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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Kump, Lee R. Earth system. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2004 (OCoLC)647117141 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Lee R Kump; James F Kasting; Robert G Crane |
| ISBN: | 0131420593 9780131420595 |
| OCLC Number: | 52341652 |
| Description: | xii, 419 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Global Change -- 2. Daisyworld: An Introduction to Systems -- 3. Global Energy Balance: The Greenhouse Effect -- 4. Atmospheric Circulation System -- 5. Circulation of the Oceans -- 6. Modeling the Atmosphere - Ocean System -- 7. Circulation of the Solid Earth: Plate Tectonics -- 8. Recycling of the Elements: The Carbon Cycle -- 9. Focus on the Biota: Metabolism, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity -- 10. Origin of the Earth and of Life -- 11. Effect of Life on the Atmosphere: The Rise of Oxygen and Ozone -- 12. Long-Term Climate Regulation -- 13. Biodiversity through Earth History -- 14. Pleistocene Glaciations -- 15. Short-Term Climate Variability -- 16. Global Warming -- 17. Ozone Depletion -- 18. Human Threats to Biodiversity -- 19. Climate Stability on Earth and Earthlike Planets -- App. A. Units and Unit Conversions -- App. B. Temperature Conversions -- App. C. Periodic Table of the Elements -- App. D. Useful Facts. |
| Responsibility: | Lee R. Kump, James F. Kasting, Robert G. Crane. |
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