During hydrocarbon exploration, explorers look for a subsurface structure with high porosity because the hydrocarbon tends to accumulate in these structures.
In the case of a rural residential exploration, look for where the residents may have dumped their garbage a long time ago and bring along a metal detector.
Still, the priority of the new survey is not oil exploration but looking for proof Canada is connected to Lomonosov Ridge.
March [ 63] puts forward the idea of the difference between exploration and exploitation as a firm's strategy: exploitation uses in-house knowledge (akin here to the network rich in heterogeneous knowledge) while exploration looks elsewhere (across structural holes) for ideas.
Upstream, firms that once used to flare off gas as a useless by-product of oil exploration are now looking for ways to get it to market.
All in all, this is an enjoyable adventure story of physical and spiritual exploration; however those looking for "meaty" characters to get involved with will probably be disappointed.
Turner arranges his history of spices thematically, in a series of lively essays on their role in different aspects of human endeavor, such as exploration (Columbus was looking for cinnamon when he discovered America) and love (a fifteenth-century tract prescribes an ointment of honey and ginger for "Increasing the Dimension of Small Members and Making Them Splendid").
"In order to explore it fully, we need to create a broader and more inclusive scientific community, build greater capacity for exploration, and look for ideas and expertise in communities that are surrounded by the sea but don't yet have resources to explore it.
The ministry has been telling companies looking for exploration and drilling contracts to give unusually large upfront loans before they can be considered for long-term deals.
But its effects may be most dramatic in Greenland, which has issued over 100 exploration permits to companies looking for metals and gemstones.
For me the experience of a Meadowlands exploration is akin to looking for old breeds of roses in cemeteries or walking through Roman ruins.
