Aspects of Earth Resources

In this module the index entries below enable direct access to the topics shown. The entries are derived from menu topics, page titles, key words and any glossary items. The amount and type of information available in the courseware for topics is variable; in some cases is just a simple definition, in others is an extended description, an explanation, or task.

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Water - Introduction :--: Start at the beginning
Water - Introduction :--: Uses of water: ancient and modern
Water - Introduction :--: Water requirements
Water - Introduction :--: Abstractive/non-abstractive uses
Water - Introduction :--: Summary and subtopic aims
Water cycle :--: Start at the beginning
Water cycle :--: Types of water
Water cycle :--: Meteoric water
Water cycle :--: Saline water
Water cycle :--: Magmatic water
Water cycle :--: Formation water
Water cycle :--: The water cycle
Water cycle :--: Water volumes in the cycle
Water cycle :--: Fluxes and Reservoirs
Water cycle :--: Residence times and reservoirs
Water cycle :--: Precipitation
Water cycle :--: Global variations in precipitation
Water cycle :--: Interception
Water cycle :--: Evaporation
Water cycle :--: Transpiration
Water cycle :--: Evapo-transpiration
Water cycle :--: Summary Page
Groundwater & aquifers :--: Start at the beginning
Groundwater & aquifers :--: Definitions
Groundwater & aquifers :--: How does water get into the rock?
Groundwater & aquifers :--: Water table
Groundwater & aquifers :--: Porosity
Groundwater & aquifers :--: Groundwater movement
Groundwater & aquifers :--: Permeability
Groundwater & aquifers :--: Saline intrusions
Groundwater & aquifers :--: Aquifer
Groundwater & aquifers :--: Aquiclude
Groundwater & aquifers :--: Aquifer - unconfined
Groundwater & aquifers :--: Aquifer - confined
Groundwater & aquifers :--: Aquifer - perched
Groundwater & aquifers :--: Water table - perched
Groundwater & aquifers :--: Artesian well
Groundwater & aquifers :--: Aquifers 2
Groundwater & aquifers :--: Groundwater use
Groundwater & aquifers :--: Summary Page
Borrowing water :--: Start at the beginning
Borrowing water :--: Human Uses of Water
Borrowing water :--: Managing Water: Rivers
Borrowing water :--: River - flow rates
Borrowing water :--: River - discharge
Borrowing water :--: Managing Water: Reservoirs
Borrowing water :--: Managing Water: Dams
Borrowing water :--: Dams - factors effecting construction
Borrowing water :--: Colorado River example
Borrowing water :--: Managing Demand
Borrowing water :--: British Water Boards
Borrowing water :--: Water Transfer
Borrowing water :--: Extending Water Resources
Borrowing water :--: Recycling Water
Borrowing water :--: Summary Page
water quality :--: Start at the beginning
water quality :--: Definitions and water quality
water quality :--: Natural waters
water quality :--: Biology of surface waters
water quality :--: Organic pollution
water quality :--: Types of organic pollutants
water quality :--: Other pollutants
water quality :--: Water treatment
water quality :--: Sewage treatment
water quality :--: Global dimension
water quality :--: Summary Page
Future options :--: Start at the beginning
Future options :--: Water: a renewable resource
Future options :--: New sources of water: desalination
Future options :--: Salinization
Future options :--: New sources of water: rain-making
Future options :--: Cloud- seeding
Future options :--: New sources of water: icebergs
Future options :--: Water conservation
Future options :--: Summary Page
Future options :--: Bibliography
Energy - Introduction :--: Start at the beginning
Energy - Introduction :--: Primary energy resources
Energy - Introduction :--: Energy sources - external
Energy - Introduction :--: Energy sources - internal
Energy - Introduction :--: Secondary energy resources
Energy - Introduction :--: Energy - renewable - definition
Energy - Introduction :--: Energy - non-renewable -definition
Energy - Introduction :--: The energy cycle
Energy - Introduction :--: Global energy demands
Energy - Introduction :--: Supply and demand
Energy - Introduction :--: Changing patterns of energy use
Energy - Introduction :--: Summary and aims of section
Resource geology :--: Start at the beginning
Resource geology :--: Coal formation
Resource geology :--: Delta environments
Resource geology :--: Cyclic sequences
Resource geology :--: Marker horizons
Resource geology :--: Graphic logs
Resource geology :--: Graphic logs - rock types
Resource geology :--: Graphic logs - grain size
Resource geology :--: Graphic logs - fossils
Resource geology :--: Graphic logs-sedimentary structures
Resource geology :--: Graphic log - example
Resource geology :--: Coal sequences
Resource geology :--: Coal rank
Resource geology :--: Coalification
Resource geology :--: Ages of coal deposits
Resource geology :--: Coal distribution
Resource geology :--: Oil formation
Resource geology :--: Oil - source rocks
Resource geology :--: Oil - reservoir rocks
Resource geology :--: Oil - seal or cap rocks
Resource geology :--: Oil - trap shape
Resource geology :--: Oil traps
Resource geology :--: Oil exploration
Resource geology :--: Oil production
Resource geology :--: Summary
Thermodynamics :--: Start at the beginning
Thermodynamics :--: Introduction
Thermodynamics :--: Law of Conservation of Energy
Thermodynamics :--: Energy
Thermodynamics :--: Thermodynamics - First Law
Thermodynamics :--: Thermodynamics - Second Law
Thermodynamics :--: Carnot Cycle
Thermodynamics :--: Thermal Efficiencies
Thermodynamics :--: Geothermal Energy Scheme
Thermodynamics :--: Summary
Present vs Future :--: Start at the beginning
Present vs Future :--: Environmental Effects
Present vs Future :--: Carbon cycle
Present vs Future :--: Carbon Cycle - Man's Effect on
Present vs Future :--: CO2 Calculation
Present vs Future :--: Nuclear Power
Present vs Future :--: Geothermal Power
Present vs Future :--: Plate tectonics - geothermal energy
Present vs Future :--: Wind Power
Present vs Future :--: Hydro Electric Power
Present vs Future :--: Tidal and Wave Power
Present vs Future :--: Are Alternatives Green?
Present vs Future :--: Summary
Building - Introduction :--: Start at the beginning
Building - Introduction :--: Introduction to building materials
Building - Introduction :--: Building materials today
Building - Introduction :--: The rock cycle
Building - Introduction :--: Rock cycle as building materials
Building - Introduction :--: Physical properties of materials
Building - Introduction :--: Crushing strength
Building - Introduction :--: Tensile strength
Building - Introduction :--: Summary page
Building materials :--: Start at the beginning
Building materials :--: Igneous rocks as building stone
Building materials :--: Granite - building stone
Building materials :--: Metamorphic rock - building stone
Building materials :--: Quartzite - building stone
Building materials :--: Clays and brick production
Building materials :--: Clays - geology
Building materials :--: Brick making
Building materials :--: Aggregates
Building materials :--: Aggregates for road building
Building materials :--: Road characteristics
Building materials :--: Cement
Building materials :--: Concrete
Building materials :--: Cement & concrete - manufacture
Building materials :--: Cement - uses
Building materials :--: Cement - economics
Building materials :--: Steel & glass as building materials
Building materials :--: Transport of materials
Building materials :--: Place value of materials
Building materials :--: Summary page
Environmental factors :--: Start at the beginning
Environmental factors :--: Environmental issues
Environmental factors :--: Environmental impact
Environmental factors :--: Quarry restoration
Environmental factors :--: Sand and gravel aggregates
Environmental factors :--: Crushed rock aggregates
Environmental factors :--: Drift
Environmental factors :--: Mini-project
Environmental factors :--: Sand/gravel source - project
Environmental factors :--: Sand/gravel/superquarry - project
Environmental factors :--: Superquarry - project
Environmental factors :--: Summary page
Environmental factors :--: Bibliography
Mining - Introduction :--: Cornish mining
Mining - Introduction :--: Why West Country mining?
Mining - Introduction :--: Geology of the West Country
Mining - Introduction :--: Mineralisation
Mining - Introduction :--: History of Mining
Mining - Introduction :--: Mining economics
Mining - Introduction :--: Decline of the industry
Mining - Introduction :--: Outline of projects
Geology project A :--: Start at the beginning
Geology project A :--: Setting up the project
Geology project A :--: Plotting the map outline
Geology project A :--: Plotting the mines
Geology project A :--: Locating the granites
Geology project A :--: Interpretation (1)
Geology project A :--: Interpretation (2)
Geology project A :--: Summary
Geology project B :--: Start at the beginning
Geology project B :--: Outline of project
Geology project B :--: Explanation of data
Geology project B :--: Plotting the contact
Geology project B :--: Overlaying Sn data
Geology project B :--: Overlaying Cu data
Geology project B :--: Interpretation
Geology project B :--: Summary
Economics project :--: Start at the beginning
Economics project :--: Outline of project
Economics project :--: Supply and demand
Economics project :--: Plotting the data
Economics project :--: Copper - production controls
Economics project :--: Interpretation (2)
Economics project :--: Effects of substitution
Economics project :--: Alloys
Economics project :--: Summary
Glossary - water :--: Abstractive/non-abstractive
Glossary - water :--: Aeration zone
Glossary - water :--: Aquifers
Glossary - water :--: Artesian wells
Glossary - water :--: Base flow
Glossary - water :--: Biochemical Oxygen Demand
Glossary - water :--: Confined aquifers
Glossary - water :--: Dams
Glossary - water :--: Demand management
Glossary - water :--: Discharge
Glossary - water :--: Dissolved oxygen
Glossary - water :--: Eutrophication
Glossary - water :--: Evaporation
Glossary - water :--: Evapotranspiration
Glossary - water :--: Groundwater
Glossary - water :--: Hydrosphere
Glossary - water :--: Infiltration
Glossary - water :--: Interception
Glossary - water :--: Irrigation
Glossary - water :--: Perched aquifers
Glossary - water :--: Permeability
Glossary - water :--: Pollution
Glossary - water :--: Porosity
Glossary - water :--: Precipitation
Glossary - water :--: Renewable/non-renewable resources
Glossary - water :--: Reservoirs
Glossary - water :--: Residence times
Glossary - water :--: River regulation
Glossary - water :--: Saturation zone
Glossary - water :--: Supply and demand
Glossary - water :--: Surface runoff
Glossary - water :--: Sustainability
Glossary - water :--: Sustainable development
Glossary - water :--: Total Dissolved Solids
Glossary - water :--: Transpiration
Glossary - water :--: Unconfined aquifers
Glossary - water :--: Water table
Glossary - water :--: Water transfer
Glossary - energy :--: Anaerobic / aerobic
Glossary - energy :--: Acid rain
Glossary - energy :--: Alternative energy
Glossary - energy :--: Carbon
Glossary - energy :--: Carbon cycle
Glossary - energy :--: Coalification
Glossary - energy :--: Cyclic sequences
Glossary - energy :--: Delta
Glossary - energy :--: Drill cores
Glossary - energy :--: Energy
Glossary - energy :--: Entropy
Glossary - energy :--: Fossil fuels
Glossary - energy :--: Global warming
Glossary - energy :--: Geomagnetic survey
Glossary - energy :--: Geophysical exploration
Glossary - energy :--: Geothermal energy
Glossary - energy :--: Gravity survey
Glossary - energy :--: Greenhouse effect
Glossary - energy :--: Hot dry rocks
Glossary - energy :--: Hyperthermal energy
Glossary - energy :--: Graphic logs
Glossary - energy :--: Marker horizons
Glossary - energy :--: Mature / maturation
Glossary - energy :--: Nuclear energy
Glossary - energy :--: Power
Glossary - energy :--: Primary energy
Glossary - energy :--: Pumped storage system
Glossary - energy :--: Rank series
Glossary - energy :--: Renewable / non-renewable
Glossary - energy :--: Energy reserves
Glossary - energy :--: Reservoir
Glossary - energy :--: Resource
Glossary - energy :--: Seal / cap rock
Glossary - energy :--: Secondary energy
Glossary - energy :--: Seismic survey
Glossary - energy :--: Source rock
Glossary - energy :--: Subsidence / uplift
Glossary - energy :--: Supply and demand
Glossary - energy :--: Thermal efficiency
Glossary - energy :--: Thermodynamics
Glossary - energy :--: Thermodynamic system
Glossary - energy :--: Trap
Glossary - energy :--: Tonnes of oil equivalent
Glossary - energy :--: Uranium
Glossary - energy :--: Wireline logging
Glossary - energy :--: Work
Glossary - build :--: Aggregate
Glossary - build :--: Anorthosite
Glossary - build :--: Basalt
Glossary - build :--: Carboniferous/Coal Measures
Glossary - build :--: Clay
Glossary - build :--: Cement & concrete
Glossary - build :--: Drift
Glossary - build :--: Facing and commons bricks
Glossary - build :--: Granite
Glossary - build :--: Gypsum
Glossary - build :--: Jurassic/Oxford Clay
Glossary - build :--: Kaolinite/mullite
Glossary - build :--: Limestone
Glossary - build :--: Marble
Glossary - build :--: Metamorphic rocks
Glossary - build :--: Newton
Glossary - build :--: Overburden
Glossary - build :--: Place Value
Glossary - build :--: Pleistocene/Quaternary
Glossary - build :--: Quartzite
Glossary - build :--: Slate
Glossary - build :--: Supply and demand
Glossary - build :--: Subduction zone
Glossary - build :--: Superquarry
Glossary - build :--: Sustainability
Glossary - tin :--: Anomaly
Glossary - tin :--: Background
Glossary - tin :--: Batholith
Glossary - tin :--: Boss (granite)
Glossary - tin :--: Confined deposit
Glossary - tin :--: Copper
Glossary - tin :--: Country rock
Glossary - tin :--: Cu
Glossary - tin :--: Demand
Glossary - tin :--: Dispersed deposit
Glossary - tin :--: Drill cores
Glossary - tin :--: Elvan
Glossary - tin :--: Emanative centre
Glossary - tin :--: Equilibrium price
Glossary - tin :--: Exploration
Glossary - tin :--: Extraction
Glossary - tin :--: Fe
Glossary - tin :--: Gangue
Glossary - tin :--: Geochemical prospecting
Glossary - tin :--: Grade
Glossary - tin :--: Granite
Glossary - tin :--: Hydrothermal alteration
Glossary - tin :--: Killas
Glossary - tin :--: Magma
Glossary - tin :--: Major element
Glossary - tin :--: Metal
Glossary - tin :--: Metasomatic deposit
Glossary - tin :--: Mine
Glossary - tin :--: Mineral
Glossary - tin :--: Ore, ore deposit
Glossary - tin :--: Oxide
Glossary - tin :--: Pb
Glossary - tin :--: Pegmatite deposit
Glossary - tin :--: Physical properties
Glossary - tin :--: Pluton
Glossary - tin :--: Porphyry deposit
Glossary - tin :--: Quartz porphyry
Glossary - tin :--: Renewable / non-renewable
Glossary - tin :--: Reserves
Glossary - tin :--: Residual deposit
Glossary - tin :--: Resource
Glossary - tin :--: Sn
Glossary - tin :--: Soil / sediment sampling
Glossary - tin :--: Supply
Glossary - tin :--: Threshold
Glossary - tin :--: Tin
Glossary - tin :--: Trace element
Glossary - tin :--: Unit cost
Glossary - tin :--: Unit value
Glossary - tin :--: Use value

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