Table of Contents

Preface; Sources of illustrations; Environmental geology; Geological influences on society: Geology and landscape; Geology and human geography; Geological hazards; Earth resources for society: Resources; Land; Water; Construction materials; Industrial and metallic minerals; Coal and Peat; Petroleum; Energy perspectives; Human impacts on the Earth: Environmental impacts; Resource extraction; Engineering geology; Land and water pollution; Atmospheric pollution; Geology and society.

About the Author

Nigel Woodcock, University of Cambridge, UK.