China is a voracious consumer and importer of metals:in 2010 it imported 619 Mt of iron ore and around 12 Mt of contained copper(even some antimony!).This and the rapid investment into overseas ventures are responsibl...China is a voracious consumer and importer of metals:in 2010 it imported 619 Mt of iron ore and around 12 Mt of contained copper(even some antimony!).This and the rapid investment into overseas ventures are responsible for the public perception of China as being poor in mineral resources.This is far from the truth.In 2011,according to the U.S.Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook data,China has been the#1 world producer of the following metals(percentages of the world’s production are in brackets).展开更多
Although by the publisher’s definition this is a‘single article’,it nevertheless occupies the whole of Volume 100 of the Earth Science Reviews.At 420 pages,A4 format,of a very dense,two-column print,this is actuall...Although by the publisher’s definition this is a‘single article’,it nevertheless occupies the whole of Volume 100 of the Earth Science Reviews.At 420 pages,A4 format,of a very dense,two-column print,this is actually a major book in everything but name:an approximate equivalent of a 700-800 page 23 x 16 cm volume as in the Elsevier’s Developments in Economic Geology series.So why has this work not been published as a book?Well,there are certain reasons...;more about them below.展开更多
In the electronic age,traditional collections of geological specimens as in museums,and bulky materials as in drill core“libraries”,lag behind the general progress as they require more space to keep and labour to ma...In the electronic age,traditional collections of geological specimens as in museums,and bulky materials as in drill core“libraries”,lag behind the general progress as they require more space to keep and labour to maintain.This results in liquidation of some established collections and near-sequestration of others so that physical access to material for study and research is severely restricted.展开更多
文摘China is a voracious consumer and importer of metals:in 2010 it imported 619 Mt of iron ore and around 12 Mt of contained copper(even some antimony!).This and the rapid investment into overseas ventures are responsible for the public perception of China as being poor in mineral resources.This is far from the truth.In 2011,according to the U.S.Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook data,China has been the#1 world producer of the following metals(percentages of the world’s production are in brackets).
文摘Although by the publisher’s definition this is a‘single article’,it nevertheless occupies the whole of Volume 100 of the Earth Science Reviews.At 420 pages,A4 format,of a very dense,two-column print,this is actually a major book in everything but name:an approximate equivalent of a 700-800 page 23 x 16 cm volume as in the Elsevier’s Developments in Economic Geology series.So why has this work not been published as a book?Well,there are certain reasons...;more about them below.
文摘In the electronic age,traditional collections of geological specimens as in museums,and bulky materials as in drill core“libraries”,lag behind the general progress as they require more space to keep and labour to maintain.This results in liquidation of some established collections and near-sequestration of others so that physical access to material for study and research is severely restricted.
