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Why geology matters : decoding the past, anticipating the future /
"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,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Cover; Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Illustrations; Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Set in Stone; Chapter 1. Set in Stone; Chapter 2. Building Our Planet; Chapter 2. Building Our Planet; Chapter 3. Close Encounters; Chapter 3. Close Encounters; Chapter 4. The First Two Billion Years; Chapter 4. The First Two Billion Years; Chapter 5. Wandering Plates; Chapter 5. Wandering Plates; Chapter 6. Shaky Foundations; Chapter 6. Shaky Foundations.
- Chapter 7. Mountains, Life, and the Big ChillChapter 7. Mountains, Life, and the Big Chill; Chapter 8. Cold Times; Chapter 8. Cold Times; Chapter 9. The Great Warming; Chapter 9. The Great Warming; Chapter 10. Reading LIPs; Chapter 10. Reading LIPs; Chapter 11. Restless Giants; Chapter 11. Restless Giants; Chapter 12. Swimming, Crawling, and Flying toward the Present; Chapter 12. Swimming, Crawling, and Flying toward the Present; Chapter 13. Why Geology Matters; Chapter 13. Why Geology Matters; Bibliography and Further Reading; Bibliography and Further Reading; Index; Index.