num_pages: 682
description: Twenty papers focus on the relationships between climate and tectonic processes, and between evolution and geologic processes. Topics considered include the effect of Cenozoic climate change on the rates of erosion and uplift of mountain belts; fluvial incision into rock; a proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain; computer simulations yielding insights into the evolution of early plants; ...and into the origin of chemical reactions defining metabolism (in terms of geochemical processes and mineralogical constraints). Other contributions overview the North American Cordillera through Phanerozoic time, the complex tectonics of the Mendocino Triple Junction, and the difficulties of inferring material types from spectroscopic observations of asteroid surfaces. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
language: English
title: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Vol. 32, 2004
titlecomplete: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Vol. 32, 2004
publisher: Annual Reviews