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地质材料在其自然条件下的力学有高度的了解，并对所涉及的岩土工程问题采取多学科方法。这一举措旨在弥合岩土学科之间的差距，联合收割机结合测试，分析技能和研究小组的经验，并纳入专业知识和思想，从同源学科的地质学和地球物理学，使创新的工程实践将发展。这一方法应能在理解矿物、煤炭、瓦斯抽放、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.