Earth Resources and the Environment
Pearson New International Edition
4th Edition
Published on 3. October 2013
548 pages
978-1-292-05254-0 (ISBN)
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 resourcesenergy, metallic, nonmetallic, water, soil. A minimal scientific background is assumed.
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-292-05254-0 (9781292052540)
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James Craig | James R. Craig | David J. Vaughan
Earth Resources and the Environment
Pearson New International Edition
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11/2013
4th Edition
Pearson Education Limited
€105.99
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Content
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
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
