Geoscience Information A state-of-the art review

The International Conference on Geological Information represents the first major attempt to bring together geoscience information specialists from allover the world. The purpose of the conference was to assess the current state-of­ the-art in geoscience information from both the regional and functi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harvey, A.P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1979, 1979
Edition:1st ed. 1979
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Application of information handling to applied geology
  • What information is available for the applied geologist
  • International resource data — international resource analyses
  • International data exchange for geothermal energy power production
  • Data banking in IEA coal research
  • International access to the Petroleum Abstracts Information System
  • An advanced hydrogeological data storage and retrieval system in use in New South Wales
  • Documentation in specialized areas
  • Applications, availability and acquisition of earth satellite imagery for geology
  • Bibliographical control of geological maps
  • The link between “data” and “documentation”
  • Earth science and the foreign language problem
  • User viewpoints
  • Geology presented in collections of papers from the published literature
  • Geoscience information sources and services from the user’s viewpoint
  • Information transfer to the geoscientist through the International Union of Geological Sciences
  • current activities and issues in geological documentation
  • Geological documentation in the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Geological information in France
  • State-of-the-art of geological documentation in the United Kingdom
  • The current Australasian earth sciences information scene
  • Geoscience documentation in India
  • History of geoscience information in India
  • Geological documentation in Brazil
  • International aspects of geological documentation
  • Aspects of geological documentation
  • Publication practices used by professional societies
  • Indexing and abstracting: degrees of freedom
  • The role of the UNISIST/ICSU-AB Reference Manual in data base processing
  • Computer-assisted editing of bibliographic information
  • Geological data management
  • Online information retrieval — present status and future implications (Abstract only)
  • Status of information education for geoscientists in the United States and Canada
  • Some practical approaches to geoscience information problems of developing countries