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UNINA9910162697703321 |
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Autore |
Martin Ronald E. |
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Titolo |
Earth's evolving systems : the history of planet Earth / / Ronald Martin, PhD, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware |
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Burlington, Massachusetts : , : Jones & Bartlett Learning, , 2018 |
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©2018 |
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Edizione |
[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1,889 pages) : color illustrations, photographs |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Geodynamics - History |
Earth (Planet) History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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