Earth
Subtitle: inside and out
By: Edmond A. Mathez, editor
Contributors: Mathez, Edmond A; American Museum of Natural History
Publisher: New Press; Distributed by W.W. Norton
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Geology; Earth
Notes: "An American Museum of Natural History book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 214)
Table of contents: title: An Earth moon mystery / Robert A. Fogel; title: Origin and evolution of the continents / Roberta L. Rudnick; title: Life and the evolution of Earth's atmosphere / Stephen J. Mojzsis; title: Case study: retrieving a stromatolite from the Sahara Desert; title: Case study: zircon chronology: dating the oldest material on Earth; title: Profile: Arthur Holmes: harnessing the mechanics of mantle convection to the theory of continental drift; title: Global seismic tomography: a snapshot of convection in the Earth / Robert D. van der Hilst; title: Convection in the core and the generation of the Earth's magnetic field / Gary A. Glatzmaier; title: Mantle convection / Peter Bunge; title: Case study: ultra-high-pressure experimentalist who studies the deep Earth; title: Profile: Inge Lehmann: discoverer of the Earth's inner core; title: The structure of mountain ranges / Peter H. Molnar; title: Averting earthquake surprises in the Pacific Northwest / Brian F. Atwater; title: Hawaii and hotspots: a window to the deep mantle / Steven L. Goldstein; title: The hazards of volcanoes / Haraldur Sigurdsson; title: Case study: forecasting earthquakes using paleoseismology; title: Case study: a conversation with Jacques Malavieille; title: Profile: Harry Hess: one of the discoverers of seafloor spreading; title: The erosion of the Grand Canyon / George Billingsley; title: Death among the dunes: a dinosaur murder mystery / Lowell Dingus, David B. Loope; title: Case study: mapping Mt. Rainier; title: Profile: James Hutton: the founder of modern geology; title: The oceans' role in climate / Martin H. Visbeck; title: Predicting El Niño / Mark A. Cane; title: Global warming / Charles F. Keller; title: An ice core time machine / Paul A. Mayewski; title: Case study: studying tree rings to learn about global climate; title: Profile: Milutin Milankovitch: seeking the cause of the ice ages; title: Earth: the Goldilocks planet / Rachel Oxburgh; title: Black smokers: incubators on the seafloor / Deborah S. Kelley; title: Resources of the Earth- where do metals come from? / James Webster; title: Case study: looking for life in Antarctica ... and on Mars; title: Case study: mapping hot springs on the deep ocean floor; title: Profile: Harold C. Urey: discoverer of deuterium and investigator of the origin of life, the origin of the planets, and the climate of the early Earth