Baseline Geoscience Data Generation for Sustainable Exploration of Natural Resources

O.P. Mishra, D.C. Naskar

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2026
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443452222
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Geology & Earth Sciences

Baseline Geoscience Data Generation for Sustainable Exploration of Natural Resources offers a comprehensive examination of the critical role that baseline geoscience data plays in the sustainable exploration of natural resources. The book highlights the importance of global geophysical mapping as a catalyst for mineral exploration, providing an overview of various geophysical techniques essential for generating baseline data. It explores advanced methodologies in potential field surveying, geoelectrical surveying, electromagnetic techniques, and remote sensing, underscoring their applications in sustainable resource management. The text also examines geospatial surveying techniques, including GIS and GPS, and introduces innovative drone-based geoscientific surveying methods that enhance data collection efficiency.Additionally, the book covers seismic surveying techniques and marine mineral resource exploration, offering a global perspective on national geophysical mapping programs and their significance in mineral exploration. The discussion on emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, emphasizes the need for ethical considerations in resource exploration. Through case studies and practical applications, readers gain insights into effective data acquisition planning and strategies for utilizing geophysical applications in mineral exploration. - Focuses on diverse geoscientific mapping techniques with the corresponding efficacies of different mapping techniques and methodologies to manage natural resources, such as groundwater and minerals of different categories, including critical minerals with minimal environmental impacts - Details real-world examples showcasing geophysical investigations in association with geological and geochemical mapping techniques in natural resource exploration - Provides detailed explanations of seismic, magnetic, gravity, and electromagnetic, and geophysical well logging exploration methods for sustainable exploitation of natural resources.

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Chapter 1 Global geophysical mapping (GGM): A catalyst for mineral exploration
• Chapter 2 Overview of geophysical techniques for baseline geoscience data
• Chapter 3 Advancing potential field surveying for sustainable exploration
• Chapter 4 Geoelectrical surveying for sustainable exploration and management
• Chapter 5 Electromagnetic surveying techniques
• Chapter 6 Remote sensing techniques
• Chapter 7 Geospatial surveying techniques: GIS and GPS
• Chapter 8 Drone-based geoscientific surveying techniques
• Chapter 9 Seismic surveying techniques
• Chapter 10 Marine mineral resource exploration
• Chapter 11 National geophysical mapping programs for mineral exploration of different countries: A global perspective
• Chapter 12 Geophysical applications in mineral exploration—Case studies and insights
• Chapter 13 Baseline geoscientific data acquisition planning and strategy
• Chapter 14 Practical exercises in geophysical and remote sensing data analysis
• Chapter 15 Emerging technologies and ethics in geoscience exploration
• Chapter 16 Equation dictionary for geoscientific exploration
• References
• Index