01485nam a2200205Ia 4500 CTU_16272 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d USA 333.7 C886 James R Craig Resources of the earth James R Craig, Brian J Skinner, David J Vaughan Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Prentice-Hall 1988 The book offers knowledges of earth, mineral, environmental, or related sciences at the higher level. It presents inorganic material resources that are traditionally part of the disciplines of geology, mineralogy, and soil science. Thus, metals, industrial rocks and minerals, chemical minerals, water, and soil are all discussed and length. Major sections are devoted to fossil fuels such as coal and oil and to nuclear power and alternative energy sources (solar, wind, wave, geothermal, etc.). There are also chapters dealing with the sources, exploitation, and utilization of these particular resources and chapter dealing with more general questions concerning historical and environmental aspects of Earth resources and with the questions of resources for the future. In addition, there is an extensive glossary and appendices to help those unfamiliar with the terminology and some of the concepts used environmental policy,natural resources Minh, 970514 Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ