Resources of the Earth: Origin, Use, and Environmental Impact

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

ISBN 10: 0130834106 / ISBN 13: 9780130834102

Verlag: Pearson College Div, 2001

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.04. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0130834106I5N10

Inhaltsangabe:

Extensively illustrated and up-to-date, this book explores the nature and critical issues of all major types of earth resources - energy, metallic, nonmetallic, water and 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 and singular or cumulative.

Reseña del editor: Extensively illustrated and up-to-date, this book explores the nature and critical issues of all major types of earth resources - energy, metallic, nonmetallic, water and 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 and singular or cumulative.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Resources of the Earth: Origin, Use, and ...
Verlag: Pearson College Div
Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Fair
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket