Screen LibraryWhy geology matters：decoding the past, anticipating the future
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University of California Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Berkeley |
| Publication Dates: | c2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 285 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780520266421 (hardback : alk. paper) 0520266420 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780520272712 (paperback) 0520272714 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | K901 |
| CLC: | K901.9 |
| Call Number: | K901.9/M137 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Set in stone -- Building our planet -- Close encounters -- The first two billion years -- Wandering plates -- Shaky foundations -- Mountains, life, and the Big Chill -- Cold times -- The Great Warming -- Reading LIPs -- Restless giants -- Swimming, crawling, and flying toward the present -- Why geology matters. In this book the author delves into key processes and events in Earth's geologic history, how science has uncovered the story of the planet's past, and how this knowledge could help us to forecast, predict, or adapt to future examples of such geologic hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, supereruptions from 'hot spots,' or impacts from extraterrestrial objects. Volcanic dust, climate change, tsunamis, earthquakes; geoscience explores these phenomena that profoundly affect our lives. But more than that, as the author makes clear, the science also provides important clues to the fu "Volcanic dust, climate change, tsunamis, earthquakes--geoscience explores phenomena that profoundly affect our lives. But more than that, as Doug Macdougall makes clear, the science also provides important clues to the future of the planet. In an entertaining and accessibly written narrative, Macdougall gives an overview of Earth's astonishing history based on information extracted from rocks, ice cores, and other natural archives. He explores such questions as: What is the risk of an asteroid striking Earth? Why does the temperature of the ocean millions of years ago matter today? How are "Macdougall delves into key processes and events in Earth's geologic history, how science has uncovered the story of the planet's past, and how this knowledge could help us to forecast, predict, or adapt to future examples of such geologic hazards as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, supereruptions from 'hot spots,' or impacts from extraterrestrial objects"--Provided by publisher. |