Energy and Mineral Resource Systems
Energy and Mineral Resource Systems
An Introduction
B. A. Tapp
J. R. Watkins
J. R. Watkins
August 1990
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9780521316163
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The supply of energy and raw materials has become an increasingly important topic of public debate. This book is an introduction to the energy and resources systems that influence all of our lives. The authors analyse as a system the role of energy usage in the human environment and discuss the political and economic structure involved. Mineral resources are analysed in terms of international and national systems including a section on the technologies of extraction and production. By considering the historical, political, and economic factors that determine these systems, the authors are able to discuss possible future prospects and solutions to the problem of supply.
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August 1990Paperback
9780521316163
160 pages
228 × 152 × 10 mm
0.238kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I. The Energy Resource system:
- 1. energy in the human environment
- 2. The changing historical perspectives of energy supply
- 3. Projected global and Australian energy requirements
- 4. Energy sources
- Part II. The Mineral Resource System:
- 6. Mineral resources
- 7. Mineral resources in the global context
- 8. Political, social and economic factors in mineral resource systems
- Part III. Resource Evaluation:
- 9. Exploration technologies
- 10. Some thought for the future.
