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Mineral mining
The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth for economic interests.
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Geophysics
Mining; General mining
A branch of physics dealing with the Earth, including its atmosphere and hydrosphere. It includes the use of seismic, gravitational, electrical, thermal, radiometric, and magnetic phenomena to ...
Geotectonics
Mining; General mining
A branch of geology dealing with the broad architecture of the outer part of the Earth; i.e., the regional assembling of structural or deformational features, a study of their mutual relations, ...
Tectonics
Mining; General mining
A branch of geology dealing with the broad architecture of the outer part of the Earth; i.e., the regional assembling of structural or deformational features, a study of their mutual relations, ...
Remote sensing
Mining; General mining
A branch of geophysics that acquires and interprets airborne or satellite images of the surface using infrared and visible wavelengths of light.
Hydrostatics
Mining; General mining
A branch of physics that deals with the characteristics of fluids at rest and esp. with the pressure in a fluid or exerted by a fluid on an immersed body. Compare: hydrodynamics.
Hydraulics
Mining; General mining
A branch of science that deals with practical applications, such as the transmission of energy or the effects of flow of water or other liquid in motion.
