GEOLOGY 101

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GEOLOGY 101

• Today Chapter 14
• Squeezing Power from a Stone II
• Energy Resources

Course Website http//fouch101.asu.edu
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Energy Mineral resources
Alternate energy resources
Supplies 7 of U.S. needs Energy from nuclear
fission Difficulty 1 accidents can happen...
Difficulty 2 what to do w/ hazardous waste
nuclear solar wind hydroelectric geothermal tidal
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Energy Mineral resources
Alternate energy resources
Supplies 7 of U.S. needs Energy from nuclear
fission Difficulty 1 accidents can happen...
Difficulty 2 what to do w/ hazardous waste
nuclear solar wind hydroelectric geothermal tidal
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Energy Mineral resources
Alternate energy resources
Suns energy Different systems/types Effective
where sunlight is common Expect more in future
nuclear solar geothermal hydroelectric wind tidal
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Energy Mineral resources
Alternate energy resources
Suns energy Different systems/types Effective
where sunlight is common Expect more in future
nuclear solar geothermal hydroelectric wind tidal
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Energy Mineral resources
Alternate energy resources
Suns energy Different systems/types Effective
where sunlight is common Expect more in future
nuclear solar geothermal hydroelectric wind tidal
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Energy Mineral resources
Alternate energy resources
Suns energy Different systems/types Effective
where sunlight is common Expect more in future
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Energy Mineral resources
Alternate energy resources
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Energy Mineral resources
Alternate energy resources

• Underground steam/hot water
• Hardly any environmental impact
• Limited life per field

nuclear solar geothermal hydroelectric wind tidal
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Energy Mineral resources
Alternate energy resources

• Underground steam/hot water
• Hardly any environmental impact
• Limited life per field

nuclear solar geothermal hydroelectric wind tidal
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Energy Mineral resources
Alternate energy resources
nuclear solar geothermal hydroelectric wind tidal

• Underground steam/hot water
• Hardly any environmental impact
• Limited life per field

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• Underground steam/hot water
• Hardly any environmental impact
• Limited life per field

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Energy Mineral resources
Alternate energy resources

• Underground steam/hot water
• Hardly any environmental impact
• Limited life per field

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Alternate energy resources
Energy Mineral resources
Falling water drives turbines 5 of U.S.
electricity Mostly large dams Limited life span
nuclear solar geothermal hydroelectric wind tidal
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Alternate energy resources
Energy Mineral resources
Falling water drives turbines 5 of U.S.
electricity Mostly large dams Limited life span
Hydroelectric
nuclear solar geothermal hydroelectric wind tidal
Clean! 1.3 of Californias power Noisy
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Alternate energy resources
Energy Mineral resources
Clean! 1.3 of Californias power Noisy
Wind
nuclear solar geothermal hydroelectric wind tidal
Largely untapped Uneconomical if tide lt 25
feet Need enclosed bay
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Alternate energy resources
Energy Mineral resources
Largely untapped Uneconomical if tide lt 25
feet Need enclosed bay
tidal
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Energy Mineral resources
Mineral resources
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Mineral resources
Energy Mineral resources
Copper sulfide ores
Chalcopyrite Malachite
Chalcocite
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Mineral resources
Energy Mineral resources
Iron ores
Siderite
Iron pyrite
Magnetite
Hematite
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Mineral resources
Energy Mineral resources
Magmatic segregation pegmatites Hydrothermal
solutions important ore deposits
Crystallization in fluid-rich environment
Hot, metal-rich fluid migration as vein deposits
or disseminated deposits
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Mineral resources
Energy Mineral resources
Magmatic segregation pegmatites Hydrothermal
solutions important ore deposits
Crystallization in fluid-rich environment
Hot, metal-rich fluid migration as vein deposits
or disseminated deposits
Quartz veins
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Mineral resources
Energy Mineral resources
Quartz vein
Silver gold
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Mineral resources
Energy Mineral resources
Magmatic segregation pegmatites Hydrothermal
solutions important ore deposits
Crystallization in fluid-rich environment
Hot, metal-rich fluid migration as vein deposits
or disseminated deposits
Copper mine, Utah
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Mineral resources
Energy Mineral resources
Magmatic segregation pegmatites Hydrothermal
solutions important ore deposits
Crystallization in fluid-rich environment
Hot, metal-rich fluid migration as vein deposits
or disseminated deposits
Copper mine, Utah
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