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Earth's evolving systems : the history of planet Earth / Ronald Martin, Ph.D., University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: NewYork Jones&Barlett 2018Edition: Second editionDescription: xxii, 615 pages : color illustrationsISBN:
  • 9781284108293
  • 1284108295
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.7 MAR.E
Contents:
Introduction: investigating earth's systems -- Plate tectonics -- Earth systems: processes and interactions -- Sedimentary rocks, sedimentary environments, and fossils -- Evolution and extinction -- Geologic time and stratigraphy -- An extraordinary beginning: Hadean and Archean -- Origins of life -- The Proterozoic: life becomes a geologic force -- Life's "big bang": the origins and early diversification of multicellular animals -- The early-to-middle Paleozoic world -- Late Paleozoic world -- Mesozoic era -- The Cenozoic era: the Paleogene period -- The Cenozoic era: the Neogene era -- Rapid climate change during the Holocene -- The Anthropocene: humans as an environmental force.
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Book Book Dept. of Geology Processing Center Dept. of Geology Reference 551.7 MAR.E (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available GEO4872

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: investigating earth's systems -- Plate tectonics -- Earth systems: processes and interactions -- Sedimentary rocks, sedimentary environments, and fossils -- Evolution and extinction -- Geologic time and stratigraphy -- An extraordinary beginning: Hadean and Archean -- Origins of life -- The Proterozoic: life becomes a geologic force -- Life's "big bang": the origins and early diversification of multicellular animals -- The early-to-middle Paleozoic world -- Late Paleozoic world -- Mesozoic era -- The Cenozoic era: the Paleogene period -- The Cenozoic era: the Neogene era -- Rapid climate change during the Holocene -- The Anthropocene: humans as an environmental force.

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