Title: GEOLOGY 101
1GEOLOGY 101
- Today Chapter 14
- Squeezing Power from a Stone II
- Energy Resources
Course Website http//fouch101.asu.edu
2Energy 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
3Energy 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
4Energy 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
5Energy 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
6Energy 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
7Energy Mineral resources
Alternate energy resources
Suns energy Different systems/types Effective
where sunlight is common Expect more in future
8Energy Mineral resources
Alternate energy resources
9Energy Mineral resources
Alternate energy resources
- Underground steam/hot water
- Hardly any environmental impact
- Limited life per field
nuclear solar geothermal hydroelectric wind tidal
10Energy Mineral resources
Alternate energy resources
- Underground steam/hot water
- Hardly any environmental impact
- Limited life per field
nuclear solar geothermal hydroelectric wind tidal
11Energy Mineral resources
Alternate energy resources
nuclear solar geothermal hydroelectric wind tidal
- Underground steam/hot water
- Hardly any environmental impact
- Limited life per field
12- Underground steam/hot water
- Hardly any environmental impact
- Limited life per field
13Energy Mineral resources
Alternate energy resources
- Underground steam/hot water
- Hardly any environmental impact
- Limited life per field
14Alternate 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
15Alternate 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
16Alternate 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
17Alternate energy resources
Energy Mineral resources
Largely untapped Uneconomical if tide lt 25
feet Need enclosed bay
tidal
18Energy Mineral resources
Mineral resources
19Mineral resources
Energy Mineral resources
Copper sulfide ores
Chalcopyrite Malachite
Chalcocite
20Mineral resources
Energy Mineral resources
Iron ores
Siderite
Iron pyrite
Magnetite
Hematite
21Mineral 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
22Mineral 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
23Mineral resources
Energy Mineral resources
Quartz vein
Silver gold
24Mineral 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
25Mineral 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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