Earth time : exploring the deep past from Victorian England to the Grand Canyon
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書誌事項
Earth time : exploring the deep past from Victorian England to the Grand Canyon
Wiley, 2005
- : pbk
大学図書館所蔵 全3件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-428) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The dramatic history of planet Earth and the rocky road to understanding the past
A probing account of the history of the earth and an introduction to the many eccentric characters that have attempted to understand its origins.
Full of fascinating anecdotes about 19th century explorers and natural philosophers who first carved up Earth's history just as others were carving up the globe.
Unravels the fascinating history of rock strata and the implications they have had on accepted theories on the Earth's life.
Considers the future of the earth, and what a repeat of some of the catastrophic events of the earth's past, such as major earthquakes and asteroid collisions, could mean for life today.
目次
Acknowledgements. Introduction.
PART I: CUTTING THROUGH EARTH TIME-MR. SMITH'S SECTION FROM LONDON TO SNOWDON.
1. Recent Earth Time - The Holocene.
2. The Diluvium - The Flood and the Ice Ages.
3. Below the Surface - Into Tertiary Times.
4. Layer upon Layer - Deeper and Deeper into Earth Tine.
5. Oolites and Lias - The Jurassic before the Park.
6. Red Beds in the Midlands and Russia.
7. Fuelling the Industrial Revolution.
8. A Boundary dispute in the Welsh Hills.
9. The end of the Line - The Precambrian.
PART II: MAJOOR POWELL'S BOAT TRIP THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON.
10. A Glympse into the abyss of Earth Time.
11. Signs of life appear.
12. The cambrian arms race.
13. The Upper Paleozoic - American Style.
14. The Missing Mesozoic and the making of the Canyon.
15. Peopling the Americas.
16. Rock of ages - Dating rocks and fossils.
Earth Time - Conclusion.
References.
Index.
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