Concise Encyclopedia of Mineral Resources

Mineral resources and their guaranteed supply are essential for the development of a modern and technological society and efficient planning for the future. This Encyclopedia collects together 112 articles, newly written or revised from the acclaimed Encyclopedia of Materials Science & Engineering , which comprehensively address the problems of economic geology in a single volume. Industrial minerals are discussed according to their use, whilst metals and fuels (such as coal, petroleum and nuclear energy minerals) are dealt with on the basis of their properties, distribution, production history and future outlook. Recent developments in alternatives to the use of asbestos, computer models in mining and exploration and the world distribution of coal and petroleum are also covered. The articles are extensively cross-referenced and contain bibliographies for further reading, building up over the whole Encyclopedia to approximately 1100 up-to-date citations to the literature of economic geology. Widely illustrated by over 200 photographs, drawings and tables and complemented by a comprehensive three-level subject index, this Encyclopedia represents the most complete and up-to-date single volume work available in the field. The Concise Encyclopedia of Mineral Resources will be of particular interest to geologists, engineers and mineral economists as well as of general interest to other individuals and organizations needing an accurate appraisal of economic geology.Carr, Donald D. is the author of 'Concise Encyclopedia of Mineral Resources', published 1989 under ISBN 9780080347349 and ISBN 0080347347.