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"Evolution of the Earth" reveals the logical framework of geology, shows relations of the science to the totality of human knowledge, and gives some idea of what it is to be a participant in the discipline. In keeping with the preference for a 'How do we know?' rather than 'What do we know?' approach, the authors stress what assumptions are made by earth historians, what kinds of evidence (and tools for gathering that evidence), and what processes of reasoning and limitations of hypotheses are involved in reconstructing and interpreting the past.
Contents
Preface About the Author Chapter 12: Floods, Fossils, and Heresies Chapter 3: Evolution Chapter 4: The Relative Geologic Time Scale and Modern Concepts of Stratigraphy Chapter 5: The Numerical Dating of the Earth Chapter 6: The Origin and Early Evolution of the Earth Chapter 7: Mountain Building and Drifting Continents Chapter 8: Cryptozoic History: And Introduction to the Origin of Continental Crust Chapter 9: Early Life and Its Patterns Chapter 10: Earliest Paleozoic History: The Sauk Sequence-An Introduction to Cratons and Epeiric Seas Chapter 11: The Later Ordovician: Further Studies of Plate Tectonics and the Paleogeography of Orogenic Belts Chapter 12: The Middle Paleozoic: Time of Reefs, Salt, and Forests Chapter 13: Late Paleozoic History: A Tectonic Climax and Retreat of the Sea Chapter 14: The Mesozoic Era: Age of Reptiles and Continental Breakup Chapter 15: Cenozoic History: Threshold of the Present Chapter 16: Pleistocene Glaciation and the Advent of Humanity Chapter 17: The Best of All Possible Worlds? Appendix I: The Classification and Relationships of Living Organisms Appendix II: English Equivalents of Metric Measures Glossary Index
