An edition of The little book of planet Earth
(2002)
The little book of planet Earth
by Rolf Meissner
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"For those who want a clear and informative tour of the ideas and technologies of modern geology, this concise, engaging, and up-to-date introduction is the best possible choice."--BOOK JACKET.
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: chapter 1: The Roots of Earth Sciences
Classical Scientific Thought
The Copernican Revolution
From Physics and Philosophy to Geology
The Age of the Earth
chapter 2: The Earth in the Context of Our Solar System
The Origins of the Solar System
The Elements of the Solar System
The Planets Circling the Sun
chapter 3: The Formation of Earth and Moon
Similarities and Differences
Exploring the Moon
chapter 4: The Interior of the Earth and the Role of Seismology
Seismic Waves
The Earth's Interior
chapter 5: Rotation and Shape, Gravity and Tides
Describing the Earth's Shape
Tides
Rotation
chapter 6: The Earth's Magnetic Field
Establishing a Physical Concept
Reversals of the Magnetic Field
Paleomagnetism
chapter 7: Atom-Mineral-Rock
Crystallization
Minerals in Crust and Mantle
Rocks
chapter 8: The Early Ages
The Archean
The Proterozoic
chapter 9: Radioactive Dating
The Chemistry of Unstable Elements
Determining the Age
Applications of Radioactive Dating Techniques
Carbon Dating
chapter 10: Plate Tectonics
Twentieth-Century Research
Gathering Evidence
Drifting Plates
Pangea and Beyond
chapter 11: The Crust of the Earth
The Moho
The Crust
Hydrocarbons
Coal
Other Subsurface-based Resources
chapter 12: Formation of Mountains and Basins
Collisions
Orogeny
Sediment Basins
chapter 13: New Discoveries, New Concepts
Discoveries
New Seismological Concepts
chapter 14: The Phanerozoic:
The Last 600 Million Years
The Evolution of Life
The Eras of the Phanerozoic
chapter 15: Biological Evolution
A Product of Chance
Early Life Hypotheses
Multicellular Life
Human Evolution and Climate
epilogue Our Limited Resources
Nuclear Energy
Alternative Energy Sources
Outlook
Further Reading
Index.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-194) and index.
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