Officers of 42nd geological section, South African Engineer Corps: Geologists and geophysicists who created a unique unit that supported the British Army during the Second World War

Within British and Commonwealth forces of the Second World War, 42nd Geological Section was the only unit in which geologists and geophysicists deployed as a team into campaign areas. Water supply was a problem in many arid or semi-arid regions, and the section used geophysical methods (primarily su...

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Main Author: Rose, Edward P. F.
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2018-12-01
Series:Scientia Militaria
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Online Access:https://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1223