Earth system history. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steven M. Stanley, University of Hawaii, John A. Luczaj, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay.
• Authors: Stanley, Steven M; Luczaj, John A
• Contents: Part I Materials, Processes, and Principles.- CHAPTER 1 Earth as a System.- CHAPTER 2 Rock-Forming Minerals and Rocks.- CHAPTER 3 The Diversity of Life.- CHAPTER 4 Environments and Life.- CHAPTER 5 Sedimentary Environments.- CHAPTER 6 Correlation and Dating of the Rock Record.- CHAPTER 7 Evolution and the Fossil Record.- CHAPTER 8 The Theory of Plate Tectonics.- CHAPTER 9 Continental Tectonics and Mountain Chains.- CHAPTER 10 Major Geochemical CyclesPart II The Story of Earth.- CHAPTER 11 The Hadean and Archean Eons of Precambrian Time.- CHAPTER 12 The Proterozoic Eon of Precambrian Time.- CHAPTER 13 The Early Paleozoic World.- CHAPTER 14 The Middle Paleozoic WorldCHAPTER 15 The Late Paleozoic World.- CHAPTER 16 The Early Mesozoic Era.- CHAPTER 17 The Cretaceous World.- CHAPTER 18 The Paleogene World.- CHAPTER 19 The Late Cenozoic World Before the Holocene.- CHAPTER 20 The Retreat of Glaciers and the Holocene.
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: New York : WH Freeman
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (608 pages)
• Subjects: 551.7; Earth sciences; Historical geology; Physical geology; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; Earth sciences
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781319191931
• Related ISBNs: 9781429255264
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