The Earth Sciences in Canada / E.R.W Neale.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Neale, E.R.W, Editor.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earth sciences--Research--Canada.

Earth sciences.

Canada.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In June 1967, the Earth Science Division of the Royal Society of Canada held a symposium to assess the country's activities and accomplishments in the earth sciences and to provide some guidelines and predictions for the future. The papers given at the symposium and collected in this volume are devoted chiefly to the topics of university teaching, basic research, and applied science. The authors, all eminent figures in the field of Canadian earth sciences and mineral industry, trace the trends of the past few years, indicate how and why they developed, and analyse the problems encountered. An introductory paper by three senior scientific policy makers describes the organization of the earth sciences in Canada today. Included here are the recommendations for an amalgamation of all the sciences dealing with the solid earth and a freer interchange of scientists between government, industrial, and university laboratories. This essay also points out that universities have a great deal of influence and industry comparatively little upon the expenditure of large sums of government money in support of the earth sciences. Following this, twelve papers review developments in most of the major sub-disciplines: petrology, stratigraphy, palaeontology, geochronology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, and geophysics, together with their application to engineering projects and the search for petroleum, metallic mineral deposits, and ground water. Although a certain amount of planned overlap brings out different opinions on specific points, there is concurrence on major matters which includes the almost unanimous agreement that the earth sciences in Canada are passing through a critical period of transition as the reconnaissance phase draws to a close and an emphasis on quantification develops.

Contents:

The nature and organization of earth sciences in Canada / J.M. Harrison, D.C. Rose and R.J. Uffen

Trends in geological research in Canada / H.R. Wynne-Edwards and J.F. Henderson

Trends in geophysical research in Canada / G.D. Garland

Geological education in Canada / Colin W. Stearn

Data in the earth sciences / C.F. Burk Jr.

Geological concepts and the search for ore, 1930-1967 / C.J. Sullivan

The changing role of mining geophysics in Canada / Harold O. Seigel

The evolution of techniques and concepts in geochemical prospecting / R.W. Boyle and A.Y. Smith

Geosciences in the petroleum industry / R.W. Landes

Geotechnique and national development / Robert F. Legget

Hydrogeology : a decennial appraisal and forecast / P. Meyboom

Geology in the public eye / D.M. Baird

The influence of the mineral industry on the national economy / J.-P. Drolet and R.B. Toombs.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7815-6

OCLC:

1129149545