Historical Geology
Brooks/Cole (Verlag)
978-0-534-37380-1 (ISBN)
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This text provides students with a basic understanding of geology and its processes and, more importantly, with an understanding of how geology relates to the human experience. It focuses students on the earth's geologic and biologic history of the earth and motivates students by including recent research on discussions of dinosaurs and fossils, as well as the principles and processes that have shaped the earth and life upon it for 4.5 billion years. This accessible text is an appropriate balance between paleontological emphasis (biology bias) and sedimentological (geology bias) showing students that we play an important role in the future of this history - thereby understanding how the earth actually works.
Preface1. THE DYNAMIC EARTHPrologue / Introduction / Historical Geology and the Formulation of Theories / Earth Materials / The Earth's Surface and Interior / Plate Tectonics / Organic Evolution / Geologic Time and Uniformitarianism / Chapter Summary2. GEOLOGIC TIME: CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLESPrologue / Introduction / Early Development of the Concept of Geologic Time / Fundamental Geologic Principles / Establishment of Geology as a Science-The Triumph of Uniformitarianism Over Neptunism and Catastrophism / Lord Kelvin and a Crisis in Geology / Absolute Dating Methods / Chapter Summary3. ROCKS, FOSSILS, AND TIMEPrologue / Introduction / Stratigraphy / Fossils / Fossils and Time / The Relative Time Scale / Stratigraphic Terminology / Correlation / Quantifying the Relative Time Scale / Chapter Summary4. ORIGIN AND INTERPRETATION OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKSPrologue / Introduction / Features of Sedimentary Rocks / Depositional Environments / Environmental Interpretations and Historical Geology / Paleogeography and Paleoclimates / Chapter Summary5. EVOLUTIONPrologue / Introduction / The Evolution of an Idea / Mendel and the Birth of Genetics / The Modern Synthesis / Evidence for Evolution / Chapter Summary6. PLATE TECTONICS: A UNIFYING THEORYPrologue / Introduction / Early Opinions about Continental Drift / Paleomagnetism and Polar Wandering / Magnetic Reversals and Seafloor Spreading / Plate Tectonics and Plate Boundaries / Hot Spots and Mantle Plumes / Plate Movement and Motion / The Driving Mechanism of Plate Tectonics / Plate Tectonics and Mountain Building / Plate Tectonics and Mountain Building / Plate Tectonics and the Distribution of Life / Plate Tectonics and the Distribution of Natural Resources / Chapter Summary7. THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE, SOLAR SYSTEM, AND PLANETSPrologue / Introduction / The Origin and Early History of the Universe / The Changing Composition of the Universe / The Origin and History of the Solar System / Meteorites-Extraterrestrial Visitors / The Origin and Differentiation of Early Earth / The Origin of the Earth-Moon System / The Planets / Chapter Summary8. PRECAMBRIAN HISTORY: THE ARCHEAN EONPrologue / Introduction / Pre-Archean Crustal Evolution / Shields and Cratons / Archean Rocks / Development of Archean Cratons / Archean Plate Tectonics / The Atmosphere and Oceans / Archean Life / Archean Mineral Deposits / Chapter Summary9. PRECAMBRIAN HISTORY: THE PROTEROZOIC EONPrologue / Introduction / Proteroz
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.12.1999 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Brooks/Cole Earth Science & Astronomy S. |
| Zusatzinfo | colour and b&w illustrations, maps |
| Verlagsort | CA |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 279 mm |
| Gewicht | 1293 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-534-37380-1 / 0534373801 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-534-37380-1 / 9780534373801 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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