This course examines the occurrence and exploitation of major Earth resources used by modern society, including energy, metallic resources, non-metallic resources, water, and soil. It also examines geological aspects of resource formation, global distribution, and the environmental issues associated with the extraction and use of resources.
Units 1 to 10 and Assignments |
Coal: Economics |
Coal: Environment |
Coal: Evolution |
Coal: Technology |
The Canadian Centre for Energy Information. Canada’s Oil Sands, 3rd ed., 2010. |
Source institution: The National Energy Board |
Source institution: The National Energy Board |
Reading 2 “Oil Sands Resources.” Chap. 2 in Canada’s Oil Sands: A Supply and Market Outlook to 2015. Calgary, AB: National Energy Board, 2000. |
Reading 3 “Oil Sands Pioneers.” Chap. 3 in Canada’s Oil Sands: A Supply and Market Outlook to 2015. Calgary, AB: National Energy Board, 2000. |
Reading 4 “A Review of Oil Sands Technology.” Chap. 4 in Canada’s Oil Sands: A Supply and Market Outlook to 2015. Calgary, AB: National Energy Board, 2000. |
Reading 5 “Environment.” Chap. 9 in Canada’s Oil Sands: A Supply and Market Outlook to 2015. Calgary, AB: National Energy Board, 2000. |
Reading 9 Kent, Peter. "Metals from the Deep Oceans," in Minerals from the Marine Environment, pp. 29-34. London: Edward Arnold, 1980. |
(use Internet Explorer) |
(use Internet Explorer) |