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Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Department of Agriculture, U.S. . . . . . . . . . 287
Department of Energy, U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Department of the Interior, ... . 1019
Resources as a medium of economic
exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1020
Resources as a source of international
conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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... of which has been concen-
trated in mineral-rich areas of the country. Another
problem affecting the global status of exports from
the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the predom-
inance of ... methods. Howard found that the
best compost pile consists of three parts plant matter
to one part manure. He devised theIndore method of
Global Resources Composting • 233
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... many parts of the United States and most areas
of the GreatPlains,the period between 1930 and 1941
represents some of the driest years on record. Annual
318 • Dust Bowl Global Resources
Uses of ... southernGreatPlains of the United
States and was caused by a combination of extended
drought and human misuse of the land.
Definition
The Dust Bowl represents one of the most sa...
Encyclopedia of Global Resources part 61 ppsx
... heated
to drive off much of its water of crystallization, gyp-
sum istransformed into plaster of paris (so named be-
cause of the famous gypsum deposits of the Mont-
martre district of Paris, France). ... little of it is available to them. The stability of
nitrogen gas, because of the strength of the triple
bond in the molecule, means that of all nutrients in
the biosphe...
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... nutrients
Global Resources Hemp • 571
and is often used as feed for livestock. Because of its
high biomass in a wide range of habitats, hemp has an
unmatched potential to be a source of biofuel, ... all aspects of
crop production, from the collection and germina-
tion of seed to the final marketing of the products.
Plant propagation, protection, and harvesting are
three areas...
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... government and resources
In 2007, Iran produced more than 4 million barrels
per day (bbl/d) of crude oil (about 5.4 percent of global
output) and 1.0 percentoftheworld’soutputofcement
and fluorspar. ... hy-
drocarbon goods and services because of Iran’s nu-
clear development program. According to the U.S.
Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC), Amer...
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... given use of the land and the
possible negative environmental or aesthetic impacts.
As a result, land-use planning often takes the form of
assessing the suitability of a particular parcel of land
for ... Largest Landlord: The Bu-
reau of Land Management in the American West. Law-
rence: University Press of Kansas, 2009.
Web Site
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Bureau of L...
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... Texture and Composition
Isotopes of uranium and of thorium decay, through
a series of emissions of alpha particles (helium nu-
clei), intoa stable isotopeof lead. Thealphaparticle is
emitted from the ... and globaleffects. Global emission
patterns have been studied and compared with statis-
tical information of the world’s use of ores, rocks, and
fuels and to the production of...
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... Bureau of
Land Management in the U.S. Department of the In-
terior, often demand larger than average bonuses be-
cause they may control the fate of mineral develop-
ment.
The most important part of ... particles are very
Global Resources Mineral resource use, early history of • 753
The Sumerian temple of Ur, in present-day Iraq, is an early example of the use of brick, a...
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... source of energy because it
1010 • Renewable and nonrenewable resources Global Resources
Tidal energy utilizes the ebb and flow of tides to
create electricity by trapping seawater at theextremes
of ... following types
of revisions of, or supplements to, the existing system
of national accounts estimates. First, account can be
taken of the changes in physical amounts of na...