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Title:
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Rare earth frontiers : from terrestrial subsoils to lunar landscapes
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Authors:
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Julie M. Klinger, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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[S.l.] : Cornell University Press, 2018
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-1-5017-1459-7
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Format:
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xii, 325 p. / ill. / 23 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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TN490.A2
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Subjects:
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Geology
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Mining engineering
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Space industrialization
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Space mining
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Description:
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Rare Earth Frontiers is a work of human geography that serves to demystify the powerful elements that make possible the miniaturization of electronics, green energy and medical technologies, and essential telecommunications and defense systems. Julie Michelle Klinger draws attention to the fact that the rare earths we rely on most are as common as copper or lead, and this means the implications of their extraction are global. Klinger excavates the rich historical origins and ongoing ramifications of the quest to mine rare earths in ever more impossible places.
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Format :
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In print
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