Sustainable development and minerals: Measuring mining's contribution to society

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 250, Issue , 2005, Pages 195-212

  Shields, D J ^a   Solar S V ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 29144515732     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.250.01.18     Document Type: Article

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