02775nam 2200661Ia 450 991045412170332120200520144314.01-281-97569-997866119756920-19-155049-3(CKB)1000000000707218(EBL)415861(OCoLC)476245355(SSID)ssj0000294504(PQKBManifestationID)11244151(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000294504(PQKBWorkID)10311961(PQKB)11723949(MiAaPQ)EBC415861(Au-PeEL)EBL415861(CaPaEBR)ebr10278913(CaONFJC)MIL197569(EXLCZ)99100000000070721820080924d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe earth after us[electronic resource] what legacy will humans leave in the rocks? /Jan Zalasiewicz ; with contributions from Kim FreedmanOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (268 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-921497-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-246) and index.Perspective -- 100 million years AD -- The strata machine -- Tectonic escalator -- High water, low water -- Dynasties -- Echoes -- Traces -- Body of evidence -- Meeting the people.If aliens came to Earth 100 millions years in the future, what traces would they find of long-extinct humanity's brief reign on the planet? This engaging and thought-provoking account looks at what our species will leave behind, buried deep in the rock strata, and provides us with a warning of our devastating environmental impact. - ;Geologist Jan Zalasiewicz takes the reader one hundred million years into the future, long after the human race became extinct, to explore what will remain of humanity's brief but dramatic sojourn on planet Earth. He tells how geologists in the far future - perhapBiogeomorphologyHistorical geologyPaleoanthropologyExtinction (Biology)NatureEffect of human beings onElectronic books.Biogeomorphology.Historical geology.Paleoanthropology.Extinction (Biology)NatureEffect of human beings on.551.7Zalasiewicz J. A874712Freedman Kim874713MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454121703321The earth after us1952947UNINA