An introduction to the Earth-life system

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An introduction to the Earth-life system

authors, Charles Cockell ... [et al.]

Cambridge University Press , In association with The Open University, 2008, c2007

Co-published ed

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Athor authors: Richard Corfield, Neil Edwards, Nigel Harris

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-314) and index

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内容説明・目次

内容説明

This concise undergraduate textbook brings together Earth and biological sciences to explore the co-evolution of the Earth and life over geological time. Written for a one-semester course, it explores the Earth system at and above the surface of the Earth by examining the interactions and feedback processes between the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. It also explains how the Earth's surface environment involves a complex interplay between these systems. Through a wealth of features and student questioning, the book allows students to understand how physical controls make our planet hospitable for life, investigate the processes of global change that operate on a range of timescales, understand important cross-disciplinary connections and explore how the whole Earth system has evolved. Finally, it assesses how and why the climate of the Earth has varied over geological time, and considers whether life itself is passive or an active agent for change.

目次

  • 1. A habitable planet
  • 2. The emergence and persistence of life
  • 3. The carbon cycle
  • 4. Plate tectonics, climate and life
  • 5. Mountains and climate change
  • 6. Life in the Phanerozoic
  • 7. The Earth at extremes
  • 8. Summary
  • Answers to questions
  • Appendices
  • Further reading
  • Glossary
  • Index.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA8606787X
  • ISBN
    • 9780521493918
    • 9780521729536
  • LCCN
    2008297880
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Cambridge, UK ; New York,Milton Keynes, UK
  • ページ数/冊数
    319 p.
  • 大きさ
    27 cm
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