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A Brief History of Geology
Langbeschreibung
Places the history of geology into the larger context of the history of science in general.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; 1. Major nineteenth-century players; 2. Towards a geologic time scale; 3. A vestige of a beginning: the age of the Earth; 4. The origin of Igneous rocks; 5. Tectonics in crisis; 6. Continental drift; 7. Plate tectonics; 8. Isotope and trace element geology; 9. Ice ages and ice cores; 10. Geology and evolution of the Moon; 11. Welcome to the anthropocene: a man-made epoch?; 12. The structure of geological revolutions; Index.
Kieran D. O'Hara is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Kentucky. He has published more than 40 articles in international journals and has received numerous research awards from the American National Science Foundation. He taught geology at undergraduate and graduate levels at the University of Kentucky for thirty years. His other books include Cave Art and Climate Change (2014) and Earth Resources and Environmental Impacts (2014).
ISBN-13:
9781107176188
Veröffentl:
2019
Erscheinungsdatum:
12.02.2019
Seiten:
276
Autor:
Kieran D. O’Hara
Gewicht:
556 g
Format:
235x157x19 mm
Sprache:
Englisch