Economic geology : principles and practice : metals, minerals, coal and hydrocarbons - introduction to formation and sustainable exploitation of mineral deposits /

• Main Author: Pohl, Walter, 1941-
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Subjects: Geology, Economic.; SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.; Wirtschaftsgeologie; Lagerstätte; Rohstoffwirtschaft; Wirtschaftsgeologie.; Electronic books.

"Humanity's ever-increasing hunger for mineral raw materials, caused by a growing global population and ever increasing standards of living, has resulted in economic geology becoming a subject of urgent importance. This book provides a broad panorama of mineral deposits, covering their ori...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• Colour Plates
• Introduction
• Metalliferous Ore Deposits. Part Introduction
• Geological Ore Formation Process Systems (Metallogenesis)
• Economic Geology of Metals
• Non-Metallic Minerals and Rocks. Industrial Minerals, Earths and Rocks
• Salt Deposits (Evaporites)
• The Practice of Economic Geology. Geological Concepts and Methods in the Mining Cycle: Exploration, Exploitation and Closure of Mines
• Fossil Energy Raw Materials ₆ Coal, Oil and Gas. Part Introduction
• Coal
• Petroleum and Natural Gas Deposits
• Epilogue
• References
• Index.