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The abyss of time : a study in geological time and Earth history /

Man's fascination with time, its extent and its measurement, is Paul Lyle's starting point as he considers the relationship of deep time and the Earth's geological resources with modern consumer society.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Lyle, Paul (Lecturer in geology) (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Edinburgh : Dunedin Academic Press, [2015]
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • In good time
  • Tempus fugit
  • time flies
  • The importance of understanding time
  • The early chronologers
  • Time's arrow and time's cycle
  • The determination of relative time
  • beds in order
  • Measurement of absolute time
  • the age of the Earth
  • Archaeological time
  • Time future.