ABSTRACT
Geology is closely related to land development because of regional planning and the management of subsurface resources. Geology is also essential in all phases of construction and infrastructure management. Geology provides methods for discovering new aquifers, learning how they function, determining the age of the water, their rate of renewal, and their vulnerability. Geology will discover new oil and natural gas deposits. It develops new extraction technologies that have become more common since the sharp rise in crude oil prices began in 2004: heavy oil to be extracted by solvents, oil condensates from some gas deposits, bituminous shales, in-situ volatilization of coal. In terms of non-carbon energy, geology will be useful in determining the potential of radioactive ores. Geology is closely related to land development because of regional planning and the management of subsurface resources. Geology is also essential in all phases of construction and infrastructure management.
