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041 _aEnglish
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100 1 _aMartin, Ronald E.
245 1 0 _aEarth's evolving systems :
_bthe history of planet Earth /
_cRonald Martin, Ph.D., University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.
250 _aSecond edition.
300 _axxii, 615 pages :
_bcolor illustrations ;
_c28 cm
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
650 0 _aGeodynamics
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_cTB
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 _xHistory.
651 0 _aEarth (Planet)
_xHistory.
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