The planet in a pebble
Subtitle: a journey into Earth's deep history
By: Jan Zalasiewicz
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780199569700
Subjects: Pebbles; Petrology; Historical geology; History
Description: "Every pebble has many stories to tell. Its particular atoms, its crystals, its minerals, its grains, its textures, its strata, its tiny fossils bear evidence to a history that stretches back billions of years."--From Book flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-228) and index.
Table of contents: title: Stardust; title: From the depths of the earth; title: Distant lands; title: To the rendezvous; title: The sea; title: Ghosts observed; title: Ghosts in absentia; title: Where on earth?; title: Gold!; title: The oil window; title: Making mountains; title: Breaking the surface; title: Futures.