Darkest depths and other underground megastructures
By: Ian Graham
Series: Megastructures
Publisher: QEB Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Mankato, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
ISBN-13: 9781609920968
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Underground construction
Description: "Describes the technology and engineering used to build deep mines, to drill for oil, and to build deep underground tunnels"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Deep challenges; title: Working underground; title: Tunnelling deep; title: Famous digs; title: Undersea tunnels; title: Mines; title: Case study : the Bingham Canyon Mine; title: Drilling; title: Case-study : Thunder Horse; title: Underground power; title: Deep dangers; title: Future digs; title: Glossary.