Earth Materials And Health

Author : National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Committee on Research Priorities for Earth Science and Public Health
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309164498

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Earth Materials and Health by National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Committee on Research Priorities for Earth Science and Public Health Pdf

A range of natural earth materials, like arsenic or fluoride, have long been linked to significant human health effects. Improved understanding of the pervasive and complex interactions between earth materials and human health will require creative collaborations between earth scientists and public health professionals. At the request of the National Science Foundation, U.S. Geological Survey, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, this National Research Council book assesses the current state of knowledge at the interface between the earth sciences and public health disciplines. The book identifies high-priority areas for collaborative research, including understanding the transport and bioavailability of potentially hazardous earth materials, using risk-based scenarios to mitigate the public health effects of natural hazards under current and future climate regimes, and understanding the health risks that result from disturbance of earth systems. Geospatial information - geological maps for earth scientists and epidemiological data for public health professionals - is identified as one of the essential integrative tools that is fundamental to the activities of both communities. The book also calls for increased data sharing between agencies to promote interdisciplinary research without compromising privacy.

Author : Cornelis Klein,Anthony R. Philpotts
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521145213

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Earth Materials by Cornelis Klein,Anthony R. Philpotts Pdf

Key concepts in mineralogy and petrology are explained alongside beautiful full-color illustrations, in this concisely written textbook.

Author : National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Committee on Research Priorities for Earth Science and Public Health
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309104708

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Earth Materials and Health by National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Committee on Research Priorities for Earth Science and Public Health Pdf

A range of natural earth materials, like arsenic or fluoride, have long been linked to significant human health effects. Improved understanding of the pervasive and complex interactions between earth materials and human health will require creative collaborations between earth scientists and public health professionals. At the request of the National Science Foundation, U.S. Geological Survey, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, this National Research Council book assesses the current state of knowledge at the interface between the earth sciences and public health disciplines. The book identifies high-priority areas for collaborative research, including understanding the transport and bioavailability of potentially hazardous earth materials, using risk-based scenarios to mitigate the public health effects of natural hazards under current and future climate regimes, and understanding the health risks that result from disturbance of earth systems. Geospatial information - geological maps for earth scientists and epidemiological data for public health professionals - is identified as one of the essential integrative tools that is fundamental to the activities of both communities. The book also calls for increased data sharing between agencies to promote interdisciplinary research without compromising privacy.

Author : Kevin Hefferan,John O'Brien
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 935 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781444391213

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Earth Materials by Kevin Hefferan,John O'Brien Pdf

Minerals and rocks form the foundation of geologic studies. This new textbook has been written to address the needs of students at the increasing number of universities that have compressed separate mineralogy and petrology courses into a one- or two-semester Earth materials course. Key features of this book include: equal coverage of mineralogy, sedimentary petrology, igneous petrology and metamorphic petrology; copious field examples and regional relationships with graphics that illustrate the concepts discussed; numerous case studies to show the uses of earth materials as resources and their fundamental role in our lives and the global economy, and their relation to natural and human-induced hazards; the integration of earth materials into a cohesive process-based earth systems framework; two color thoughout with 48 pages of four color. Readership: students taking an earth materials, or combined mineralogy and petrology course in an earth science degree program. It will also be useful for environmental scientists, engineering geologists, and physical geographers who need to learn about minerals, rocks, soil and water in a comprehensive framework. A companion website for this book is available at: www.wiley.com/go/hefferan/earthmaterials.

Author : Gautam Sen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110283715

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Earth's Materials by Gautam Sen Pdf

For courses in Earth Materials, Petrology and Mineralogy. This comprehensive volume, covering all aspects of mineralogy, optical mineralogy and petrology addresses the recent and dramatic shift in geological sciences. The text provides students with a sense of the quantitative nature of the field and details the exciting new developments in the study of earth materials.

Author : Morteza Sheshpari
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1791849962

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Medical Geology, Treatments of Diseases from Earth Materials, and Geomaterials Used in Pharmaceutical Production by Morteza Sheshpari Pdf

The developing scientific discipline of Medical Geology has absorbed equally researchers and contributors parallel bearing in mind its exceedingly interdisciplinary aspect. It is in excess of two and half billion years from the time when the primary properties of natural life initiated to impact Earth's atmosphere, waters and continents. The branch of medical geology has sustained to develop in attention and standing over the preceding few decades. This exclusive investigation field emphases on interactions among geological settings and human being, resulting in together damaging and positive health consequences. Not astonishingly, the discipline is comprehensive and difficult, and generally needs a wide-ranging interdisciplinary attention to report the diversity of human healthiness matters and diseases explicitly associated to geological materials or earth structure events. This book delivers a model of the multiplicity noticeable through numerous study subjects. For instance, scholars continue attracted in health problems subsequently after contact to toxic minerals and absence of vital trace elements, complications by main origins in geology, either natural or anthropogenic. On the other hand, investigation generally results in health benefits that for instance are connected by hot springs and sand baths or definite well-being protecting properties interconnected to natural elements in consumed water or elements extracted from Earth minerals in pharmaceutical industries. Several elements are vital to human, animal and vegetal wellbeing in trivial dosages. Furthermost of these elements are engaged into the human organisation through nourishment, water, and air. It is the goal of this book to present the topic to students and academics both in the fields of Medicine and Geology concerned in geosphere humanoid connections.

Author : Alexandra Navrotsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1994-11-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521358949

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Physics and Chemistry of Earth Materials by Alexandra Navrotsky Pdf

With an approach that stresses the fundamental solid state behaviour of minerals, this 1995 text surveys the physics and chemistry of earth materials.

Author : Clinton Ober,Stephen T. Sinatra,Martin Zucker
Publisher : Basic Health Publications, Inc.
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Alternative medicine
ISBN : 1591202833

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Earthing by Clinton Ober,Stephen T. Sinatra,Martin Zucker Pdf

The solution for chronic inflammation, regarded as the cause of the most common modern diseases, has been identified! Earthing introduces the planet's powerful, amazing, and overlooked natural healing energy and how people anywhere can readily connect to it. This never-before-told story, filled with fascinating research and real-life testimonials, chronicles a discovery with the potential to create a global health revolution.

Author : B. Sherwood Lollar
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0080446434

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Environmental Geochemistry by B. Sherwood Lollar Pdf

The Treatise on Geochemistry is the first work providing a comprehensive, integrated summary of the present state of geochemistry. It deals with all the major subjects in the field, ranging from the chemistry of the solar system to environmental geochemistry. The Treatise on Geochemistry has drawn on the expertise of outstanding scientists throughout the world, creating the reference work in geochemistry for the next decade. Each volume consists of fifteen to twenty-five chapters written by recognized authorities in their fields, and chosen by the Volume Editors in consultation with the Executive Editors. Particular emphasis has been placed on integrating the subject matter of the individual chapters and volumes. Elsevier also offers the Treatise on Geochemistry in electronic format via the online platform ScienceDirect, the most comprehensive database of academic research on the Internet today, enhanced by a suite of sophisticated linking, searching and retrieval tools.

Author : Dexter Perkins,Kevin Henke,Adam Simon,Lance Yarbrough
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429591198

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Earth Materials by Dexter Perkins,Kevin Henke,Adam Simon,Lance Yarbrough Pdf

There is a large and growing need for a textbook that can form the basis for integrated classes that look at minerals, rocks, and other Earth materials. Despite the need, no high-quality book is available for such a course. Earth Materials is a wide-ranging undergraduate textbook that covers all the most important kinds of (inorganic) Earth materials. Besides traditional chapters on minerals and rocks, this book features chapters on sediments and stratigraphy, weathering and soils, water and the hydrosphere, and mineral and energy deposits. Introductions to soil mechanics and rock mechanics are also included. This book steers away from the model of traditional encyclopedic science textbooks, but rather exposes students to the key and most exciting ideas and information, with an emphasis on thinking about Earth as a system. The book is written in such a manner as to support inquiry, discovery and other forms of active learning. All chapters start with a short topical story or vignette, and the plentiful photographs and other graphics are integrated completely with the text. Earth Materials will be interesting and useful for a wide range of learners, including geoscience students, students taking mineralogy and petrology courses, engineers, and anyone interested in learning more about the Earth as a system.

Author : McGraw-Hill/Glencoe
Publisher : Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Publishing Company
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0078255317

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Earth Materials and Processes by McGraw-Hill/Glencoe Pdf

Author : Robert A. Fensome,Graham L. Williams,Aïcha Achab,John Joseph Clague,David Corrigan,J. W. H. Monger,Godfrey S. Nowlan
Publisher : Nimbus Publishing (CN)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1551099969

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Four Billion Years and Counting by Robert A. Fensome,Graham L. Williams,Aïcha Achab,John Joseph Clague,David Corrigan,J. W. H. Monger,Godfrey S. Nowlan Pdf

Canada's diverse landscape speaks to its fascinating geological history, from towering peaks to Prairie plains, from fertile farmlands of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands to rugged cliffs of the Atlantic shore. However, the modern landscape is just the latest episode in an epic story spanning more than 4 billion years. Four Billion Years and Counting unveils the geological history of Canada and makes connections between geology and social issues such as climate change, hazards such as landslides and earthquakes, and other environmental factors. The text features contributions from some 100 specialists, and is richly illustrated with over 500 colour photographs and diagrams. Four Billion Years and Counting is a fascinating exploration of Canada's geology for those who are intrigued by the landscape and the vital connection between ourselves and what lies beneath our feet.

Author : Nita Sahai,Martin A. A. Schoonen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781501509421

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Medical Mineralogy and Geochemistry by Nita Sahai,Martin A. A. Schoonen Pdf

Volume 64 of Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry presents examples that include the effects of inhaled dust particles in the lung (Huang et al. 2006; Schoonen et al. 2006), biomineralization of bones and teeth (Glimcher et al. 2006), the formation of kidney-stones, the calcification of arteries, the speciation exposure pathways and pathological effects of heavy metal contaminants (Reeder et al. 2006; Plumlee et al. 2006), the transport and fate of prions and pathological viruses in the environment (Schramm et al. 2006), the possible environmental-genetic link in the occurrence of neurodegenerative diseases (Perl and Moalem 2006), the design of biocompatible, bioactive ceramics for use as orthopaedic and dental implants and related tissue engineering applications (Cerruti and Sahai 2006) and the use of oxide-encapsulated living cells for the development of biosensors (Livage and Coradin 2006).

Author : A.R. Jha
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781466564039

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Rare Earth Materials by A.R. Jha Pdf

Recent studies indicate that China accounts for about 96 percent of the world's supply of rare earth materials (REMs). With REMs becoming increasingly important for a growing number of high-tech applications, appropriate action must be taken to mitigate the effects of a shortage of critical REMs in defense systems and components.Bringing together i

Author : C. B. Dissanayake,Rohana Chandrajith
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642004858

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Introduction to Medical Geology by C. B. Dissanayake,Rohana Chandrajith Pdf

Over two billion people live in tropical lands. Most of them live in intimate contact with the immediate geological environment, obtaining their food and water directly from it. The unique geochemistry of these tropical environments have a marked influence on their health, giving rise to diseases that affect millions of people. The origin of these diseases is geologic as exemplified by dental and skeletal fluorosis, iodine deficiency disorders, trace element imbalances to name a few. This book, one of the first of its kind, serves as an excellent introduction to the emerging discipline of Medical Geology.