The evolution of matter
Subtitle: from the big bang to the present day Earth
By: Igor Tolstikhin, Jan Kramers
Contributors: Kramers, Jan
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 521
ISBN-13: 9780521169646
Subjects: Matter; Isotope geology; Interstellar matter; Molecular evolution; Cosmology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 442-488) and index.
Table of contents: title: Isotopes - weights and abundances; title: Introduction to the universe - the baryonic matter; title: Element and isotope abundances - reference collection; title: Cosmological nucleosynthesis - production of H and He; title: Stellar nucleosynthesis - lower mass stars and s-process; title: Stellar nucleosynthesis - r- and associated processes; title: Timing of stellar nucleosynthesis; title: Chemical evolution of the galaxy; title: Introduction to the solar nebula; title: The primary solar system objects and related processes; title: Chondritic meteorites; title: Highly processed meteorites; title: A summary of early solar system chronology; title: Introduction to the planetary system, earth and moon; title: Introduction to planetary accretion; title: Earth accretion - the giant impact(s); title: The post-accretion silicate earth - comparison with meteorites; title: Core segregation; title: Heavy 'crust' on the top of the core; title: The early atmo-hydrophere; title: Light from the moon; title: First look on the Earth; title: The plate tectonic concept - some phenomenology; title: Oceanic ridge and island magmatism; title: Subduction and island arc magmatism; title: Composition of the continental crust - magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary processes; title: Isotopic records of the evolution of the earth's accessible reservoirs; title: Geochemical earth model.