The objective of the present paper is to show that groundwater is a general geologic agent.
This perception could not, and did not, evolve until the system nature of basinal groundwater …

In the upper crust, where hydraulic gradients are typically< 1 MPa km− 1, advective heat
transport is often effective for permeabilities k≥ 10− 16 m² and advective mass (solute) …

A comprehensive account of ore-forming processes, revised and updated The revised
second edition of Introduction to Ore-Forming Processes offers a guide to the multiplicity of …

Pyrolysis experiments were conducted on immature petroleum source rocks under various
conditions to evaluate the role of water in petroleum formation. At temperatures less than …

Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

The porosity and permeability of sandstone and carbonate reservoirs (known as reservoir
quality) are essential inputs for successful oil and gas resource exploration and exploitation …

This book recognizes groundwater flow as a fundamental geologic agent, and presents a
wide-ranging and illustrated overview of its history, principles, scientific consequences and …

The crust of the Great Basin has occupied a range of tectonic settings through geologic time.
Archean and Paleoproterozoic crustal genesis preceded residence of Laurentia within the …

Sediment-hosted stratiform copper deposits comprise disseminated to veinlet Cu and Cu-Fe
sulfides in sili-ciclastic or dolomitic sedimentary rocks. Sediment-hosted stratiform copper …

Remarkable advances in age dating Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) lead–zinc deposits
provide a new opportunity to understand how and where these deposits form in the Earth's …