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The planet in a pebble : a journey into Earth's deep history /

This is the story of a single pebble. It is just a normal pebble, as you might pick up on holiday - on a beach in Wales, say. Its history, though, carries us into abyssal depths of time, and across the farthest reaches of space. This is a narrative of the Earth's long and dramatic history, as g...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zalasiewicz, J. A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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