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Earth resources and the environment

James R. Craig, David J. Vaughan, Brian J. Skinner

(Pearson new international edition)

Pearson, c2014

4th ed., Pearson new international ed.

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Includes index

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Description

Balanced, broad-based, and up to date, this comprehensive text explores the nature and critical issues of earth resources and the impacts that resource usage has on the earth environment. The authors offer full coverage of all major types of earth resources-energy, metallic, nonmetallic, water, soil. A minimal scientific background is assumed.

Table of Contents

1. Minerals: The Foundations of Society 2. Plate Tectonics and the Origins of Resources 3. Earth Resources Through History 4. Environmental Impacts of Resource Exploitation and Use 5. Energy From Fossil Fuels 6. Nuclear and Renewable Energy Sources 7. Abundant Metals 8. The Geochemically Scarce Metals 9. Fertilizer and Chemical Minerals 10. Building Materials and Other Industrial Minerals 11. Water Resources 12. Soil as a Resource 13. Future Resources

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  • NCID
    BC0809196X
  • ISBN
    • 9781292040998
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Harlow, Essex
  • Pages/Volumes
    ii, 544 p.
  • Size
    28 cm
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