Granite Skyscrapers How Rock Shaped Earth and Other Worlds /

• Main Author: Stevenson, David S. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Popular Astronomy,
• Subjects: Astronomy.; Planetology.; Astrobiology.; Geobiology.; Cosmology.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Biogeosciences.

In this book, David Stevenson offers us a look at the evolution of planets as they move from balls of mixed molten rock to vibrant worlds capable of hosting life. Embedded in our everyday architecture and in the literal ground beneath our feet, granite and its kin lie at the heart of many features o...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1 - Our Planet's Torrid Heart
• Chapter 2: The Formation of Granite
• Chapter 3: The Evolution of Modern Continents
• Chapter 4: Plate Tectonics, Planetary Magnetism and Life
• Chapter 5: Jotunheim: In The Realm of Giants
• Chapter 6: Mountains, Atmosphere and Long-Term Habitability
• Chapter 7: Our Island Earth: Granite Here, Granite Everywhere?
• Conclusions
• References
• Glossary
• Index.