LEADER 02739nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910825228703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-97569-9 010 $a9786611975692 010 $a0-19-155049-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000707218 035 $a(EBL)415861 035 $a(OCoLC)476245355 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000294504 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11244151 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000294504 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10311961 035 $a(PQKB)11723949 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415861 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415861 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10278913 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL197569 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000707218 100 $a20080924d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe earth after us $ewhat legacy will humans leave in the rocks? /$fJan Zalasiewicz ; with contributions from Kim Freedman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (268 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-921497-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 243-246) and index. 327 $aPerspective -- 100 million years AD -- The strata machine -- Tectonic escalator -- High water, low water -- Dynasties -- Echoes -- Traces -- Body of evidence -- Meeting the people. 330 $aIf 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 - perhap 606 $aBiogeomorphology 606 $aHistorical geology 606 $aPaleoanthropology 606 $aExtinction (Biology) 606 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on 615 0$aBiogeomorphology. 615 0$aHistorical geology. 615 0$aPaleoanthropology. 615 0$aExtinction (Biology) 615 0$aNature$xEffect of human beings on. 676 $a551.7 700 $aZalasiewicz$b J. A$0874712 701 $aFreedman$b Kim$01696732 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825228703321 996 $aThe earth after us$94076914 997 $aUNINA