地球システム史(テキスト･第４版) Earth System History （4TH）

Stanley, Steven M./Luczaj, John A.

W H Freeman & Co（2014/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 587 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781429255264
• DDC分類 551

Full Description

Using the Earth system approach, Steven M. Stanley shows how the Earth's ecosystem has developed over time, and how events in the past can help us to deal with present and future changes.

Contents

PART I: MATERIALS, PROCESSES, AND PRINCIPLES 1. Earth as a System 2. Rock-Forming Minerals and Rocks 3. The Diversity of Life 4. Environments and Life 5. Sedimentary Environments 6. Correlation and Dating of the Rock Record 7. Evolution and the Fossil Record 8. The Theory of Plate Tectonics 9. Continental Tectonics and Mountain Chains 10. Major Chemical Cycles PART II: THE STORY OF EARTH 11. The Hadean and Archean Eons of Precambrian Time 12. The Proterozoic Eon of Precambrian Time 13. The Early Paleozoic World 14. The Middle Paleozoic World 15. The Late Paleozoic World 16. The Early Mesozoic Era 17. The Cretaceous World 18. The Paleogene World 19. The Neogene World 20. The Holocene