, Gas, and Groundwater for Sustainable Development provides an integrated approach to exploration encompassing geology, geophysics, mining, and mineral processing. In addition, groundwater exploration is included, as it is central to the development of earth resources. As the demand for coal, minerals, oil and gas, and water continues to grow globally, researchers must prioritize sustainable exploration methods. Old technologies are being replaced speedily and exploration work has become fast, focused, meaningful, and readily reproducible keeping in pace with the changing global scenario. The themes of exploration of energy resources, exploration of minerals, groundwater exploration and processing and mineral engineering are separated out into sections and chapters included in these sections include case studies focusing on tools and techniques for exploration. Innovative Exploration Methods for Mineral, Oil, Gas, and Groundwater for Sustainable Development gives insight to modern concepts of exploration for those working in the various fields of energy, mineral, and groundwater exploration. Presents innovative research that will both challenge and complement the traditional concepts of exploration Covers a wide range of instruments and their applications, as well as the tools and processes that need to be followed for modern exploration work Includes research on groundwater exploration with a focus on conservation and sustainable exploration and development

Phosphate Rock: An Industry in Transition takes an interdisciplinary approach to dealing with the phosphate rock chain and its exploration, extraction, processing, fertilizer making, and storage and transportation. The book treats the subject from a global perspective, giving readers insights into what is happening in the emerging economies of the world and possible solutions to problems. It also provides all the parameters necessary to evaluate economic viability of undertaking a mining venture, taking into consideration demands of sustainable mining – social responsibly, environmental pollution control measures, community development, and precautions necessary for ensuring health and safety in the hazardous conditions of mining operations. In recent years, supply chain management has grown in importance as it forms tighter links in integration of key business processes from initial extraction of raw phosphate rock to end customers through different stages of process techniques. The book surveys the changes in technology, including many game-changing innovations that could transform mining. Presents a purposive classification of resources, status of global phosphate rock reserves, and their life-indices Covers mining conditions and possibilities of improvement in methods of exploration and environmental impact Includes economic considerations for resource assessment, mining, quality control and supply problems

New exploration tools and techniques for a breakthrough paradigm ofregional groundwater occurrence Fresh water is undoubtedly our most precious resource aside fromthe air we breathe, and the only commodity whose cost has steadilyrisen over time. At the same time, our understanding of theorigins, pathways, and recharge mechanisms of the earth's mostvaluable "economic" mineral-groundwater-remains in the nineteenthcentury. It is ironic that this scientific anachronism iscontributing to a global shortage of available fresh water supplieswhile oil, gas, and mineral discoveries have proliferated, vastlyincreasing the world's energy, precious metals, and industrialmineral reserves. Modern Groundwater Exploration details applications and results ofproven twenty-first- century technologies and geological conceptsadapted from the oil, gas, and mineral exploration industries forevaluating, developing, and managing previously undiscovered,massive, sustainable groundwater resources. Unprecedented in bothits scope and authority, this timely book presents: * A new groundwater paradigm, coined Megawatershed, whichaccurately and comprehensively describes the earth's naturalcomplex groundwater systems * Innovative exploration, drilling, and testing technologies thatmake major new ground-water sources more locatable andcost-effective to produce than ever before * Actual case studies in which megawatershed methods haveidentified vast quantities of new water and brought new hope topreviously arid and desperately water-short locales * Chapters by former OECD DAC chairman Alexander R. Love,geopolitical analyst Dr. Ewan Anderson, and former director of theTrinidad and Tobago Water Resources Agency Dr. Utam Maharaj on thetremendous global implications of the megawater-shed paradigm.These experts explore the many beneficial applications ofmegawater-shed development, from macroeconomics to development ofsmall island developing state (SIDS), and from criticalenvironmental issues to water conflict resolution and the potentialfor a second "green revolution" The world's need for clean, dependable water is more urgent-andaddressable-than ever before. Let Modern Groundwater Explorationintroduce you to the authors' revolutionary megawatershed paradigm,along with the latest concepts and technologies for accessing vastreservoirs of groundwater-still today's safest, cleanest, and mostplentiful water resource.

This publication is an effort to describe the principles, history and main parts of the integrated natural resource management worldwide and in Uzbekistan, collect developed innovations, best practices and lessons learned in the field of natural resources management, and present existing issues related to the state and development of natural resources use and management. Specific attention has been made on the natural environments in the region of cold winter deserts of Uzbekistan.

World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation, Second Edition, Volume Two: The Indian Ocean to the Pacific provides a comprehensive review of the environmental condition of the seas from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific. Each chapter is written by experts in the field who provide historical overviews in environmental terms, current environmental status, major problems arising from human use, informed comments on major trends, problems and successes, and recommendations for the future. The book is an invaluable worldwide reference source for students and researchers who are concerned with marine environmental science, fisheries, oceanography and engineering and coastal zone development. Covers regional issues that help countries find solutions to environmental decline that may have already developed elsewhere Provides scientific reviews of regional issues, thus empowering managers and policymakers to make progress in under-resourced countries and regions Includes comprehensive maps and updated statistics in each region covered