00914nam a22001577a 4500008004100000020001500041050001300056100001800069245012100087250001200208260003400220300002400254505043200278700002300710700002300733170120b        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0134570294  aHC21.C72  aCraig James R  aResources of the earth: origin, use, and environmental impact. /cJames Craig, David J. Vaughan and Brian J. Skinner  a2nd ed.  aLondon:bPrentice Hall,c1996  aviii,472p. :c24cm.  aContent: Minerals:The Foundation -- The origins of mineral resources -- Earth's resource through history -- Environment impacts resource -- Energy from fossil fuels -- Energy for the future -nuclear and other possible alternatives -- Abundant metal -- The Geochemically scares metals -- Fertilizer and chemical -- Building material and other industrial minerals -- Water resource -- Soil as a resource -- Future resources        a Vaughan, David J.  aSkinner, Brian J.