Termin:
28.04.2010
18:15
Are We About to Run Out of Minerals - No We Are Not!
Neil Williams, Society of Economic Geologists + CEO Australian
Geoscience, Canberra, Australia
Ever since the Industrial Revolution there have been concerns about the exhaustion of non-renewable mineral resources. The concerns are serious because modern society depends on a variety of metals which are widely used but geochemically scarce. Both geological and economic evidence indicates that there is an abundance of minerals in the earth's crust, but the big problem is our growing inability to discover major new ore deposits.
Moderation:
Christian Köberl, ÖAW, Uni Wien
Veranstalter:
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), Industriellenvereinigung Wien, Wiener Vorlesungen - Dialogforum der Stadt Wien, Österreichische Geologische Gesellschaft
Eduard Suess Lectures [PDF]
Pressetext vom 22.04.2010 Handout [PDF] Fotos
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