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The Economic Aspect of Geology
Charles Kenneth Leith
Nations rise and fall on what lies buried beneath their soil. Charles Leith shows how geology drives economies, from ore and coal to the strategy behind a country's mineral wealth, bridging pure science and hard industry. A clear-eyed look at the rocks that build and power civilizations. Understand the hidden geology behind the world's economy.
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293 chapters
- 1THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF GEOLOGY
- 2C. K. LEITH
- 3UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
- 4NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
- 5CONTENTS
- 6ILLUSTRATIONS
- 7CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
- 8SURVEY OF FIELD
- 9ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS OF THE SEVERAL BRANCHES OF GEOLOGY AND OF OTHER SCIENCES
- 10Mineralogy and Petrology
- 11Stratigraphy and Paleontology
- 12Structural Geology
- 13Physiography
- 14Rock Alterations or Metamorphism
- 15Application of Other Sciences
- 16TREATMENT OF THE SUBJECT IN THIS VOLUME
- 17CHAPTER II THE COMMON ELEMENTS, MINERALS, AND ROCKS OF THE EARTH AND THEIR ORIGINS
- 18RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF THE PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS OF THE LITHOSPHERE
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