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Evolution of Earth and its climate : birth, life and death of Earth /

The book reviews the current physical theory of Earth's global evolution, its origin, structure and composition, the process of Earth's core formation, Earth's energy, and the nature of its tectonomagnetic activity. The book also deals with the origin of the Moon and its influence on...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Sorokhtin, O. G; Chilingarian, G. V; Sorokhtin, N. O
Published: Elsevier Science Ltd.,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam :
Publication Dates: 2011.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Developments in earth & environmental sciences, v. 10
Subjects:
Earth sciences
Evolution
Geodynamics > History
Geology
Science
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > General
SCIENCE > Physics > Geophysics
Earth > History
Earth > Origin
Electronic books
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/15719197/10
Summary: The book reviews the current physical theory of Earth's global evolution, its origin, structure and composition, the process of Earth's core formation, Earth's energy, and the nature of its tectonomagnetic activity. The book also deals with the origin of the Moon and its influence on our planet's evolution. Based on the integral positions of this theory, the book analyzes the issues of the origin of the hydrosphere and atmosphere, and the conception and evolution of life on Earth. The monograph also reviews the adiabatic theory of the greenhouse effect developed by the authors, and the ef.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (576 pages).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-571) and index.
ISBN: 9780444537584
0444537589
Index Number: QE26
CLC: P311
Contents: Front Cover; Evolution of Earth and its Climate; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Part 1: Earth's Birth and EvolutionMechanisms; Chapter 1: Major Stages and Methodology in the Evolution of Geological Concepts; Chapter 2: Structure and Composition of Modern Earth; Chapter 3: Origin of Earth, its Past and Future; Chapter 4: Process of Earths Core Separation; Chapter 5: Earth Energetics; Chapter 6: Earths Tectonic Activity and its Nature; Part 2: Cause and Effect Relationshipsand Space-Time Regularities.

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