Earth system history

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Personal Author:

Stanley, Steven M.

Publication Information:

New York : W. H. Freeman, 2005.

Format:

Books

Physical Description:

xxi, 567 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.), col. port. ; 26 cm.

Subject Term:

Historical geology.

Physical geology.

ISBN:

9780716739074

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Designed for a new generation of readers, Stanley's Earth System History is a reforging of his Exploring Earth and Life Through Time. Adopting an earth system approach throughout, Earth System History shows students how Earth's ecosystem has developed over time and how events in the past provide a perspective for dealing with present and future changes. Clear and concise, the new Second Edition of this introduction to historical geology is perfect for one-term non-majors courses and contains lots of new content and improved visuals.

Part I Principles

1 Earth as a System

2 Rock-Forming Minerals and Rocks

3 The Diversity of Life

4 Environments and Life

5 Sedimentary Environments

6 Correlation and Dating of the Rock Record

7 Evolution and the Fossil Record

8 The Theory of Plate Tectonics

9 Continental Tectonics and Mountain Chains

10 Major Chemical Cycles

Part II Changing Earth

11 The Archean Eon of Precambrian Time

12 The Proterozoic Eon of Precambrian Time

13 The Early Paleozoic World

14 The Middle Paleozoic World

15 The Late Paleozoic World

16 The Early Mesozoic Era

17 The Cretaceous World

18 The Paleogene World

19 The Neogene World

20 The Holocene

Summary/Review Questions

Appendix: Stratigraphic Stages

Glossary

Index

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