Earth as an evolving planetary system / Kent C. Condie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Condie, Kent C.

Contributor:

Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earth (Planet)--Crust.

Earth (Planet).

Plate tectonics.

Physical Description:

xviii, 574 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, 2011.

Summary:

Condie (earth and environmental science, New Mexico Tech) synthesizes data and research from a wide variety of fields--geophysics, planetology, oceanography, paleoclimatology, geology--to present a systematic view of the Earth as a singular planetary system of animate and inanimate processes. This book started decades ago as an overview of plate-tectonics, and in the last two editions has been published under a new name as plate-tectonics became no longer the focus. Written for advanced undergraduate or graduate students in the Earth sciences, the majority of the text considers the geology and geochemistry of the inner Earth clear up to the mantle. The last few chapters consider Earth history over all, the origins and impact of life, and comparative planetary evolution throughout the solar-system. This second edition includes not only new seismic tomography data and high resolution U/Pb zircon dating, but also new chapters on the super-continent cycle and great events in Earth history. Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Previous ed.: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.

ISBN:

0123852277

9780123852274

OCLC:

751819317

Publisher Number:

99944932934