Visualizing Earth History
eBook - PDF

Visualizing Earth History

  1. 480 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Visualizing Earth History

About this book

Presenting a new vision in the field, this compelling book explores Earth's history as a series of interrelated processes that continue to have significant outcomes for humans and other living things. It captures the excitement of historical geology by utilizing active, visually rich learning methods. Readers will gain a strong understanding of the fundamental concepts used in the interpretation of Earth's physical, chemical, and biological evolution over the last 4.5 billion years. They'll also discover how to interpret the interaction of living creatures with their environments through time by following the book's innovative framework.

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Yes, you can access Visualizing Earth History by Loren E. Babcock in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Geology & Earth Sciences. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780471724902
eBook ISBN
9781118311431

Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. About The Author
  6. 1: Introduction to Earth System History
  7. 2: Earth Materials and Features
  8. 3: Geologic Time
  9. 4: Life on Earth and Its Fossil Record
  10. 5: Biologic Evolution
  11. 6: Interpreting Sedimentary Environments and Global Change
  12. 7: Plate Tectonics in Earth History
  13. 8: Archean World
  14. 9: Proterozoic World
  15. 10: Paleozoic World
  16. 11: Mesozoic World
  17. 12: Cenozoic World
  18. Appendix A: Geologic Time Scale
  19. Appendix B: Units and Their Conversions
  20. Appendix C: Tables of the Chemical Elements and Naturally Occurring Isotopes
  21. Glossary
  22. Table and Line Art Credits
  23. Photo Credits
  24. Index