New views on an old planet : a history of global change / Tjeerd H. van Andel
- Bib ID:
- 1444853
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Van Andel, Tjeerd H. (Tjeerd Hendrik), 1923-
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- Table of contents
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- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Description:
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- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994
- xv, 439 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0521442435
- 0521447550 (paperback)
- Full contents:
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- At the start
- Foundations
- Rocks, events, and time. 1. Reading the record of the rocks. 2. Perspective on time
- Climate past and present: the Ice Age
- The snows of yesteryear. 3. Climate and climate change. 4. Portrait of an ice age. 5. Explaining glaciations
- Drifting continents, rising mountains
- A geological revolution. 6. Continental drift and plate tectonics. 7. Continental breakup and continental drift. 8. Converging plates and colliding continents
- Changing oceans, changing climates
- Continental drift and ancient environments. 9. The sea comes in, the sea goes out. 10. Other times and other oceans. 11. Onward to the Ice Age. 12. A matter of rhythm
- The four-billion-year childhood
- The years when nearly everything began. 13. Birth of the solid earth. 14. Water for the sea, air for the atmosphere. 15. The dawn of life
- Life, time, and change
- The endless interaction. 16. Beyond Darwin. 17. Bones of our ancestors. 18. Evolution and environment.
- 19. Crises and catastrophes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Until 2093 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2023
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1994
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