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The earth system
- Title
- The earth system / Lee R. Kump, James F. Kasting, Robert G. Crane.
- Author
- Kump, Lee R.
- Publication
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [1999], ©1999.
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- Description
- xi, 351 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 28 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Global Change -- 2. Daisyworld: An Introduction to Systems -- 3. Global Energy Balance: The Greenhouse Effect -- 4. The Atmospheric Circulation System -- 5. The Circulation of the Oceans -- 6. Circulation of the Solid Earth: Plate Tectonics -- 7. Recycling of the Elements: The Carbon Cycle -- 8. Long-Term Climate Regulation -- 9. The Chemical Environment: Evolution of the Atmosphere -- 10. Biodiversity Through Earth History -- 11. Pleistocene Glaciations -- 12. Short-Term Climate Variability -- 13. Global Warming -- 14. Ozone Depletion -- 15. Human Threats to Biodiversity -- 16. Climate Stability on Earth and Earthlike Planets -- App. A. Units and Unit Conversions -- App. B. Temperature Conversions -- App. C. Periodic Table.
- ISBN
- 0131773879
- LCCN
- 98031916
- OCLC
- ocm40397984
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries