| 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. |
Cite/Export
Preview this item
Book : English
