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Earth : evolution of a habitable world / Jonathan I. Lunine.

By: Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.Edition: 2nd edDescription: viii, 318 p., [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780521615198
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 L963 525
Contents:
Part I The astronomical planet: Earth's place in the cosmos 1. An introductory tour of Earth's cosmic neighborhood -- 2. Largest and smallest scales -- 3. Forces and energy -- 4. Fusion, fission, sunlight, and element formation -- Part II The measurable planet: tools to discern the history of Earth and the planets 5. Determination of cosmic and terestrial ages -- 6. Other uses of isotopes for Earth history -- 7. Relative age dating of cosmic and terrestrial evens: the cratering record -- 8. Relative age dating of terrestrial events: geologic layering and geologic time -- 9. Plate tectonics: an introduction ot the process -- Part III The historical planet: Earth and solar system through time 10. Formation of the solar system -- 11. The Hadean Earth -- 12. The Archean eon and the origin of life I: Properties of and sites for life -- 13. The Archean eon and the irigin of life II: Mechanisms -- 14. The first greenhouse crisis: the faint young sun -- 15. Climate histories of Mars and Venus, and the habitability of planets -- 16. Earth in transition: from the Archean to the Protozoic -- 17.The oxygen revolution -- 18. The Phanerozoic: flowering and extinction of complex life -- 19. Climate change across the Phanerozoic -- 20. Toward the age of humankind -- Part IV The once and future planet 21. Climate change over the past few hundred thousand years -- 22. Human-induced global warming -- 23. Limitied resources: the human dilemma -- 24. Coda: the once and future Earth-- Index-- Color plate section is between pages 214 and 215.
Summary: Fully updated, this new edition provides a uniquely interdisciplinary overview of Earth's history and evolution for Earth science undergraduates.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I The astronomical planet: Earth's place in the cosmos
1. An introductory tour of Earth's cosmic neighborhood --
2. Largest and smallest scales --
3. Forces and energy --
4. Fusion, fission, sunlight, and element formation --

Part II The measurable planet: tools to discern the history of Earth and the planets
5. Determination of cosmic and terestrial ages --
6. Other uses of isotopes for Earth history --
7. Relative age dating of cosmic and terrestrial evens: the cratering record --
8. Relative age dating of terrestrial events: geologic layering and geologic time --
9. Plate tectonics: an introduction ot the process --

Part III The historical planet: Earth and solar system through time
10. Formation of the solar system --
11. The Hadean Earth --
12. The Archean eon and the origin of life I: Properties of and sites for life --
13. The Archean eon and the irigin of life II: Mechanisms --
14. The first greenhouse crisis: the faint young sun --
15. Climate histories of Mars and Venus, and the habitability of planets --
16. Earth in transition: from the Archean to the Protozoic --
17.The oxygen revolution --
18. The Phanerozoic: flowering and extinction of complex life --
19. Climate change across the Phanerozoic --
20. Toward the age of humankind --

Part IV The once and future planet
21. Climate change over the past few hundred thousand years --
22. Human-induced global warming --
23. Limitied resources: the human dilemma --
24. Coda: the once and future Earth--

Index--
Color plate section is between pages 214 and 215.

Fully updated, this new edition provides a uniquely interdisciplinary overview of Earth's history and evolution for Earth science undergraduates.

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