1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457286503321

Autore

Phillies George D. J.

Titolo

Phenomenology of polymer solution dynamics / / George D.J. Phillies [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-107-22592-2

1-280-48499-3

1-139-22229-5

9786613579973

0-511-84318-6

1-139-21748-8

1-139-22400-X

1-139-21440-3

1-139-22057-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 509 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

547/.7

Soggetti

Polymer solutions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Sedimentation -- 3. Electrophoresis -- 4. Quasielastic light scattering and diffusion -- 5. Solvent and small-molecule motion -- 6. Segmental diffusion -- 7. Dielectric relaxation and chain dimensions -- 8. Self- and tracer diffusion -- 9. Probe diffusion -- 10. Dynamics of colloids -- 11. The dynamic structure factor -- 12. Viscosity -- 13. Viscoelasticity -- 14. Nonlinear viscoelastic phenomena -- 15. Qualitative summary -- 16. Phenomenology -- 17. Afterword: hydrodynamic scaling model for polymer dynamics.

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting a completely new approach to examining how polymers move in non-dilute solution, this book focuses on experimental facts, not theoretical speculations, and concentrates on polymer solutions, not dilute solutions or polymer melts. From centrifugation and solvent dynamics to viscosity and diffusion, experimental measurements and



their quantitative representations are the core of the discussion. The book reveals several experiments never before recognized as revealing polymer solution properties. A novel approach to relaxation phenomena accurately describes viscoelasticity and dielectric relaxation and how they depend on polymer size and concentration. Ideal for graduate students and researchers interested in the properties of polymer solutions, the book covers real measurements on practical systems, including the very latest results. Every significant experimental method is presented in considerable detail, giving unprecedented coverage of polymers in solution.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911020070503321

Titolo

Petroleum geology of the North Sea : basic concepts and recent advances / / edited by K.W. Glennie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 1998

ISBN

9786612186370

9781282186378

128218637X

9781444313413

144431341X

9781444313406

1444313401

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 636 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

GlennieK. W

Disciplina

553.2/82/0916336

553.280916336

Soggetti

Petroleum - Geology - North Sea

Geology - North Sea

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Introduction to the petroleum geology of the North Sea. 3rd ed. 1990.

Includes a map of important named oil and gasfields of the North Sea area  and a map of the outline of main prospective basins in the North Sea area.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-612) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Petroleum Geology of the North Sea, FOURTH EDITION; Contents; Foreword to the Fourth Edition; Foreword to the First Edition; Acknowledgements; Some Oil Industry Abbreviations and Conversion Factors; 1: Historical Review of North Sea Exploration; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Licensing of offshore acreage; 1.3 General factors governing the growth of new knowledge; 1.4 Main phases of North Sea exploration; 1.4.1 The period before 1959; 1.4.2 The period 1959-64; 1.4.3 The period 1964-70; 1.4.4 The period 1971-76; 1.4.5 The period 1977-85; 1.4.6 The period 1986-92; 1.4.7 The period since 1993

1.4.8 Future trends1.5 Concluding remarks; 1.6 Acknowledgements; 1.7 Key references; 1.8 Compilations and publications of North Sea conferences; 1.9 Appendix: North Sea fields: basic data; 2: Origin, Development and Evolution of Structural Styles; 2.1 Outline of the structural framework of the North Sea; 2.1.1 Introduction and rationale; 2.1.2 Sources of data; 2.1.3 Evolutionary outline; 2.1.4 Major structural features; 2.2 Pre-Devonian history; 2.2.1 Precambrian beginnings; 2.2.2 The Caledonian plate cycle; 2.3 Post-Caledonian structure and basin development; 2.3.1 The Variscan plate cycle

2.3.2 Post-Variscan basin development: the North Sea in an intraplate setting2.4 Conclusions; 2.5 Acknowledgements; 2.6 Key references; 2.7 Appendix: seismic cross-section; 3: Devonian; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Regional setting; 3.2.1 Tectonstratigraphic summary; 3.3 Orcadian Basin; 3.3.1 Basin overview; 3.3.2 Stratigraphic summary; 3.3.3 Reservoir potential; 3.3.4 Source-rock quality; 3.3.5 Thermal history and hydrocarbon generation; 3.3.6 Summary of hydrocarbon plays; 3.4 The Central North Sea; 3.4.1 Basin overview; 3.4.2 Stratigraphic summary; 3.4.3 Reservoir potential

3.4.4 Potential source rocks3.4.5 Summary of hydrocarbon plays; 3.5 Other areas; 3.5.1 Midland Valley of Scotland and Forth Approaches Basin; 3.5.2 Northumberland Trough/Scottish Border Basin; 3.5.3 Southern North Sea; 3.5.4 Southern Britain/Welsh Borders; 3.5.5 West of Shetland; 3.6 Acknowledgements; 3.7 Key references; 4: Carboniferous; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 General background; 4.1.2 Historical development; 4.1.3 Nature of previous geological study; 4.1.4 Stratigraphic methodology; 4.1.5 Stratigraphic nomenclature; 4.2 Overview; 4.2.1 Tectonic setting; 4.2.2 Palaeoclimate

4.2.3 Sedimentary cyclicity and sequence stratigraphy4.3 Regional palaeogeographical development; 4.3.1 Toumaisian; 4.3.2 Visean; 4.3.3 Namurian; 4.3.4 Early-mid-Westphalian; 4.3.5 Mid-late Westphalian and Stephanian; 4.4 Carboniferous geology of the North Sea: introduction; 4.5 Moray Firth and Forth Approaches areas; 4.5.1 Stratigraphy and facies; 4.5.2 Petroleum geology; 4.6 Mid North Sea High and south Central Graben; 4.6.1 Stratigraphy and facies; 4.6.2 Petroleum geology; 4.7 Southern North Sea; 4.7.1 Tectonic framework; 4.7.2 Carboniferous subcrop pattern

4.7.3 Lithostratigraphy and facies

Sommario/riassunto

Since the 3rd edition of this publication, emphasis within the petroleum industry has shifted from exploration to appraisal and development of existing hydrocarbon resources. This change is reflected in this new 4th edition, which has been significantly expanded to accommodate additional material. The centrepiece of the book, however, remains a series of descriptions, in stratigraphic order, of the depositional history and hydrocarbon related rock units of the North Sea.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954348403321

Autore

Naylor R. T. <1945->

Titolo

Crass struggle : greed, glitz, and gluttony in a wanna-have world / / R.T. Naylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-7735-8660-1

0-7735-8652-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (494 p.)

Disciplina

178

Soggetti

Wealth - Moral and ethical aspects

Wealth - Social aspects

Rich people - Conduct of life

Consumption (Economics) - Moral and ethical aspects

Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preamble: Bacchanalian adventures with the ultra-rich -- The gold-diggers: precious metal, poisoned chalice -- Vulgari: flawed beauty in the gemstones business -- Icecapades: the diamond's darker facets -- Sketchy business: on art connoisseurs and con artists -- The chiselers: from tomb-raider to curator -- The numismaniacs: when big modern money chases little old coins -- The winophiliacs: uncorking the secrets of the wine trade -- Puff artists: behind the smokescreen of high-end cigars -- Afishionados: on fishy business in the fishing business -- Jailbirds: if parrots could really talk ... -- The hunter-gatherer society: from law of the jungle to maw of the market -- Goring the tusk trade: mammoth task, toothless law? -- Coda: from class struggle to crass struggle.

Sommario/riassunto

A critique of the lifestyles of today's ultra rich bolstered by old-fashioned muckraking, Crass Struggle provides a sharp, original, and often humorous commentary on "the bad side of the good life, the underbelly of the potbelly." Taking the reader inside today's luxury trades, R.T. Naylor visits gold mines spewing arsenic and diamond fields spreading human misery, knocks on the doors of purveyors of



luxury seafood as the oceans empty, samples wares of merchants offering top-vintage wines (or at least top-vintage labels), calls on companies running trophy-hunting expeditions and dealers in exotic pets high on endangered lists, and much more. What stands out is that so many high-priced items glitter on the outside, but have more than a spot of rot at the core. Through a series of outrageous but all too true stories, Crass Struggle reveals the appalling consequences of consumerism run amok and its links to repetitive financial swindles and the alarming degradation of the biophysical environment.