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| Format physique additionnel : | Online version: Oldroyd, D.R. (David Roger) Earth cycles. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006 (OCoLC)648274121 |
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| Type d’ouvrage : | Ressource Internet |
| Format : | Livre, Ressource Internet |
| Tous les auteurs / collaborateurs : |
D R Oldroyd |
| ISBN : | 0313332290 9780313332296 |
| Numéro OCLC : | 64335762 |
| Description : | xiv, 234 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm. |
| Contenu : | Introduction: thinking in cycles -- Ideas of geocycles from the ancient world to the renaissance -- Straightforward thinking about the earth -- Robert Hooke and the first testable-in-principle theory of geological cycles -- The founder of geology? James Hutton and the geostrophic cycle, and a French cyclist -- Charles Lyell: an earth always changing but ever the same -- Cycling in the landscape -- Mountains, basins, and sediments -- The earth, the solar system, cycles, and glaciation -- Cycles in the strata: cyclothems -- Sequence stratigraphy and eustasy -- The geomagnetic timescale and related matters -- Geochemical cycling -- Themes and variations. |
| Titre de collection : | Greenwood guides to great ideas in science. |
| Responsabilité : | David Oldroyd. |
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Résumé :
Critiques
Synopsis de l’éditeur
"The book examines the historical and theoretical contexts for the development of cyclic theories in the geosciences (chapters 1-6); the practical utilization of cyclic theories in the geosciences, namely, geophysics, geochemistry, structural geology, soil science, oceanography/hydrology, glaciology, and the atmospheric sciences (chapters 7-13); and the summarization and meta-theoretical discussion of the centrality of cyclicity in the geosciences (chapter 14)....[p]rovides an apt introduction and overview of cyclic theories and cyclicity in geoscience. List of illustrations; time line; international stratigraphic chart; glossary; further reading list. Recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates through professionals." - Choice
