Deep Earth Resource Characterisation and Extraction - An Integrated Geoscience Approach

资源回收的可持续性，经济性和安全性要求对自然条件下岩土材料的力学有高度的了解，并对所涉及的岩土技术问题采取多学科方法。该计划旨在弥合岩土工程学科之间的差距，将研究小组的测试、分析技能和经验结合起来，并将地质学和地球物理学等相关学科的专业知识和想法结合起来，从而发展创新的工程实践。这种方法应该在理解矿物、煤炭、天然气排水、石油和地热能等深层资源的行为和安全经济开采方面取得突破。

Sustainability, economy and safety in resource recovery require a high level of understanding of the mechanics of geomaterials in their natural conditions and a multidisciplinary approach to the geotechnical issues involved. This initiative aims to bridge gaps between geotechnical disciplines, to combine the testing, analytical skills and experience of the research groups and to incorporate expertise and ideas from the cognate disciplines of geology and geophysics so that innovative engineering practice will develop. This approach should achieve breakthroughs in understanding the behaviour of, and the safe economic extraction from deep resources including minerals, coal, gas drainage, petroleum and geothermal energy.