Guiding Mineralization Process Development with Geochemical Modelling

Geochemical Perspectives on Coral Mineralization

Corals open an exceptional window into many phenomena of geological, geochemical, climatic, and paleontological interest. From the Paleozoic to the present, corals provide some of the finest high-resolution archives of marine conditions. Corals are likewise exceptional for chronometric purposes, and even the terrestrial C timescale has now been calibrated against coral Th/U. Corals also represe...

Geochemical Characterization of Sulfide Mineralization in Eastern Wisconsin Carbonate Rocks

Guiding Requirement Engineering with a Process Map

The approach CREWS-L’Ecritoire developed within the CREWS project tightly couples goal modelling and scenario authoring to elicit system requirements. The paper focuses on the process aspect of the approach. It presents the process model as composed of a map and associated guidelines. The map is a directed graph of intentions and strategies to flow from one intention to another. Intention achie...

A chemical kinetics algorithm for geochemical modelling

A chemical kinetics algorithm is presented for geochemical applications. The algorithm is capable of handling both equilibriumand kinetically-controlled reactions in multiphase systems. The ordinary differential equations (ODEs) are solved using an implicit multistep backward differentiation formula (BDF) algorithm to ensure efficiency and stability when integrating stiff ODEs. An adaptive cont...

Risk Modelling in the Property Development Process

The art of identifying and effectively managing risk in a timely manner has become an integral part of strategic management. Property developers who are unable to identify the scope and consequences of related risks and who consequently fail to introduce efficient mechanisms to manage those risks, clearly jeopardise the stability not only of their investments but also their overall success. The...