Resources of the earth (3° ed )
Langue : Anglais
Auteurs : CRAIG Dr. James, VAUGHAN Dr. David, SKINNER Dr. Brian
Extensively illustrated, balanced, broad-based, and up-to-date, this book explores the nature and critical issues of all major types of earth resources-energy, metallic, nonmetallic, water, soil-and the impacts that resource usage has on the earth environment. It provides geologic background of resource formation and occurrence of most of the various types of resources, offers an international perspective, discusses resources not only from the scientific point of view, but also from the point of economic, political, historical considerations, and considers how the extraction and use of the resources creates impacts-local or global, immediate or delayed, visible or invisible, singular or cumulative. Minerals: The Foundations of Society. Plate Tectonics and The Origins of Mineral Resources. Earth's Resources Through History. Environmental Impacts of Resource Exploitation and Use. Energy from Fossil Fuels. Nuclear Power and Alternative Energy Sources. Abundant Metals. The Geochemically Scare Metals. Fertilizer and Chemical Minerals. Building Materials and Other Industrial Minerals. Water Resources. Soil as a Resource. Future Resources. The book is aimed at anyone interested in earth resources.
- I. INTRODUCTION AND THE ORIGINS OF RESOURCES.
1. Minerals: The Foundations of Society.
2. Plate Tectonics and The Origins of Mineral Resources.
2. Plate Tectonics and The Origins of Mineral Resources.
II. HISTORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF RESOURCE USAGE.
3. Earth's Resources Through History.
4. Environmental Impacts of Resource Exploitation and Use.
4. Environmental Impacts of Resource Exploitation and Use.
III. ENERGY.
5. Energy from Fossil Fuels.
6. Nuclear Power and Alternative Energy Sources.
6. Nuclear Power and Alternative Energy Sources.
IV. METALS.
7. Abundant Metals.
8. The Geochemically Scare Metals.
8. The Geochemically Scare Metals.
V. FERTILIZER, CHEMICAL, CONSTRUCTION, AND INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES.
9. Fertilizer and Chemical Minerals.
10. Building Materials and Other Industrial Minerals.
10. Building Materials and Other Industrial Minerals.
VI. WATER AND SOIL FOR LIFE SUPPORT.
11. Water Resources.
12. Soil as a Resource.
13. Future Resources.
Appendix: Calendar of Earth Resources Events.
Glossary.
Index.
12. Soil as a Resource.
13. Future Resources.
Appendix: Calendar of Earth Resources Events.
Glossary.
Index.
- NEW - Up to date - All information brought up to date and current at the start of the 21 Century. Corrects many previous conceptions which have been proven incorrect.
- Minimal prerequisites - Does not presume a deep scientific background.
- Comprehensive - Offers full coverage of all major types of earth resources - Energy, metallic, nonmetallic, water, soil. Enables students to comprehend the breadth of resources and their interactions.
- Well illustrated - Contains several hundred photographs and line drawings, many presenting a clear insight from the past into the future in terms of usage and impacts.
- Solid geologic foundation - Provides geologic background of resource formation and occurrence of most of the various types of resources, showing how many resources do no
Date de parution : 03-2001
Ouvrage de 520 p.
27.9x21.6 cm
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