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Contents: Preface. Acknowledgements. Chapter1. Review of the Site Survey Technique. 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Historical Background. 1.3 High Resolution Seismic Site Surveys. 1.4 Digital Seismic Site Surveys. 1.5 Analogue Site Surveys. 1.6 Sonar Swath Bathymetry. 1.7 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. 1.8 Remote-Operated Vehicles. 1.9 Environmental Site Survey Techniques. 1.10 Gravity and Magnetics. 1.11 Seismic Refraction. 1.12 Pipeline Surveys. 1.13 Marine Archeological Surveys. 1.14 Positioning Systems. 1.15 Site Survey Grids. 1.16 Project Planning and Preliminaries. 1.17 Survey Vessels. 1.18 Reporting. Chapter 2. High Resolution Digital Site Survey Systems. 2.1 Digital Recording Systems. 2.2 Texas Instruments Digital Field System (DFS) Mk V. 2.3 Sercel SN 358 Digital Recording System. 2.4 TTS-2. 2.5 OYO DAS-1A. 2.6 Geometrics Strativisor NX Seismic Recorder. 2.7 Digital Systems Tests. 2.8 Sparker Seismic Energy Sources. 2.9 High Frequency Seismic Airgun Sources. 2.10 Other Site Survey Seismic Energy Sources. 2.11 Source Fire Control Systems for Site Surveys. 2.13 Onboard Processing. 2.14 Digital Site Survey Interpretation. 2.15 Contractual Work Standards. Chapter 3. Analogue Site Survey Systems. 3.1 Categories of Analogue Systems. 3.2 Echosounders. 3.3 Sidescan Sonars. 3.4 Sonar Swath Bathymetry. 3.5 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. 3.6 Sub-Bottom Profilers. 3.7 Boomers and Sparker Profilers. 3.8 Multi-Electrode Sparkers. 3.9 Analogue Recorders and Filters. 3.10 Seismic Refraction Survey. 3.11 Site Survey Discussion. Chapter 4. Non-Seismic Site Survey Techniques. 4.1 Gravity Covers and Seabed Sampling. 4.2 Shearvane Penetrometers. 4.3 Vibrocorers. 4.4 Underwater Photography. 4.5 Current Meters. 4.6 Engineering Tests and Cone Penetration. 4.7 Remote Operated Vehicles. 4.8 Gravity Survey. 4.9 Marine Proton Magnetometers. 4.10 Marine Caesium Vapour Magnetometers. Chapter 5. Positioning Systems. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Principles of GPS Operation. 5.3 Co-ordinate Systems. 5.4 Geoids, Ellipsoids, Datums and Shifts. 5.5 GPS Differential Mode Principles. 5.6 Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) GPS. 5.7 DGPS Quality Control. 5.10 Supervisory Quality Control Systems. 5.11 Integrated Navigation Systems. 5.12 Acoustic Positioning Systems. Chapter 6. Safety. 6.1 Safety Reviews. 6.2 Documentation. 6.3 Health and Safety Policy. 6.4 Incident and Accident Reporting Policy. 6.5 Cranes and Lifting Gear. 6.6 Working Conditions and Working Practices. 6.7 Fire Protection Equipment. 6.8 Vessel Safety and Survival Equipment. 6.9 Training and Emergency Response Procedures. 6.10 Seismic Operations. 6.11 Electrical Equipment and Emergency Power Supplies. 6.12 Helicopter Operations. 6.13 Personnel Competence Assurance. 6.14 Environmental Monitoring. Glossary and Notation. Index.
This book, first published in 1977, presents a comprehensive survey
of the upheavals experienced in warfare from 1793 to the end of the
twentieth century, a period that saw many fundamental changes -
from the Napoleonic wars to the advent of total war, guerrilla and
nuclear warfare. It discusses in detail the main aspects of warfare
- battles, weapons, and people. It concentrates equally on all
three, not emphasising one aspect at the expense of the others, and
allowing cross-references between them so as to fit them into the
general pattern of development. Also included are other factors
essential to an understanding of modern warfare, such as
technological items, and conceptual entries such as basic strategy
and tactics, and various military theories and principles.
This book, first published in 1977, presents a comprehensive survey
of the upheavals experienced in warfare from 1793 to the end of the
twentieth century, a period that saw many fundamental changes -
from the Napoleonic wars to the advent of total war, guerrilla and
nuclear warfare. It discusses in detail the main aspects of warfare
- battles, weapons, and people. It concentrates equally on all
three, not emphasising one aspect at the expense of the others, and
allowing cross-references between them so as to fit them into the
general pattern of development. Also included are other factors
essential to an understanding of modern warfare, such as
technological items, and conceptual entries such as basic strategy
and tactics, and various military theories and principles.
High Resolution Site Surveys brings together the full range of site
surveying techniques for the first time, to provide a unified
approach to marine and land-based resolution surveying. Detailed
descriptions are given of digital seismic survey methods,
hydrographic 'analogue' search and survey tools, non-seismic survey
techniques, and positioning systems, including GPS. 'Brite Spot'
analysis, and Health and Safety considerations for site surveys are
also discussed. Well-illustrated, and with numerous case studies
showing the application of theory in everyday situations, High
Resolution Site Surveys is an indispensable guide for the student
and practitioner alike.
A reappraisal of the late Victorian Navy, the so-called `Dark
Ages', showing how the period was crucial to the emergence of new
technology defined by steel and electricity. In purely naval terms,
the period from 1889 to 1906 is often referred to (and indeed
passed over) as the `pre-Dreadnought era', merely a prelude to the
lead-up to the First World War, and thus of relatively little
importance; it has therefore received little consideration from
historians, a gap which this book remedies by reviewing the late
Victorian Navy from a radically new perspective. It starts with the
Great Near East crisis of 1878 and shows how itsaftermath in the
Carnarvon Commission and its evidence produced a profound shift in
strategic thinking, culminating in the Naval Defence Act of 1889;
this evidence, from the ship owners, provides the definitive
explanation of whythe Victorian Navy gave up on convoy as the
primary means of trade protection in wartime, a fundamental
question at the time. The book also overturns many assumptions
about the era, especially the perception that the navy was weak,
and clearly shows that the 1870s and early 1880s brought in crucial
technological developments that made the Dreadnought possible.
Carl Phillip Gottleib von Clausewitz (1780-1831), Prussian general
and military theorist, is most famous for his book On War, a work
that has influenced numerous wartime leaders from Lenin to Henry
Kissinger. Parkinson's biography of Clausewitz provides detailed
examinations of the Napoleonic battles in which he participated and
which shaped his theories of warfare. Parkinson describes
Clausewitz's first experiences in combat as a twelve-year-old cadet
in battles with France along the Rhine. The biography follows
Clausewitz during the years of Napoleon's rise, when, disgusted
with the Prussian King's refusal to fight, he joined the Russian
army and witnessed Napoleon's defeat following the destruction of
Moscow and several harrowing months of battle. The book also
includes in-depth descriptions of the battles following Napoleon's
return, in which Clausewitz put his theories into practice against
Napoleon's marshals.
The years leading to World War I were the 'Age of the Dreadnought'.
The monumental battleship design, first introduced by Admiral
Fisher to the Royal Navy in 1906, was quickly adopted around the
world and led to a new era of naval warfare and policy. In this
book, Roger Parkinson provides a re-writing of the naval history of
Britain and the other leading naval powers from the 1880s to the
early years of World War I. The years before 1914 were
characterised by intensifying Anglo-German naval competition, with
an often forgotten element beyond Europe in the form of the rapidly
developing navies of the United States and Japan. Parkinson shows
that, although the advent of the dreadnought was the pivotal
turning-point in naval policy, in fact much of the technology that
enabled the dreadnought to be launched was a continuity from the
pre-dreadnought era. In the annals of the Royal Navy two names will
always be linked: those of Admiral Sir John 'Jacky' Fisher and the
ship he created, HMS Dreadnought. This book shows how the
dreadnought enabled the Royal Navy to develop from being primarily
the navy of the 'Pax Britannica' in the Victorian era to being a
war-ready fighting force in the early years of the twentieth
century. The ensuing era of intensifying naval competition rapidly
became a full-blooded naval arms race, leading to the development
of super-dreadnoughts and escalating tensions between the European
powers. Providing a truly international perspective on the
dreadnought phenomenon, this book will be essential reading for all
naval history enthusiasts and anyone interested in World War I.
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