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Earth System History

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ISBN-10: 0716739070

ISBN-13: 9780716739074

Edition: 2nd 2005

Authors: Steven M. Stanley

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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.
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Book details

List price: $138.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: W. H. Freeman & Company
Publication date: 10/29/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.87" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.684
Language: English

Principles
Earth as a System
Rock-Forming Minerals and Rocks
The Diversity of Life
Environments and Life
Sedimentary Environments
Correlation and Dating of the Rock Record
Evolution and the Fossil Record
The Theory of Plate Tectonics
Continental Tectonics and Mountain Chains
Major Chemical Cycles
Changing Earth
The Archean Eon of Precambrian Time
The Proterozoic Eon of Precambrian Time
The Early Paleozoic World
The Middle Paleozoic World
The Late Paleozoic World
The Early Mesozoic Era
The Cretaceous World
The Paleogene World
The Neogene World
The Holocene
Summary/Review Questions
Appendix: Stratigraphic Stages
Glossary
Index