The little book of planet Earth
By: Rolf Meissner.
Publisher: Copernicus
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Earth
Description: "For those who want a clear and informative tour of the ideas and technologies of modern geology, this concise, engaging, and up-to-date introduction is the best possible choice."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-194) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: chapter 1: The Roots of Earth Sciences; title: Classical Scientific Thought; title: The Copernican Revolution; title: From Physics and Philosophy to Geology; title: The Age of the Earth; title: chapter 2: The Earth in the Context of Our Solar System; title: The Origins of the Solar System; title: The Elements of the Solar System; title: The Planets Circling the Sun; title: chapter 3: The Formation of Earth and Moon; title: Similarities and Differences; title: Exploring the Moon; title: chapter 4: The Interior of the Earth and the Role of Seismology; title: Seismic Waves; title: The Earth's Interior; title: chapter 5: Rotation and Shape, Gravity and Tides; title: Describing the Earth's Shape; title: Tides; title: Rotation; title: chapter 6: The Earth's Magnetic Field; title: Establishing a Physical Concept; title: Reversals of the Magnetic Field; title: Paleomagnetism; title: chapter 7: Atom-Mineral-Rock; title: Crystallization; title: Minerals in Crust and Mantle; title: Rocks; title: chapter 8: The Early Ages; title: The Archean; title: The Proterozoic; title: chapter 9: Radioactive Dating; title: The Chemistry of Unstable Elements; title: Determining the Age; title: Applications of Radioactive Dating Techniques; title: Carbon Dating; title: chapter 10: Plate Tectonics; title: Twentieth-Century Research; title: Gathering Evidence; title: Drifting Plates; title: Pangea and Beyond; title: chapter 11: The Crust of the Earth; title: The Moho; title: The Crust; title: Hydrocarbons; title: Coal; title: Other Subsurface-based Resources; title: chapter 12: Formation of Mountains and Basins; title: Collisions; title: Orogeny; title: Sediment Basins; title: chapter 13: New Discoveries, New Concepts; title: Discoveries; title: New Seismological Concepts; title: chapter 14: The Phanerozoic:; title: The Last 600 Million Years; title: The Evolution of Life; title: The Eras of the Phanerozoic; title: chapter 15: Biological Evolution; title: A Product of Chance; title: Early Life Hypotheses; title: Multicellular Life; title: Human Evolution and Climate; title: epilogue Our Limited Resources; title: Nuclear Energy; title: Alternative Energy Sources; title: Outlook; title: Further Reading; title: Index.