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

Skinner, Brian, Vaughan, David, Craig, James R.

ISBN 10: 0130834106 / ISBN 13: 9780130834102

Published by Pearson Education, Limited, 2000

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # GRP95694741

Synopsis:

For freshman/sophomore-level courses in Earth's Resources in departments of geology or earth science.

Balanced, broad-based, and up-to-date, this text explores the nature and critical issues of earth resources and the impacts that resource usage has on the earth environment.

Synopsis: 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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Resources of the Earth : Origin, Use, and ...
Publisher: Pearson Education, Limited
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 3 Edition.