The Little Book of planet earth

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Meissner, Rolf (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2002.
• Σειρά: Little Book Series
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Earth Sciences.

Acknowledgments chapter 1 The Roots of Earth Sciences 1 Classical Scientific Thought 1 The Copernican Revolution 2 From Physics and Philosophy to Geology 4 The Age of the Earth 6 chapter 2 The Earth in the Context of Our Solar System 9 The Origins of the Solar System The Elements of the Solar System...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Roots of Earth Sciences
• The Earth in the Context of Our Solar System
• The Formation of Earth and Moon
• The Interior of the Earth and the Role of Seismology
• Rotation and Shape, Gravity and Tides
• The Earth’s Magnetic Field
• Atom—Mineral—Rock
• The Early Ages
• Radioactive Dating
• Plate Tectonics
• The Crust of the Earth
• Formation of Mountains and Basins
• New Discoveries, New Concepts
• The Phanerozoic: The Last 600 Million Years
• Biological Evolution
• Epilogue Our limited resources.