Donald R. Prothero
The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks
Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them
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The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks
Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them
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Every rock is a tangible trace of the earthâ s past. This book tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations of geology. In twenty-five chaptersâ each about a particular rock, outcrop, or geologic phenomenonâ Donald R. Prothero recounts the scientific detective work that shaped our understanding of geology.
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Every rock is a tangible trace of the earthâ s past. This book tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations of geology. In twenty-five chaptersâ each about a particular rock, outcrop, or geologic phenomenonâ Donald R. Prothero recounts the scientific detective work that shaped our understanding of geology.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Columbia University Press
- Seitenzahl: 368
- Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2020
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 22mm
- Gewicht: 516g
- ISBN-13: 9780231182614
- ISBN-10: 0231182619
- Artikelnr.: 58761233
- Verlag: Columbia University Press
- Seitenzahl: 368
- Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2020
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 22mm
- Gewicht: 516g
- ISBN-13: 9780231182614
- ISBN-10: 0231182619
- Artikelnr.: 58761233
Donald R. Prothero
Preface Acknowledgments 1. Volcanic Tuff: Vulcan
s Wrath: The Eruption of Vesuvius 2. Native Copper: The Iceman and the Island of Copper 3. Cassiterite: The
Isles of Tin
and the Bronze Age 4. Angular Unconformity:
No Vestige of a Beginning
: The Immensity of Geologic Time 5. Igneous Dikes: The
Earth
s Great Heat Engine
: The Origin of Magmas 6. Coal: The Rock That Burns Fires the Industrial Revolution 7. Jurassic World: The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Rocks of Britain 8. Radioactive Uranium: Clocks in Rocks: Arthur Holmes and the Age of the Earth 9. Chondritic Meteorites: Messengers From Space: The Origin of the Solar System 10. Iron-Nickel Meteorites: The Cores of Other Planets 11. Moon Rocks: Green Cheese or Anorthosite: The Origin of the Moon 12. Zircons: Early Oceans and Life? Evidence in a Grain of Sand 13. Stromatolites: Microbial Condos: Cyanobacteria and the Oldest Life 14. Banded Iron Formation: Mountains of Iron: The Earth
s Early Atmosphere 15. Turbidites: Archean Sediments and Submarine Landslides 16. Diamictites: Tropical Glaciers and the Snowball Earth 17. Exotic Terranes: Paradox in Rocks: Wandering Fossils and Traveling Landmasses 18. Jigsaw-Puzzle Bedrock: Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift 19. Chalk: The Cretaceous Seaway and Greenhouse Planet 20. The Iridium Layer: The Death of the Dinosaurs 21. Lodestones: How Paleomagic Launched Plate Tectonics 22. Blueschists: The Puzzle of Subduction Zones 23. Transform Faults: Earthquake! The San Andreas Fault 24. Messinian Evaporites: The Mediterranean Was a Desert 25. Glacial Erraticts: A Poet, a Professor, a Politician, a Janitor, and the Discovery of the Ice Ages Index
s Wrath: The Eruption of Vesuvius 2. Native Copper: The Iceman and the Island of Copper 3. Cassiterite: The
Isles of Tin
and the Bronze Age 4. Angular Unconformity:
No Vestige of a Beginning
: The Immensity of Geologic Time 5. Igneous Dikes: The
Earth
s Great Heat Engine
: The Origin of Magmas 6. Coal: The Rock That Burns Fires the Industrial Revolution 7. Jurassic World: The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Rocks of Britain 8. Radioactive Uranium: Clocks in Rocks: Arthur Holmes and the Age of the Earth 9. Chondritic Meteorites: Messengers From Space: The Origin of the Solar System 10. Iron-Nickel Meteorites: The Cores of Other Planets 11. Moon Rocks: Green Cheese or Anorthosite: The Origin of the Moon 12. Zircons: Early Oceans and Life? Evidence in a Grain of Sand 13. Stromatolites: Microbial Condos: Cyanobacteria and the Oldest Life 14. Banded Iron Formation: Mountains of Iron: The Earth
s Early Atmosphere 15. Turbidites: Archean Sediments and Submarine Landslides 16. Diamictites: Tropical Glaciers and the Snowball Earth 17. Exotic Terranes: Paradox in Rocks: Wandering Fossils and Traveling Landmasses 18. Jigsaw-Puzzle Bedrock: Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift 19. Chalk: The Cretaceous Seaway and Greenhouse Planet 20. The Iridium Layer: The Death of the Dinosaurs 21. Lodestones: How Paleomagic Launched Plate Tectonics 22. Blueschists: The Puzzle of Subduction Zones 23. Transform Faults: Earthquake! The San Andreas Fault 24. Messinian Evaporites: The Mediterranean Was a Desert 25. Glacial Erraticts: A Poet, a Professor, a Politician, a Janitor, and the Discovery of the Ice Ages Index
Preface Acknowledgments 1. Volcanic Tuff: Vulcan
s Wrath: The Eruption of Vesuvius 2. Native Copper: The Iceman and the Island of Copper 3. Cassiterite: The
Isles of Tin
and the Bronze Age 4. Angular Unconformity:
No Vestige of a Beginning
: The Immensity of Geologic Time 5. Igneous Dikes: The
Earth
s Great Heat Engine
: The Origin of Magmas 6. Coal: The Rock That Burns Fires the Industrial Revolution 7. Jurassic World: The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Rocks of Britain 8. Radioactive Uranium: Clocks in Rocks: Arthur Holmes and the Age of the Earth 9. Chondritic Meteorites: Messengers From Space: The Origin of the Solar System 10. Iron-Nickel Meteorites: The Cores of Other Planets 11. Moon Rocks: Green Cheese or Anorthosite: The Origin of the Moon 12. Zircons: Early Oceans and Life? Evidence in a Grain of Sand 13. Stromatolites: Microbial Condos: Cyanobacteria and the Oldest Life 14. Banded Iron Formation: Mountains of Iron: The Earth
s Early Atmosphere 15. Turbidites: Archean Sediments and Submarine Landslides 16. Diamictites: Tropical Glaciers and the Snowball Earth 17. Exotic Terranes: Paradox in Rocks: Wandering Fossils and Traveling Landmasses 18. Jigsaw-Puzzle Bedrock: Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift 19. Chalk: The Cretaceous Seaway and Greenhouse Planet 20. The Iridium Layer: The Death of the Dinosaurs 21. Lodestones: How Paleomagic Launched Plate Tectonics 22. Blueschists: The Puzzle of Subduction Zones 23. Transform Faults: Earthquake! The San Andreas Fault 24. Messinian Evaporites: The Mediterranean Was a Desert 25. Glacial Erraticts: A Poet, a Professor, a Politician, a Janitor, and the Discovery of the Ice Ages Index
s Wrath: The Eruption of Vesuvius 2. Native Copper: The Iceman and the Island of Copper 3. Cassiterite: The
Isles of Tin
and the Bronze Age 4. Angular Unconformity:
No Vestige of a Beginning
: The Immensity of Geologic Time 5. Igneous Dikes: The
Earth
s Great Heat Engine
: The Origin of Magmas 6. Coal: The Rock That Burns Fires the Industrial Revolution 7. Jurassic World: The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Rocks of Britain 8. Radioactive Uranium: Clocks in Rocks: Arthur Holmes and the Age of the Earth 9. Chondritic Meteorites: Messengers From Space: The Origin of the Solar System 10. Iron-Nickel Meteorites: The Cores of Other Planets 11. Moon Rocks: Green Cheese or Anorthosite: The Origin of the Moon 12. Zircons: Early Oceans and Life? Evidence in a Grain of Sand 13. Stromatolites: Microbial Condos: Cyanobacteria and the Oldest Life 14. Banded Iron Formation: Mountains of Iron: The Earth
s Early Atmosphere 15. Turbidites: Archean Sediments and Submarine Landslides 16. Diamictites: Tropical Glaciers and the Snowball Earth 17. Exotic Terranes: Paradox in Rocks: Wandering Fossils and Traveling Landmasses 18. Jigsaw-Puzzle Bedrock: Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift 19. Chalk: The Cretaceous Seaway and Greenhouse Planet 20. The Iridium Layer: The Death of the Dinosaurs 21. Lodestones: How Paleomagic Launched Plate Tectonics 22. Blueschists: The Puzzle of Subduction Zones 23. Transform Faults: Earthquake! The San Andreas Fault 24. Messinian Evaporites: The Mediterranean Was a Desert 25. Glacial Erraticts: A Poet, a Professor, a Politician, a Janitor, and the Discovery of the Ice Ages Index