Revised 11 March 2017
DATE TOPIC: Please
complete reading assignments before class.
13
Jan 17 Kesler and Simon 2016 Mineral Resources,
Economics and the Environment
Preface, Chapter 1 Introduction
Supplement
1: The Earth and the Moon
http://wvaughan.org/notes/Accretion%20and%20primary%20differentiation%20of%20the%20Earth.pdf
A fundamental question in Earth
science is discussed in this paper. We will look at similar
questions throughout the course, although our scale will be
much smaller than VaughnÕs scale. Pay attention to changes in
thinking that result from either new data or new models. (And
donÕt worry about the details.)
Supplement 2: The Bill Bottke NSF Lecture
This lecture uses a varitety of
models to account for various features of our solar system.
https://science360.gov/obj/tkn-video/179c780a-bd29-411e-a03b-a6517513fa20
The lecture
runs about 45 minutes. Models are shown at 4:00, 8:50,
11:00, 15:55, 19:00, 23:20, 30:00, 36:00, 40:10, 44:30.
Too much of the
video shows Bottke and not his images. Nonetheless, his
discussion is valuable.
18 Jan 17 Minerals, Rocks,
Crustal Composition, Ore Models Kesler and Simon (2016)
pp.11-18, 21-28, 217-223
20
Jan 17 Sierra Cobre
Review the website before class:
http://reynolds.asu.edu/sierra_cobre/sierra_cobre_student.htm
23 Jan 17 Mineral Exploration;
Base Metal Deposits: Molybdenum, Tin, Lead-Zinc
Kesler and Simon 2016 pp. 55-69, 200-201, 224-232,
25 Jan 17 Gold hydrothermal deposits; Silver; The Comstock Lode
Kesler and Simon 2016 pp. 257-262, 271-275
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/ScienceEducation/ScienceOfTheComstock/Tour-Mining.html
30 Jan 17 Iron, Manganese, Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt,
Titanium
Kesler and Simon 2016 pp. 175-180, 185-191, 197-201, 216-217.
1 Feb 17 A variety of metallic
ores
Kesler and Simon 2016 pp. 203-217, 234-252, 276-288.
3 Feb 17 Coal
Feb 8 Shale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUD_26XuOqw
http://energy.gov/fe/shale-gas-101
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmUXM_JNbSQ
http://ostseis.anl.gov/guide/oilshale/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY34PQUiwOQ
Feb 10 Commodities
http://www.cftc.gov/ConsumerProtection/EducationCenter/FuturesMarketBasics/index.htm
Feb 13 No Reading Assignment: Work on your commodity project
Feb 15 No Reading Assignment: Work on your commodity project
Feb 22 Law
Kesler and Simon 2016 Chapter 5
Feb 23 Hydropolitics
Kesler and Simon 2016 pp 18-20, 22 (the two boxes), 33-34
USGS
Groundwater and Surface Water: a Single Resource
pp. 1-21
Colorado
River Agreements within the US and between the US and Mexico
International
Boundary and Water Commission (US Site)
This Mexico-US Commission enforces terms of
treaties governing the Rio Grande.
Feb 27 Project Finance
World Bank Site on Finance:
https://ppp.worldbank.org/public-private-partnership/financing
https://ppp.worldbank.org/public-private-partnership/financing/mechanisms
https://ppp.worldbank.org/public-private-partnership/financing/investors-developing-countries
https://ppp.worldbank.org/public-private-partnership/financing/project-finance-concepts
https://ppp.worldbank.org/public-private-partnership/financing/risk-mitigation-mechanisms-products
https://ppp.worldbank.org/public-private-partnership/financing/government-support-subsidies
https://ppp.worldbank.org/public-private-partnership/financing/government-risk-management
March
1 Scandal
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/johnson/teapotdome.htm
March 3 Markets and Trade
Review Kesler and Simon 2016 Chapter 6
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-335/of02-335-tags.pdf
pp. 71-93.
March
6 OPEC, THE TRRC, and The Standard Oil Trust
http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/about-us/history/informal-history-toc/
What is the Texas Railroad Commission? When was is formed?
When did it become involved with oil? Why?
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/teachers/lesson_plans/pdfs/unit7_8.pdf
A brief discussion of the suit against the Standard Oil
Trust
http://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/
OPEC: when was it formed? Who belongs to OPEC? What does it
do?
March 8 Population Trends
http://www.prb.org/pdf16/prb-wpds2016-web-2016.pdf
Look at the table, brief essays. Note the differences between the US, Europe, and other regions. Useful definitions appear at the end of the pdf.
March 10 Resource Assessment Methods
Kesler and Simon 2016 Chapter 14
March 13 Government Policy and Resources
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-418/of02-418.pdf
pp. 10-55.
March 14 Government Policy and Resources
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-418/of02-418.pdf
pp. 55-65
https://www.dni.gov/files/images/globalTrends/documents/GT-Main-Report.pdf
pp. 1-26, 43-47, 51, 54 (pages as seen in Acrobat)
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The following are from the 2016
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