Banyaknya gempa bumi, tsunami, dan gunung api aktif menimbulkan dampak besar yang mengancam penduduk secara langsung, sehingga diperlukan analisis dan penang-gulangan bencana serta bahaya geologi dengan mempertimbangkan tata ruang. Hal ini menjadi tugas penting bagi pemerintah Indonesia
Developments in Engineering Geology merupakan sebuah wadah yang menunjukkan keberagaman dalam sains dan praktik geologi teknik. Semua cabang geologi dapat diterapkan untuk menyelesaikan masalah teknik, dan hal ini menyajikan cakrawala peluang ilmiah yang luas bagi bidang geologi teknik. Dalam praktiknya, keberagaman ini menghadirkan rangkaian tantangan yang berbeda, dengan karakter khas prof…
It has long been realized that the mineral assemblages of igneous and metamorphic rocks may reflect the approach of a rock to chemical equilibrium during its formation. However progress in the application of chemical thermodynamics to geological systems has been hindered since the time of bowen and the other early physical-chemical petrologysts by the recurring quandary of the experimental geol…
During the past century, and most par-ticularly in the decades following World War II there has been a tremendous ex-pansion of the impact of science on everyday life. Explanations of scientific phenomena, particularly those of catastrophic effect on society, are given at all levels of education, science dominates the news media, most households make use of products that are the result of appli…