Screen LibraryOcean worlds : the story of seas on Earth and other planets /
Ours is an ocean world. The Earth's surface is dominated by water. It is most likely that life on our planet originated in the oceans, and for millions of years was nurtured there. And it was water that allowed the development of that powerful mechanism of heat exchange and surface renewal on E...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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Ours is an ocean world. The Earth's surface is dominated by water. It is most likely that life on our planet originated in the oceans, and for millions of years was nurtured there. And it was water that allowed the development of that powerful mechanism of heat exchange and surface renewal on Earth - plate tectonics. Water has profoundly shaped our planet, and was essential to the evolution of life. But water is not confined to the Earth, and oceans elsewhere may be formed of other liquids. In this account of ocean worlds, Jan Zalasiewicz and Mark Williams explore how our oceans first formed |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-286) and index. |
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9780199672882 (hardback) : 0199672881 (hardback) 9780199672899 (paperback) 019967289X (paperback) |
| Index Number: | GC29 |
| CLC: | P7-49 |
| Call Number: | P7-49/Z22 |
| Contents: | Water in the cosmos -- Ocean origins on earth -- Ocean forms -- The salt of the earth -- Moving the waters -- Life of the oceans -- Oceans in crisis -- The end of earthly oceans -- Oceans of the solar system -- Undreamed shores. |