Each book in ENERGY FOR THE FUTURE AND GLOBAL WARMING explores key concepts and issues related to energy availability, production and-use and explains the impact of energy use on global climate. The eight volumes feature easy-to-read text accessible to a wide range of students, vivid photos, and clear easy-to-understand illustrations and diagrams. T…
Environmental geochemistry: Site characterization,Data Analysis, Case Histories is designed to inform the environmental student and professionals about the philosophy and the and the procedure to follow for sampling different environmental media,for making quality control of analyses,for statistically evaluating the impact of recycling sewage sludge…
Mining and sustainable development might appear to be incompatible objectives, yat mining generates primary wealth as well as essential materials for society. Key question in relation to mining's contribution to sustainable development, as opposed to simple economic development, are: Is the wealth generated by mining invested in sustainable outcomes…
This book is about minerals and mineral resources, about the role they play in the economies of the United States and other countries, and about the problems involved in obtaining adequate supplies of minerals. These problems are important, because civilization as we know it today is dependent on the availability of a wide range of mineral materials…
This book which had its origins in a series of lectures on the "History of Science" planned by the editors in 1970 and in the enormous response to our article "Mineral Resource Supplies and the Limits to Economic Growth" published in Earth-Science Review in 1972 is an attempt to present an assessment of some of the issues in the growing debate about…
This book encompasses all aspects of trace elements in coal and is based on a consideration of a vast array of publications. As well as direct references to trace elements in coal, relevant references from allied fields are given where necessary for explanation or comparison. Much of the information is from the fast decade, in keeping with the upsur…
Geology of Ontario, built upon 100 years of mapping and research into the geology of the Province, represents the collected geoscientific expertise of the Ontario Geological Survey. It also embodies the skills and talents of numerous people, from authors, editors, cartographers and draffers to laboratory technicians, computer specialists, research a…