Introduction to the Earth-Life System

Name: Introduction to the Earth-Life System
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ISBN: 9780521729536

ISBN-10: 052172953X

ISBN-13: 9780521729536

Edition: 2008

Authors: Charles Cockell, Richard Corfield, Neil Edwards, Nigel Harris, Nancy Dise

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This concise undergraduate textbook brings together Earth and biological sciences to explore the co-evolution of the Earth and life over geological time. Written for a one-semester course, it explores the Earth system at and above the surface of the Earth by examining the interactions and feedback processes between the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. It also explains how the Earth's surface environment involves a complex interplay between these systems. Through a wealth of features and student questioning, the book allows students to understand how physical controls make our planet hospitable for life, investigate the processes of global change that operate on a range of…

Book details

List price: $91.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/28/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Size: 8.31" wide x 10.35" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English




A habitable planet



The emergence and persistence of life



The carbon cycle



Plate tectonics, climate and life



Mountains and climate change



Life in the Phanerozoic



The Earth at extremes



Summary


Answers to questions


Appendices


Further reading


Glossary


Index