Screen LibraryThe earth machine：the science of a dynamic planet
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Columbia University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2004. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 335 p.: ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
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023112578X (cloth : alk. paper) 0231125798 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | P183 |
| CLC: | P183 |
| Call Number: | P183/M429 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-321) and index. Part I: How has Earth evolved? -- The birth of planet Earth -- Learning the age of Earth -- The evolution of continents -- Life and conditions on early Earth -- Reading rocks: the story of the Grand Canyon -- Part II: Why are there ocean basins, continents, and mountains? -- Internal Earth -- Plate tectonics -- Lavas from the depths of Earth -- Great explosive volcanoes -- Earthquakes -- Mountains -- The Alps -- Part III: What causes Earth's climate and climate change? -- The atmosphere -- The world ocean -- The geological record of climate change -- Part IV: Why is Earth habitable? -- Condi |