The blue planet : an introduction to earth system science

著者

• Skinner, Brian J.
• Porter, Stephen C.

書誌事項

The blue planet : an introduction to earth system science

Brian J. Skinner, Stephen C. Porter

John Wiley, c1995

注記

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This text introduces a holistic view of the Earth derived from the technological and scientific advances that have made it possible to measure the many ways that the different parts of the Earth - the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and the solid Earth - intersect. Interactions and fluxes of materials and energy between solid Earth, ocean and atmosphere are stressed to develop an integrated perspective. Each chapter contains an essay written by an expert in his or her relevant field.

目次

• THE EARTH IN SPACE: Venus: An Earth-Like Planet
• Fellow Travellers in Space: Earth's Nearest Neighbours
• The Sun, Giver of Life
• THE EARTH BENEATH OUR FEET: The Way the Earth Works: Earthquakes and the Earth's Interior
• Minerals and Rocks
• The Heat Within: Magma and Volcanoes
• The Principles of Plate Tectonics
• The Earth's Evolving Crust
• THE EARTH'S BLANKET OF WATER AND ICE: The World Ocean
• Hydrology and the Hydrologic Cycle
• The World of Snow and Ice
• The Changing Face of the Land
• THE EARTH'S GASEOUS ENVELOPE: Evolution of the Atmosphere
• Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere
• Winds and the Weather
• The Earth's Changing Climates
• THE DYNAMICS OF LIFE: How Birds Navigate
• Dynamics of the Global Ecosystem
• Biogeochemical Cycles
• Evolution of the Biosphere
• THE EARTH'S FUTURE: Resources from the Earth
• Global Change: A Planet Under Stress.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA24607286
• ISBN:
  • 0471540218
• LCCN: 94025686
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York
• ページ数/冊数: xxiii, 493, [52] p.
• 大きさ: 29 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : QB631
  • DC20 : 550
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Earth
  • LCSH : Earth sciences