Earth : evolution of a habitable world / Jonathan I. Lunine.
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
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| 525 IS12 N60 Kingdom of the sun | 525 J18U Universal evolution | 525 L722 Earth | 525 L963 Earth : | 525 M235 Origins of the earth, moon, and life : | 525 R215 Spectroscopy of the earth's atmosphere and interstellar medium | 525 R582 Origin of the earth and moon |
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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