Ancient Landscapes of Western North America : A Geologic History with Paleogeographic Maps / / by Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney |
Autore | Blakey Ronald C. <1945-> |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XI, 228 p. 146 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 550 |
Soggetto topico |
Earth
Geology Geology, Structural Physical geography Geomorphology Popular Earth Science Structural Geology World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions) |
ISBN | 3-319-59636-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Geologic setting of the Cordillera: Introduction to terranes -- Overview of modern landscapes and geology, Western North America -- Proterozoic – origin of continental crust and passive margin history -- Passive margins and broad seaways – Early Pz (Camb-Dev) -- First accretion – Antler orogeny (Dev-Miss) -- Unstable margin – Marginal Island Arcs and terrane juxtaposition (Miss-Penn) -- Second Accretion – Sonoman orogeny (Perm-Tr) -- Cordilleran Arc – Sevier orogeny – volcanoes, batholiths, and more terranes (J-K) -- Shallow subduction and arc disruption (Paleogene) -- Transform margin and crustal extension (Neogene) -- Canyons and glaciers – shaping the modern landscape (Pleistocene to Recent) -- Special places – where to see the landscapes -- Use of Plaeogeographic maps -- New North American series (whole or cropped to area covered) – broad areas and broad events – to provide broad geologic setting -- Colorado Plateau-SW North America series – regional detail and events of N Mexico, California, Nevada, Western Arizona, Western Utah, Oregon, Idaho -- Global series – broad geologic setting of Western North America through geologic time. |
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Arming the Confederacy : How Virginia’s Minerals Forged the Rebel War Machine / / by Robert C. Whisonant |
Autore | Whisonant Robert C |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (211 p.) |
Disciplina | 553.09755 |
Soggetto topico |
Earth
Geology Mineral resources Historical geology History Culture—Study and teaching Popular Earth Science Mineral Resources Historical Geology History, general Regional and Cultural Studies |
ISBN | 3-319-14508-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Minerals and Warfare -- Terrain and a Tale of Two Nations -- The Land They Fought For -- Niter and Gunpowder -- Bullets, Firearms, and Colonel Chiswell’s Mines -- The Lead Mines Under Attack -- The Saltville Salt Works -- Two Battles and a Massacre -- Iron, Civilizations, and War -- Virginia’s Iron Industry in the Civil War -- Coal, Confederate Mines, and the CSS Virginia -- Confederate Railroads -- Union Raiders in the New River Valley -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Whisonant Robert C
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Australia's Little Space Travellers : The Flight Shaped Tektites of Australia / / by Don McColl |
Autore | McColl Don |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XV, 64 p. 74 illus., 56 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 550 |
Soggetto topico |
Earth
Geology Planetology Astrophysics Space sciences Mineralogy Ceramics Glass Composites (Materials) Composite materials Popular Earth Science Astrophysics and Astroparticles Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction and History -- Theories of Tektite Origin -- The True Origin of the Australian Tektites -- Where are Tektites Found in Australia? -- Primary Shapes of the Australian Tektites -- Flight Shaping of Australian Tektites -- The Classical Flanged Buttons -- Elongate Flanged Forms -- Miniature Flanged Forms -- Microtektites -- Hollow tektites -- Asymmetric Flanged Form.-s Fragmentation of Flanged Forms -- References. |
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McColl Don
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The Caloris Network : A Scientific Novel / / by Nick Kanas |
Autore | Kanas Nick |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (132 p.) |
Disciplina | 813.54 |
Collana | Science and Fiction |
Soggetto topico |
Astrobiology
Astronomy Planetology Earth Geology Popular Science in Astronomy Popular Earth Science |
ISBN | 3-319-30579-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- The Novel -- Scientific appendix. |
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Chicxulub: The Impact and Tsunami : The Story of the Largest Known Asteroid to Hit the Earth / / by David Shonting, Cathy Ezrailson |
Autore | Shonting David |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (146 p.) |
Disciplina | 500 |
Collana | Popular Science |
Soggetto topico |
Earth
Geology Historical geology Astronomy Planetology Natural disasters Astrophysics Popular Earth Science Historical Geology Popular Science in Astronomy Natural Hazards Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology |
ISBN | 3-319-39487-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Prologue: the arrival -- Chapter 1: The orbiting objects -- Chapter 2: The tale of chicxulub -- Chapter 3: A scenario for the chicxulub impact and energies -- Chapter 4: The chicxulub tsunami -- Chapter 5: Long term global effects -- Epilogue: Possible chicxulub effects on the path of human evolution. |
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The Cosmic Zoo : Complex Life on Many Worlds / / by Dirk Schulze-Makuch, William Bains |
Autore | Schulze-Makuch Dirk |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XII, 232 p. 33 illus., 31 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 520 |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Life sciences Astrobiology Evolutionary biology Earth Geology Popular Science in Astronomy Popular Life Sciences Evolutionary Biology Popular Earth Science |
ISBN | 3-319-62045-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Introduction -- Part I – The Cosmic Zoo Hypothesis -- Part II – Major Transitions in Earth’s Life History -- Part III -- Are there Visitors in the Cosmic Zoo? . |
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Deutschlands Süden - vom Erdmittelalter zur Gegenwart / / von Joachim Eberle, Bernhard Eitel, Wolf Dieter Blümel, Peter Wittmann |
Autore | Eberle Joachim |
Edizione | [3rd ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (X, 198 S. 319 Abb. in Farbe.) |
Disciplina | 550 |
Soggetto topico |
Earth
Geology Historical geology Physical geography Popular Earth Science Historical Geology Physical Geography |
ISBN | 3-662-54381-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Nota di contenuto | Vorwort -- 1 Einleitung -- 2 Land und Meer im Wandel: Die Grundlagen der süddeutschen Landschaft -- 3 Die Kreidezeit – eine Spurensuche -- 4 Das Alttertiär – Landformung unter tropischen Bedingungen -- 5 Die Formung der Landschaft im Jungtertiär -- 6 Von der Waldsteppe zur ersten Kaltzeit – die Landformung im frühen Pleistozän -- 7 Landformung während der großen Kaltzeiten: Das Mittel- und Oberpleistozän -- 8 Vom Ende der letzten Kaltzeit bis zu den ersten Bauern -- 9 Die letzten 7500 Jahre – der Mensch formt die Landschaft -- 10 Die Zukunft der süddeutschen Landschaft. |
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Early Geological Maps of Europe : Central Europe 1750 to 1840 / / by Jan Kozák, Alena Čejchanová, Zdeněk Kukal, Karel Pošmourný |
Autore | Kozák Jan |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 155 p. 87 illus., 58 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 550 |
Soggetto topico |
Earth
Geology Historical geology Regional planning Urban planning Nature Environment History Physical geography Popular Earth Science Historical Geology Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning Popular Science in Nature and Environment History, general Physical Geography |
ISBN | 3-319-22488-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Introduction -- Table of treated and reproduced early geological maps of Central Europe -- Outline of the geological evolution of the Central Europe -- The Atlas -- Further advancement of geology in Central Europe -- Indexes -- References. |
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Earth's Early Atmosphere and Oceans, and The Origin of Life / / by George H. Shaw |
Autore | Shaw George H |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (117 p.) |
Disciplina | 550 |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Geobiology
Planetology Earth Geology Geoecology Environmental geology Biogeosciences Popular Earth Science Geoecology/Natural Processes |
ISBN | 3-319-21972-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Accretional history of Earth -- Processes of degassing -- Atmospheric processing of degassed volatiles -- Early Archean “geography” -- Degassing processes -- Prebiotic chemistry – why we should pay attention to this -- Eigen’s hypercycle and the emergence of life -- How the carbon-rich surface is key to emergence of life -- Evolution of Earth starting with a carbon-rich surface -- Implications of this model -- Conclusions. |
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Shaw George H
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Evolution of Land and Life in Oman: an 800 Million Year Story / / by Mohammed Hilal Al Kindi |
Autore | Al Kindi Mohammed Hilal |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 555.353 |
Soggetto topico |
Paleontology
Structural geology Historical geology Evolutionary biology Archaeology Earth Geology Paleontology Structural Geology Historical Geology Evolutionary Biology Popular Earth Science |
ISBN | 3-319-60152-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Planet Earth -- Oman during Precambrian -- Oman during Palaeozoic -- Oman during Mesozoic -- Oman during Cenozoic -- Humans -- Conclusions. |
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