Bücher der Reihe Environmental Resource Management Series

Olson is the first book in this new publish ing program on Environment, Energy, and Society. Typical of books being developed currently are ones on coal resources, environmental geoscience, environmental pollution, land-use planning, nuclear energy, mineral resources, and water resources.

Olson is the first book in this new publish ing program on Environment, Energy, and Society. Typical of books being developed currently are ones on coal resources, environmental geoscience, environmental pollution, land-use planning, nuclear energy, mineral resources, and water resources.

This volume discusses the mineral resources upon which modern civiliza tion is built. Take away these minerals and humanity will rapidly return to the stone age, with its greatest concern the depletion of flint (also a mineral).

This book is one of a series of volumes published and in preparation in the series entitled "Environmental Resources Management. These will be followed by books on surface-water resources, groundwater resources, environmental pollution, energy resources, coastal environments, glacial environments, arid regional environments, and others.