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Earth as an evolving planetary system

Title
Earth as an evolving planetary system / Kent C. Condie.
Author
Condie, Kent C.
Publication
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2005.

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Condie, Kent C.
Description
xiv, 447 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 24 cm
Summary
"Earth as an Evolving Planetary System features new chapters on the core, biotic systems, and the supercontinent cycle and mantle plume events. Extensively revised, this edition contains expanded treatment of evolving Earth systems, crustal evolution, evolution of the mantle and mantle plumes, carbon cycle, oxygenation of the atmosphere, significance of sulfur isotope fractionation, and new information on mass extinctions and how catastrophic events over the last 4.6 billion years have transformed the atmosphere, oceans, and life on Earth."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Plate tectonics
  • Planets > Crust
  • Geodynamik
  • Geologia física
  • Estrutura da terra
  • Tectonique des plaques
  • Croûte terrestre
  • Manteau terrestre
  • Organisme vivant
  • Évolution tectonique
  • Earth (Planet) > Crust
  • Earth (Planet)
  • Terre (Planète)
Note
  • Rev. ed. of: Plate tectonics and crustal evolution. 4th ed. 1997.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-441) and index.
Contents
1. Earth systems -- 2. The crust -- 3. Tectonic settings -- 4. The mantle -- 5. The core -- 6. The atmosphere and oceans -- 7. Living systems -- 8. Crustal and mantle evolution -- 9. The supercontinent cycle and mantle-plume events -- 10. Comparative planetary evolution.
ISBN
  • 0120883929
  • 9780120883929
LCCN
  • 2004046215
  • 99809603345
OCLC
  • ocm56615962
  • 56615962
  • SCSB-1356731
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library