Earth's evolving systems :
Martin, Ronald E.
Earth's evolving systems : the history of planet Earth / Ronald Martin, Ph.D., University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. - Second edition. - xxii, 615 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: investigating earth's systems -- Plate tectonics -- Earth systems: processes and interactions -- Sedimentary rocks, sedimentary environments, and fossils -- Evolution and extinction -- Geologic time and stratigraphy -- An extraordinary beginning: Hadean and Archean -- Origins of life -- The Proterozoic: life becomes a geologic force -- Life's "big bang": the origins and early diversification of multicellular animals -- The early-to-middle Paleozoic world -- Late Paleozoic world -- Mesozoic era -- The Cenozoic era: the Paleogene period -- The Cenozoic era: the Neogene era -- Rapid climate change during the Holocene -- The Anthropocene: humans as an environmental force.
9781284108293 1284108295
Geodynamics--History.
Earth (Planet)--History.
551.7 / MAR
Earth's evolving systems : the history of planet Earth / Ronald Martin, Ph.D., University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. - Second edition. - xxii, 615 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: investigating earth's systems -- Plate tectonics -- Earth systems: processes and interactions -- Sedimentary rocks, sedimentary environments, and fossils -- Evolution and extinction -- Geologic time and stratigraphy -- An extraordinary beginning: Hadean and Archean -- Origins of life -- The Proterozoic: life becomes a geologic force -- Life's "big bang": the origins and early diversification of multicellular animals -- The early-to-middle Paleozoic world -- Late Paleozoic world -- Mesozoic era -- The Cenozoic era: the Paleogene period -- The Cenozoic era: the Neogene era -- Rapid climate change during the Holocene -- The Anthropocene: humans as an environmental force.
9781284108293 1284108295
Geodynamics--History.
Earth (Planet)--History.
551.7 / MAR