Environmental geology
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Environmental geology
Wm. C. Brown, c1992
3rd ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Designed for undergraduates on environmental geology courses, this text presents environmental issues and controversies, and offers possible solutions to environmental problems.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Foundations: an overview of Earth's development
- rocks and minerals. Part 2 Internal processes: plate tectonics
- earthquakes
- volcanoes. Part 3 Surface processes: streams and flooding
- shorelines and coastal processes
- mass movements
- ice, wind and climate. Part 4 Resources: water as a resource
- soil as a resource
- mineral resources
- energy resources - fossil fuels
- energy resources - alternative sources. Part 5 Waste disposal and pollution: waste disposal
- water pollution
- air pollution. Part 6 Other related topics: medical geology
- environmental law
- land-use planning and engineering geology. Appendices: geologic time, geologic process rates
- mineral and rock identification
- units of measurement - conversions.
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