Petroleum Geology Books

New and Published Books

1. Rock Engineering Design

   By Xia-Ting Feng, John A. Hudson

   With a modern approach and anticipating future developments, this volume introduces a fresh methodology for the design of all types of rock engineering projects, both at the surface and underground. It provides guidance on the nature of modelling to support design, on flowcharts, on the...

   Published July 26th 2011 by CRC Press
2. Rock Failure Mechanisms

   Illustrated and Explained

   By Chun'An Tang, John A. Hudson

   When dealing with rock in civil engineering, mining engineering and other engineering, the process by which the rock fails under load should be understood, so that safe structures can be built on and in the rock. However, there are many ways for loading rock and rock can have a variety of...

   Published August 5th 2010 by CRC Press
3. Practical Channel Hydraulics

   Roughness, Conveyance and Afflux

   By Donald W. Knight, Caroline McGahey, Rob Lamb, Paul Samuels

   A technical reference guide and instruction text for the estimation of flood and drainage water levels in rivers, waterways and drainage channels. It is written as a user’s manual for the openly available innovative Conveyance and Afflux Estimation System (CES-AES) software, with which water...

   Published October 6th 2009 by CRC Press
4. Petroleum Geochemistry and Exploration in the Afro-Asian Region

   Proceedings of the 6th AAAPG International Conference, Beijing, China, 12-14 October 2004

   Edited by Digang Liang, Darui Wang, Zhenxi Li

   Petroleum Geochemistry and Exploration in the Afro-Asian Region includes 29 papers presented at the 6th International Conference on Petroleum Geochemistry and Exploration in the Afro-Asian Region. Petroleum geochemistry has played a crucial role in determining effective source rocks, classifying...

   Published October 10th 2007 by Taylor & Francis
5. Rock Quality, Seismic Velocity, Attenuation and Anisotropy

   By Nick Barton

   Seismic measurements take many forms, and have a universal role in the earth sciences. There are huge rewards to be gained from ‘seeing’ below the earth’s surface. This unique book describes seismic behaviour at many scales, and provides the appropriate interpretation in terms of rock mechanics....

   Published November 2nd 2006 by Taylor & Francis