01966nam 2200409 450 991016269770332120170603104013.01-284-10830-9(CKB)3710000001044113(MiAaPQ)EBC4441595(EXLCZ)99371000000104411320170425h20182018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierEarth's evolving systems the history of planet Earth /Ronald Martin, PhD, University of Delaware, Newark, DelawareSecond edition.Burlington, Massachusetts :Jones & Bartlett Learning,2018.©20181 online resource (1,889 pages) color illustrations, photographs1-284-10829-5 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.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.GeodynamicsHistoryEarth (Planet)HistoryGeodynamicsHistory.551.7Martin Ronald E.187324MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910162697703321Earth's evolving systems2890837UNINA