Steven M. Stanley

Earth System History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This classic textbook is now in its fourth edition and Steven Stanley has teamed up with John Luczaj, an award winning field geologist. Written from a truly integrated earth systems perspective this updated edition includes new coverage on mass extinction, the hot topic of climate change and Proterozoic history.
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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Macmillan Learning / Springer Palgrave Macmillan / WH Freeman
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-319-15402-8
• 4. Aufl.
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 217mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 1214g
• ISBN-13: 9781319154028
• ISBN-10: 1319154026
• Artikelnr.: 48560281

Autorenporträt

Steven M. Stanley; John A. Luczaj

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Materials, Processes, and Principles.- CHAPTER 1 Earth as a System.- CHAPTER 2 Rock-Forming Minerals and Rocks.- CHAPTER 3 The Diversity of Life.- CHAPTER 4 Environments and Life.- CHAPTER 5 Sedimentary Environments.- CHAPTER 6 Correlation and Dating of the Rock Record.- CHAPTER 7 Evolution and the Fossil Record.- CHAPTER 8 The Theory of Plate Tectonics.- CHAPTER 9 Continental Tectonics and Mountain Chains.- CHAPTER 10 Major Geochemical CyclesPart II The Story of Earth.- CHAPTER 11 The Hadean and Archean Eons of Precambrian Time.- CHAPTER 12 The Proterozoic Eon of Precambrian Time.- CHAPTER 13 The Early Paleozoic World.- CHAPTER 14 The Middle Paleozoic WorldCHAPTER 15 The Late Paleozoic World.- CHAPTER 16 The Early Mesozoic Era.- CHAPTER 17 The Cretaceous World.- CHAPTER 18 The Paleogene World.- CHAPTER 19 The Late Cenozoic World Before the Holocene.- CHAPTER 20 The Retreat of Glaciers and the Holocene.