Buch, Englisch, 576 Seiten, Format (B × H): 229 mm x 272 mm, Gewicht: 1190 g
Buch, Englisch, 576 Seiten, Format (B × H): 229 mm x 272 mm, Gewicht: 1190 g
ISBN: 978-0-07-016459-8
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Evolution of the Earth reveals the logical framework of geology, shows relations of the science to the totality of human knowledge, and gives some idea of what it is to be a participant in the discipline. In keeping with the preference for a "How do we know?" rather than "What do we know?" approach, the authors stress what assumptions are made by earth historians, what kinds of evidence (and tools for gathering that evidence), and what processes of reasoning and limitations of hypotheses are involved in reconstructing and interpreting the past.
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PrefaceAbout the AuthorChapter 1: Time and Terrestrial ChangeChapter 2: Floods, Fossils, and HeresiesChapter 3: EvolutionChapter 4: The Relative Geologic Time Scale and Modern Concepts of StratigraphyChapter 5: The Numerical Dating of the EarthChapter 6: The Origin and Early Evolution of the EarthChapter 7: Mountain Building and Drifting ContinentsChapter 8: Cryptozoic History: And Introduction to the Origin of Continental CrustChapter 9: Early Life and Its PatternsChapter 10: Earliest Paleozoic History: The Sauk Sequence—An Introduction to Cratons and Epeiric SeasChapter 11: The Later Ordovician: Further Studies of Plate Tectonics and the Paleogeography of Orogenic BeltsChapter 12: The Middle Paleozoic: Time of Reefs, Salt, and ForestsChapter 13: Late Paleozoic History: A Tectonic Climax and Retreat of the SeaChapter 14: The Mesozoic Era: Age of Reptiles and Continental BreakupChapter 15: Cenozoic History: Threshold of the PresentChapter 16: Pleistocene Glaciation and the Advent of HumanityChapter 17: The Best of All Possible Worlds?Appendix I: The Classification and Relationships of Living OrganismsAppendix II: English Equivalents of Metric MeasuresGlossaryIndex
