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Rocks and Rock Minerals
Av Richard V. Dietrich, Brian J. Skinner
Häftad, 1991
1686 kr
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A contemporary successor to the Louis V. Pirsson and Adolph Knopf editions, providing a guide and reference that explains how rocks occur, their commercial usage, and how to identify them through macroscopic, handspecimen features. Gives complete coverage of rock-forming minerals, rocks and …
Blue Planet
An Introduction to Earth System Science
Av Brian J. Skinner, Barbara W. Murck
Inbunden, 2011
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
2432 kr
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The Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Sciences, 3rd Edition is an innovative text for the earth systems science course. It treats earth science from a systems perspective, now showing the five spheres and how they are interrelated. There are many photos and figures in the text to develop …
Gems, Granites, and Gravels
Knowing and Using Rocks and Minerals
Av R. V. Dietrich, Brian J. Skinner
Häftad, 2009
764 kr
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'Every person on earth uses, either directly or indirectly, ten metric tons of minerals each year.' So write Dr R. V. Dietrich and Dr Brian J. Skinner in their new book Gems, Granites, and Gravels. Minerals and mineral products are involved in all aspects of our lives; we depend on them to keep us …
Toward a New Iron Age?
Quantitative Modeling of Resource Exhaustion
Av Robert B. Gordon, Tjalling C. Koopmans m. fl.
Inbunden, 1987
472 kr
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Experts agree that the earth will eventually run out of certain low-cost, nonrenewable resources, possibly as early as a century from now. Will the transition to reliance on other, more abundant resources be smooth or discontinuous? Might industrial societies experience a marked decline in living …
