Craig James R

Resources of the earth: origin, use, and environmental impact. / James Craig, David J. Vaughan and Brian J. Skinner - 2nd ed. - London: Prentice Hall, 1996 - viii,472p. : 24cm.

Content: Minerals:The Foundation -- The origins of mineral resources -- Earth's resource through history -- Environment impacts resource -- Energy from fossil fuels -- Energy for the future -nuclear and other possible alternatives -- Abundant metal -- The Geochemically scares metals -- Fertilizer and chemical -- Building material and other industrial minerals -- Water resource -- Soil as a resource -- Future resources

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