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Geology and Environment In Britain and Ireland (Hardcover)
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Geology and Environment In Britain and Ireland (Hardcover)
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A complete introductory text on an increasingly popular subject,
"Geology and Environment in Britain and Ireland" aims to provide
suitably broad coverage for students requiring a treatment clearly
foucused on familiar examples but retaining a global perspective.
The book summarizes for Earth and environmental scientists the ways
in which geology relates to the natural environmentand to the
humand activites that it supports. The natural environment is more
than the oceans, the atmosphere and the diversity of the land
surface. It extends below the ground and stretches back in time
through the Earth's history. These environmental dimensions are the
concern of geology. First, the book summarizes the geological
influences on society through control of landscape and human
geography, and through the threats posed by hazards such as
landslides, subsidence and earhquakes. Next, the many Earth
resources that support human activity are described: land, water,
construction materials minerals, coal, oil, and gas. How are they
formed or replenished? Which resources are are sustainable for use
over more than the immediate geological future? Thirdly, the
impacts of human activity an the Earth are examined - the results
of extracting geological resources, of intentionally engineering
the environment, and of carelessly polluting land and underground
water supplies. Perhaps most serious of all is atmospheric
pollution caused by burning geological fuels, threatening global
change on scales only familiar from the geological record. This
book is published at a pivotal point in the history of geology.
Scientists who, for a century and a half, have been preoccupied
with finding Earth resources are increasingly being asked where on
Earth to dispose of the effluents from using them. "Geology and
Environment in Britain and Ireland" provides a comapct, abundantly
illustrated summary of both sides of this dile
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