An edition of Earth science
(1998)
Earth science
Earth materials and resources
by Steven I. Dutch
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Provides an encyclopedic review of the material world in which we live and the uses to which those materials can be put. Describes in depth everything from gold to hazardous waste and put in the context of humans' life on earth.
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2012, Salem Press, Incorporated
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Table of Contents
V. 1, Aluminum deposits ; Andesitic rocks ; Anorthosites ; Basaltic rocks ; Batholiths ; Biogenic sedimentary rocks ; Biopyriboles ; Blueschists ; Building stone ; Carbonates ; Carbonatites ; Cement ; Chemical precipitates; Clathrates and methane hydrates ; Clays and clay minerals ; Coal ; Contact metamorphism ; Crystals ; Desertification ; Diagenesis ; Diamonds ; Dolomite ; Earth resources ; Earth science and the environment ; Earth system science ; Evaporites ; Expansive soils ; Extraterrestrial Resources ; Feldspars ; Fertilizers ; Gem minerals ; Geographic information systems ; Geologic settings of resources ; Geothermal power ; Gold and silver ; Granitic rocks ; Hazardous wastes ; High pressure minerals ; Hydroelectric power ; Hydrothermal mineralization ; Igneous rock bodies ; Industrial metals ; Industrial nonmetals ; Iron deposits ; Kimberlites ; Komatiites ; Landfills ; Land management ; Landslides and slope stability ; Land-use planning ; Land-use planning in coastal zones ; Limestone ; Lithium ; Manganese nodules ; Metamictization ; Metamorphic rock classification ; Metamorphic textures ; Metasomatism ; Minerals : physical properties ; Minerals : structure ; Mining processes ; Mining wastes ; Nesosilicates and sorosilicates ; Non-silicates.
V. 2, Nuclear power ; Nuclear waste disposal ; Ocean power ; Offshore wells ; Oil and gas distribution ; Oil and gas exploration ; Oil and gas origins ; Oil chemistry ; Oil shale and tar sands ; Onshore wells ; Orbicular rocks ; Oxides ; Pegmatites ; Pelitic schists ; Petroleum industry hazards ; Petroleum reservoirs ; Platinum group metals ; Plutonic rocks ; Pyroclastic flows ; Pyroclastic rocks ; Quartz and silica ; radioactive minerals ; Regional metamorphism ; Remote sensing ; Rocks : physical properties ; Salt domes and salt diapirs ; Sedimentary mineral deposits ; Sedimentary rock classification ; Silicates ; Siliciclastic rocks ; Soil chemistry ; Soil erosion ; Soil formation ; Soil profiles ; Soil types ; Solar power ; Strategic resources ; Sub-seafloor metamorphism ; Sulfur ; Tidal forces ; Toxic minerals ; Ultra-high-pressure metamorphism ; Ultrapotassic rocks ; Unconventional energy resources ; Uranium deposits ; Water and ice ; Well logging ; Wind power ; Xenoliths.
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