Environmental geologyIntended for the introductory-level college course, the principal aim of this text is to present the student with a broad overview of environmental geology. The text looks both at how the earth developed into its present condition and where matters seem to be moving for the future. It is hoped that this knowledge will provide the student with a useful foundation for discussing and evaluating specific environmental issues, as well as for developing ideas about how the problems should be solved. . |
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Contents
SECTION | 1 |
The Early Earth | 7 |
Population and the Environment | 19 |
Copyright | |
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acid activities aquifer areas asthenosphere atoms calcium carbon dioxide cause chapter chemical clay coal coastal concentrations contain continental courtesy of U.S. damage deposits disposal dissolved drainage basin earth earthquake effects elements energy environment Environmental erosion eruption estimated example fault figure flood flow formed fuel gases geothermal glacier groundwater hazards heat human impact increase kilometers lake land landfill landslides lateritic lava layer lithosphere magma major material melt metals meters million mineral mining natural nuclear occur ocean oil shale organic oxygen particles percent permeable Photograph courtesy plants plate plate tectonics population potential problem processes produced radioactive reactor reduce region released reservoir S-waves sand seafloor seafloor spreading sediment sedimentary rocks seismic shale slide slope soil solar solid sources stream stress structures subduction zones sulfur supply surface runoff temperatures toxic U.S. Geological Survey United uranium volcanoes wastes water table waves weathering wind zone
Bibliographic information
| Title | Environmental geology |
| Author | Carla W. Montgomery |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Wm. C. Brown, 1989 |
| ISBN | 069704386X, 9780697043863 |
| Length | 476 pages |
| Subjects | › › Environmental geology Environmental protection Geology Science / Earth Sciences / General Science / Environmental Science |
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