1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910162697703321

Autore

Martin Ronald E.

Titolo

Earth's evolving systems : the history of planet Earth / / Ronald Martin, PhD, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, Massachusetts : , : Jones & Bartlett Learning, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-284-10830-9

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1,889 pages) : color illustrations, photographs

Disciplina

551.7

Soggetti

Geodynamics - History

Earth (Planet) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: investigating earth's systems -- Plate tectonics -- Earth systems: processes and interactions -- Sedimentary rocks, sedimentary environments, and fossils -- Evolution and extinction -- Geologic time and stratigraphy -- An extraordinary beginning: Hadean and Archean -- Origins of life -- The Proterozoic: life becomes a geologic force -- Life's "big bang": the origins and early diversification of multicellular animals -- The early-to-middle Paleozoic world -- Late Paleozoic world -- Mesozoic era -- The Cenozoic era: the Paleogene period -- The Cenozoic era: the Neogene era -- Rapid climate change during the Holocene -- The Anthropocene: humans as an environmental force.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910707821603321

Titolo

Oversight of the Judgement Fund : Iran, big settlements, and the lack of transparency : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, second session, September 7, 2016

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 61 pages)

Soggetti

Ransom - Government policy - United States

Government liability (International law)

Arbitration (International law)

Transparency in government - United States

Legislative hearings.

United States Claims

Iran Claims vs. United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, United States Government Publishing Office.

"Serial no. 114-92."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.