Geology of asbestos deposits / P. H. Riordon, editor; sponsored by Industrial Minerals Division of SME-AIME, Society of Economic Geologists
- Published
- New York : Society of Mining Engineers of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1981.
- Physical Description
- 8 unnumbered pages, 118 pages : bill., maps ; 26 cm
- Additional Creators
- Riordon, P. H., American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME, Society of Economic Geologists (U.S.), and Society of Mining Engineers of AIME. Industrial Minerals Division
- Contents
- Asbestos, definition(s), detection, & measurement / R. J. Lee -- Geology and genesis of the Chrysotile asbestos deposits of northern Appalachia / Robert Y. Lamarche, P. H. Riordon -- Occurrence and exploitation of Amphibole asbestos in South Africa / C. J. B. Dreyer, H. A. Robinson -- Asbestos deposits of the USSR / V. P. Petrov, V. S. Znamensky -- Geology and evaluation of the asbestos hill ore body / R. V. Stewart -- Exploration forecastsand exploitation realities at the Woodsreef Mine, New South Wales, Australia / Barrie C. Butt -- Pyke asbestos deposits, New Zealand / R. C. Babcock Jr. -- Mineralogical characteristics of asbestos / E. Steel, A. Wylie -- Mine safety activities / Aurel Goodwin -- The Asbestos controversy / Earl G. Hoover.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0895202778
- Note
- Includes papers given at "asbestos sessions held by the Industrial Minerals Division of the Society of Mining Engineers and the Society of Economic Geologists in February 1978 and by SME in September, 1979"--Preface.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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