Building planet earth. Five billion years of history
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
- Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780521582780
- ISBN10 0521582784
- Type Book
- Pages 283
- Published 2000
- Bookbinding Cloth
Subjects
GeologyBuilding planet earth. Five billion years of history
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
Book Details
Building Planet Earth presents a description of Earth as a planet, commencing with its physical and chemical evolution out of the primordial solar nebula. The condensation of elements and their redistribution are described, leading into a section dealing with mapping, geophysical and geochemical studies. This establishes the gross structure of the Earth, following which basic principles and processes of plate tectonics are then described, leading to the description of the working of geological cycles. The main thrust of the remainder of the book is a description of the geological evolution of the Earth. Volcanism and seismicity, ice ages and climate, isotopic techniques and age dating, are all treated. The impact of mass extinctions, global-warming and ozone holes are included.