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Autore |
Rankin W. J |
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Titolo |
Minerals, metals and sustainability [[electronic resource] ] : meeting future material needs / / by W.J. Rankin |
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Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Pub. |
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Leiden, : CRC, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-643-10422-4 |
1-5231-0940-8 |
1-283-26984-8 |
9786613269843 |
0-643-09727-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (441 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mines and mineral resources - Management |
Mineral industries - Management |
Mineral industries - Environmental aspects |
Sustainability |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1Introduction; 2Materials and the materials cycle; 2.1 Natural resources; 2.2 Materials, goods and services; 2.3 The material groups; 2.3.1 Biomass; 2.3.2 Plastics; 2.3.3 Metals and alloys; 2.3.4 Silicates and other inorganic compounds; 2.4 The materials cycle; 2.5 The recyclability of materials; 2.6 Quantifying the materials cycle; 2.6.1 Materials and energy balances; 2.6.2 Material flow analysis; 2.7 References; 2.8 Useful sources of information; 3An introduction to Earth; 3.1 The crust; 3.2 The hydrosphere and biosphere; 3.2.1 Life on Earth |
3.2.2 The Earth's biomes3.2.3 Ecosystem services; 3.3 Some implications of the basic laws of science; 3.3.1 Thermal energy flows to the biosphere and hydrosphere; 3.3.2 The greenhouse effect; 3.3.3 The Sun as driver of both change and order; 3.4 The biogeochemical cycles; 3.4.1 The carbon and oxygen cycles; 3.4.2 The water cycle; 3.4.3 The nitrogen cycle; 3.4.4 The phosphorus cycle; 3.4.5 The sulfur cycle; 3.5 |
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