A word of exploration is offered about the production and editing of these Proceedings. Twentty papres originated in the english language and twenty-eight in Chinese. The English papres were reviewed by the small sciensific committee from countries other tha China, and the Chinese papers by a Chinese committee. The English Language volume has been e…
A three day symposium was held in honor of the late Maurice Ewing at Arden House, Harriman, New York on March 28-31, 1976. The symposium is the first of a planned Maurice Ewing series of symposium to be held biennially. The American Geophysical Union has agreed to publish the proceedings of the symposiums in a special Maurice Ewing series. This volu…
Participants to this conference were 236 belonging to 29 countries. Five items were chosen, they were each subject to a preparatory colloquium in September and October 1973. The works of this colloquium were published in the book "TOWARDS A PLAN OF ACTION FOR MANKIND, PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES". The proceeding of the conference itself are published …
Demand for energy is expected to increase worldwide both in industrial countries and particularly in developing countries where rapid economic growth is expected, and coal therefore has crucial importance as a primary energy resources. Further utilization of coal is also part of the energy policy of japan. The use of coal in the future, therefore, w…
The workshop series is aimed at drawing on the expertise of APEC member economies to assist developing member economies to facilitate and liberalise coal trade and investment. The need to address coal trade and investment issues is being driven by the rapid expansion in coal use throughout APEC . Forecasts by the APEC Energy Working Group project co…
The International Geothermal Association (IGA) promotes research, development and utilization of geothermal resources worldwide, through the compilation, publication, and dissemination of scientific and technical data and information. The IGA is a non-political, non-profit, non-governmental organization in special consultative status with the Econom…