Non-Renewable Resource Issues Geoscientific and Societal Challenges /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Sinding-Larsen, Richard (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Wellmer, Friedrich-W (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Σειρά: International Year of Planet Earth
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Physical geography.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Earth Sciences.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Physical Geography.

All the solid fuels fossil energy and mineral commodities we use come out of the Earth. Modern society is increasingly dependent on mineral and fossil energy sources. They differ in availability, cost of production, and geographical distribution. Even if solid fuels, fossil energy resources and mine...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The exhaustion of mineral resources
• A truism or a state of mind?-  Stretching the availability of non-renewable resources
• Challenges in the optimal management of remaining petroleum resources
• Uranium: The world's energy mineral.-  Coal: an energy source for future world needs!?- Natural gas hydrates: Recent research and assessment developments
• Challenges of the European Mining Industry in the Years to Come.-  Commision Raw Materials Initiative
• The metal market: A new corporate landscape emerging
• Developments and trends in the availability of non-ferrous mineral raw materials.-  Future of metal mining in Europe - a fennoscandian perspective
• Tomorrow's gold resources: Where will we find them?-  Global assessment of undiscovered mineral resources: Opportunities and challenges
• Marine minerals: A new perspective
• Ocean floor mining
• Rare earth elements: a new scope of mining for saving energy and environment
• Metals for a sustainable modern society.