Asphalt: A History

by Kenneth O'Reilly

La Brea Tar Pits once trapped prehistoric mammals. Today that killer has a chemical cousin in the Athabasca oil sands of Alberta, Canada--immense deposits of natural asphalt destined for upgrading to synthetic crude oil. If the harvesting of this natural asphalt continues unabated, we might find ourselves stuck in a muck of a different kind.

Humanity has used asphalt for thousands of years. This humble hydrocarbon may have glued the first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496222075
• ISBN13: 9781496222077
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.7" x 9.2"