Earth as an Evolving Planetary System

3rd Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-12-803689-1
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 430 Seiten, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 274 mm, Gewicht: 1189 g

Earth as an Evolving Planetary System, Third Edition, examines the various subsystems that play a role in the evolution of the Earth, including subsystems in the crust, mantle, core, atmosphere, oceans, and life. This third edition includes 30% new material and, for the first time, includes full color images in both the print and electronic versions. Topics in the great events chapters are now included in the beginning of the book, with the addition of a new feature of breakout boxes for each event.

The second half of the book now focuses on a better understanding of Earth's history by looking at the interactions of the subsystems over time. The Earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere, crustal and mantle evolution, the supercontinent cycle, great events in Earth history, and the Earth in comparison to other planets are also covered.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Condie, Kent C

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Umweltphysik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Geophysik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geochemie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PrefaceChapter 1. Earth SystemsChapter 2. The CrustChapter 4. The Mantle Chapter 5 The CoreChapter 6 Crustal and Mantle

Über Autor(innen)

Condie, Kent C
Kent Condie is emeritus professor of geochemistry at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM where he taught from 1970 to 2015. His textbook, Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution, was first published in 1976 and has gone through four editions. In addition, Condie has written seven other professional books the most recent of which, Earth as an Evolving Planetary System is now in the fourth edition. He is author or co-author of over 750 articles published scientific journals. He was awarded NMT's Distinguished Research Award in 1987. In addition, he was elected the Vice President of the International Association for Gondwana Research in 2002 and in 2007 was bestowed an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He was awarded the Penrose Medal of the Geological Society of America in 2018.