Geological Resources of Metals – A World Journey

The book is a blend of serious economic geology and biography, local geography and cultures, travelog and tips for visitors interested in where the metals on which the industrial civilization is based came from and how their deposits (and their environments) actually look. The looks follow from ~1000 color photos. Learning about economic geology based on textbooks alone need not be boring-in this book it is enlived by historical sketches, travellers stories, interaction with local cultures and politics on 6 continents and in ~85 countries. All this is authentic, collected on author's international travels, engagements and lecturing. The book is intended as supplementary reading to traditional university and professional texts.