Earth, then and now
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Earth, then and now
Wm. C. Brown, c1994
2nd ed
- : pbk
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This edition has been updated and revised to incorporate equal coverage of both physical and historical geology. It features: expanded discussion of dinosaurs in a chapter entitled "Mesozoic Life"; a new chapter, "The Proterozoic", which contains a thorough discussion of the origin of life; revised discussion of the solar system has been combined with "The Archean" to provide fundamental background information on the origin of the planet; and coverage of volcanic activity, earthquakes, coastal erosion and hazards, flooding, water supply, and landslides and human activities.
目次
- Introducing the Earth. Part 1 Physical geology - Earth materials and processes: minerals
- igneous rocks and processes, volcanoes
- weathering, soil, sediment and sedimentary rocks
- metamorphism and metamorphic rocks
- plate tectonics
- earthquakes, seismic waves and the Earth's interior
- the continental crust
- ocean basins, coastal processes
- streams
- groundwater and water resources
- landslides and mass wasting
- ice, wind and climate. Part 2 Historical geology - time and theevolution of the Earth: geological time
- fossils and evolution
- the Archean
- the Proterozoic
- the earlt Proterozoic
- the late Proterozoic
- the Mesozoic
- Mesozoic life
- the Cenozoic. Part 3 Looking to the future - Earth resources: mineral resources. Appendices: mineral and rock identification
- fossil phyla
- representative localities
- unit conversions.
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