Earth's evolving systems : the history of planet Earth / / Ronald Martin, PhD, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Burlington, Massachusetts : , : Jones & Bartlett Learning, , 2018 |
| ©2018 | |
| Edizione: | Second edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (1,889 pages) : color illustrations, photographs |
| Disciplina: | 551.7 |
| Soggetto topico: | Geodynamics - History |
| Soggetto geografico: | Earth (Planet) History |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Earth's evolving systems |
| ISBN: | 1-284-10830-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910162697703321 |
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