Book
Canada rocks
Record details
- ISBN: 1550418602 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781550418606 (pbk.) :
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Physical Description:
xvi, 512 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
print - Publisher: Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, c2007.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "The geologic journey"--P. [1] of cover. Subtitle from cover. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-498) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 10.9.4. Hydrothermal lode gold -- 10.9.5. Water under the volcano : porphyry deposits -- 10.10. Skarn deposits -- 10.11. Deep weathering and mineral deposits in Canada -- 10.12. Uranium -- 10.13. Oil and gas -- 1-0.13.1. The international oil industry begins (1858) -- 10.13.2. Mining for oil : Canada's tar sands industry -- 10.13.3. Natural gas -- 10.13.4. Gas hydrates : energy from ice -- 10.14. Coal -- 10.14.1. coalbed methane -- 10.15. Potash and salt -- 10.16. Building with rock -- 10.17. The future -- ch. 11. Challenges for the future -- 11.1. From geology to geoscience -- 11.2. Water resources and their protection -- 11.2.1. Urban development and water -- 11.2.2. Cleaning up our mess -- 11.2.3. Case histories -- 11.3. The tectonic threat : earthquakes -- 11.3.1. Seismic zones in Canada -- 11.4. Unstable slopes -- 11.4.1. Case histories -- 11.5. Climate change -- 11.5.1. The climate-change debate -- 11.5.2. Living with changing climate : permafrost in Canada's far north -- 11.5.3. Canada's Arctic challenge -- 11.5.4. Ice shelf disintegration on Ellesmere Island : signs of a climatic crisis? -- 11.6. Geology and our health -- ch. 12. Geology and the building of a Canadian identity -- 12.1. Geology gains momentum. |
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| Subject: | Historical geology -- Canada Geology -- Canada |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Castlegar Campus Library | QE 185 E95 2006 (Text)
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B001304682 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |
