LEADER 04122nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910139386903321 005 20230725041516.0 010 $a1-4443-2326-1 010 $a1-283-20482-7 010 $a9786613204820 010 $a1-4443-2325-3 035 $a(CKB)2480000000008434 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH4285530 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000429763 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11289070 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000429763 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10451907 035 $a(PQKB)10971834 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC530056 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL530056 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10383578 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL320482 035 $a(OCoLC)630541297 035 $a(EXLCZ)992480000000008434 100 $a20100108d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTime matters$b[electronic resource] $egeology's legacy to scientific thought /$fMichael Leddra 210 $aHoboken, NJ $cWiley$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 269 p. )$cill., ports 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-4051-9909-1 311 $a1-4051-9908-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1 Geological time. 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 The historical perspective. 1.2.1 The march of the scientists. 1.2.2 The atomic age. 1.3 Geological time and the age of Mother Earth. 2 Dating rocks. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 The nature of stratigraphy and the principles of relative dating. 2.3 Biostratigraphy. 2.4 Radiometric dating. 2.4.1 Potassium. 2.4.2 Rubidium. 2.4.3 Uranium. 2.4.4 Carbon. 2.4.5 Mass spectrometer. 2.5 Dating by fi ssion tracks. 2.6 Magnetism. 2.6.1 Thermal remnant magnetism. 2.6.2 Depositional remnant magnetism. 2.6.3 Palaeo-magnetism and Polar wandering. 3 The origins of the geological time scale. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Jurassic. 3.3 Carboniferous. 3.4 Triassic. 3.5 Tertiary. 3.6 Cambrian. 3.7 Silurian. 3.8 Devonian. 3.9 Permian. 3.10 Mississippian. 3.11 Quaternary. 3.12 Ordovician. 3.13 Cretaceous. 3.14 Pennsylvanian. 3.15 Proterozoic. 3.16 Archean and Hadean. 4 Plutonism versus Neptunism. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Neptunism. 4.3 Plutonism. 5 Uniformitarianism versus Catastrophism. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Catastrophism. 5.3 Diluvialism. 5.4 Uniformitarianism. 5.5 Mass extinctions. 5.6 Alternating warm and cold conditions. 5.7 Catastrophes and the nature of science. 5.8 Palaeogeography and Earth history. 6 Evolution. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 Darwin and evolution. 6.3 Punctuated equilibrium and geographic speciation. 6.4 Intermediates - what are we looking for? 7 Evolution versus Creationism. 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 Fossils. 7.2.1 The Medieval view. 7.2.2 The 17th- and 18th-century view. 7.2.3 The 19th-century view. 7.2.4 Mantell versus Owen. 7.3 Famous Evolution versus Creation debates. 7.3.1 Huxley versus Wilberforce. 7.3.2 Huxley versus Gladstone. 7.3.3 The abolition of the equal time laws in America. 7.3.4 The nature of life and science, and Evolution versus Creationism. 7.4 Lagerstatten. 8 Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 Mountain building. 8.3 Isostasy. 8.4 Continental Drift. 8.5 Plate Tectonics. 9 What have we learnt? Bibliography. Index. 330 $aThis title covers subjects such as the age of the earth, catastrophism vs uniformitarianism, evolution vs creationism, plutonism vs neptunism, continental drift and plate tectonics. It covers the people involved, their ideas and the scientific and religious power politics involved in the development. 606 $aGeological time 606 $aSequence stratigraphy 606 $aHistorical geology 607 $aEarth$xAge 615 0$aGeological time. 615 0$aSequence stratigraphy. 615 0$aHistorical geology. 676 $a551.7/01 700 $aLeddra$b Michael$0907560 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910139386903321 996 $aTime matters$92030191 997 $aUNINA