Opis: Earth Resources and the Environment - Brian Skinner, David Vaughan, James Craig

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.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

Szczegóły: Earth Resources and the Environment - Brian Skinner, David Vaughan, James Craig

Tytuł: Earth Resources and the Environment
Autor: Brian Skinner, David Vaughan, James Craig
Producent: Pearson
ISBN: 9781292040998
Rok produkcji: 2013
Ilość stron: 548
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 1.16 kg

Recenzje: Earth Resources and the Environment - Brian Skinner, David Vaughan, James Craig