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.
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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Donald R. Prothero has taught paleontology and geology for almost four decades. He is adjunct professor of geological sciences at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, adjunct professor of geology at Pierce College, and research associate in vertebrate paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. His Columbia University Press books include Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to Paleobiology (third edition, 2013); The Story of Life in 25 Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of Evolution (2015); and Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters (second edition, 2017).
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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
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
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