Volume 16, Number 2 (1989)
Articles

Changing Earth Sciences

M. J. Keen
Atlantic Geoscience Centre, Geological Survey of Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Published 1989-06-06

How to Cite

Keen, M. J. (1989). Changing Earth Sciences. Geoscience Canada, 16(2). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/3595

Abstract

Canada's economic dependence on natural resources has declined — minerals, oil and gas, forestry, trapping, fishing and agriculture contribute proportionately much less to the Gross Domestic Product than they did 30 years ago. Advanced materials, advanced crops and service industries appear to be replacing our traditional bases.