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Encyclopaedia in 6 volumes

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3 182 pages of information and contacts about Earth sciences

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Size: 27,3 cm x 19,8 cm; Thickness (6 volumes): 18 cm; Character: Times 12 (86% for Vol. 1 to 4 or 75% & 80% for Vol. 5)

Library and Archives Canada (2 copies; 5 volumes) : http://www.collectionscanada.ca/

http://amicus.collectionscanada.ca/aaweb-bin/aamain/itemdisp?sessionKey=999999999_142&l=0&lvl=1&v=1&itm=32371842&rt=1&bill=1

1) NL Stacks - In process (??? since march 2006) - QE23 F67 2004

2) Preserv - on site - Accessioned C-65042 - Copy 2

Volumes 1 to 3:

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1 838 pages in 3 volumes: Volume 1: A à E / 624 p.; Volume 2: F à O / 604 p.; Volume 3: P à Z / 610 p.

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Earth Sciences Companies (Petroleum, Mining, Gas, Electrical Utilities, Earth Sciences Services,... Companies)

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« name of the company, its history, subsidiaries, stock symbol, contacts, description, properties, and more... »

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3 336 companies and around 75 000 - 100 000 company names linked to them (subsidiaries and former name; actual number difficult to evaluate)

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Most of the public Canadian companies but also a lot of international companies (public and private)

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See Contents and Key

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is the only source of information allowing to find older company names (some as old as 1800 from >30 000 company reports) and to link them to actual companies

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allows to find company subsidiaries across the world

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is intended for investors, companies, geologists, governments... across the world

Volume 4:

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622 pages

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contains two parts:

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Earth Sciences Service Companies (1 214 companies and thousands of their subsidiaries across the world; Consultant, Drilling, Geochemical, Geophysical, Geotechnical, Software, Supplier... Companies) (See Contents and Key) --> 356 pages

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Government (499 Earth Sciences Ministries across the world: Energy, Geology, Petroleum, Mining, Lands, Water, Environment, Meteorology, Governmental organizations... ) (See Contents and Key) --> 249 pages

Volume 5:

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616 pages

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contains two parts:

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Organizations (1 529 Organizations across the world) (See Contents and Key) --> 382 pages

Times 12; 80%

Subjects: Drilling, Groundwater, Electricity, Energy, Environment, Geochemistry, Geology, Gemology, Jewelry, Geophysics, Remote sensing, Geodesy, Geotechnics, Engineering, Employment, Geography, Cartography, Meteorology, Microscopy, Mineralogy, Crystallography, Zeolite, Mining Companies, Museum, Nuclear, Paleontology, Palynology, Petroleum, Gas, Pipeline, Petrophysics, Science, Soil, Pedology, Water, Hydrology, Limnology, Oceanography ...

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Journals (830 Journals, 20 main publishers, main editors... across the world) (See Contents and Key) --> 210 pages

Times 12; 75%

Volumes 6 and 7: Soon: the last volumes --> Probably in April 2007

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> 1 200 pages

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will contain two parts:

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Educational and Research Centers: University, Institute, Centre, Station, School, College, Faculty, Department... (See Contents)

Subjects: Analytical Chemistry; Cartography; Engineering: Civil (Geotechnics, Groundwater, Hydrology, Remote Sensing / GIS...), Earthquake, Environmental, Geodesy, Geological, Geomatics / Surveying, Materials (Metals), Metallurgical, Mineral, Mining, Petroleum (Oil and Gas), Power (Energy, Electricity, Nuclear), Water Resources; Environmental Studies; Geochemistry; Geography (Geomorphology and Quaternary Science); Geology / Earth Sciences / Geoscience; Geomatics; Geophysics; Materials Science (Metallurgy); Oceanography / Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (Climate Studies); Paleontology; Soil Science...

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Database (See Contents)

Volumes 1-3

Volume 4

Service companies

Governments

Contents

Preface

Volume 5

Organizations

Journals

Contents

Preface

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