This course is designed to give an overview of the origin and status of non-renewable resources and their role in society, the different extraction methods used; impacts of extraction on the environment, contamination and degradation of soil. At the end of this course; the students are expected to recognize the importance of earth’s geological resources to society; describe the geological environments of accumulation and formation of coal and natural gas and the metallic ores; explain characteristics of construction materials; methods of extraction; effects of mining on air; and describe the natural and anthropogenic processes of land and soil degradation..
- Teacher: Kasibe Isaiah
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