Details Title: Ch. 14 Description: environmental geology Total Flash Cards: 7 Created: 12/02/2008 13:34:37		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Geology Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Resource Definition includes reserves plus other deposits of useful Earth material that may eventually become available Term Residual Deposit Definition with respect to mineral resources, refers to those deposits that form as a result of the mechanical concentration of a particular mineral, as for example gold nuggets in a stream or decomposition in weathered rocks Term Reserve Definition Known and identified deposits of Earth materials from which useful materials can be extracted profitably with existing technology under present economic and legal conditions Term Ore Definition Earth material from which a useful commodity can be extracted profitably Term Evaporite Deposits Definition Sedaments deposited from water as a result of extensive evaporation of seawater or lake water, dissolved materials left behind following evaporation. Term Concentration Factor Definition with respect to mining of resources, the ratio of a metal's necessary concentration for profitable mining to its average concentration in Earth's crust. Term Biotechnology Definition with respect to resource management refers to use of organisms to assist in mining of ores or cleaning up of waste from mining activities