text: L72.2 x I0 124.0 x t0 677.2 x lO 213.8 x 10 3 98.6 x 10773 607 qqq 944 766 IOU o92 e29 120333 346 246 402 330 327 462 355 473 4 86178 185 133 2r3 L76 I ?C. 244 189 250 256'l 7. 6.9 q? 2.2 9.5 3.8 11.1 4.7 @: The data on the resource base are based on the information in oonald l. gruest and wal-den P. Pratt, eds., nttnited states Mlneral Resources". C'eological Survey professional paper 820 (Washington D.C. U.S. Croverrunent Printing offlce' 19?3), pp. 22-23 i Tan Iee and Chl-Lang Yao' "Abundance of Chemlcal Elenents in the Earthrs Crust and Its !4ajor Tectonic Units", International Geologry Revlew [JuIy 19701, I4). 778-85. The figures for the L972-I974 average the annual percentage growth in production for 194?-1974. The entire table is based upon Joh n E. Tilton' The nrture of l,lon-fuel Mlnerals (Washington D.C., The Brookings Institution, 1977), pp. 12-13. 68. The juridicalLy accepted and Politically irnportant right of national Sovereignty Over natural resources, on the One hand, and the increaSing claims for several of those resources by the arms race have yietded several patterns of mutual denial which carry the risk that resou rce-r elated conflicts nay further aggravate the arms race. In thls respect, developnents throughout the 1970s have underlined groning tensions anong the suPpliers and recipients of fuel and non-fuel mlnerals A/37/386 Engl ish Annex Page 34
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the extraction, production, and trade of natural resources, specifically mineral resources. The text references various publications and data sources, including a geological survey and a book on the nature of long-fuel minerals. The text also touches on the theme of international tensions and conflicts related to the extraction and trade of these resources.