Earth As An Evolving Planetary System

by Condie

• ISBN13: 9780120883929
• ISBN10: 0120883929
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-17
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

Earth as an Evolving Planetary System presents the key topics and questions relating to the evolution of the Earth's crust and mantle over the last four billion years. It examines the role of plate tectonics in the geological past via geological evidence and proposed plate reconstruction. Kent Condie synthesizes data from the fields of oceanography, geophysics, planetology, and geochemistry to examine the key topics and questions relating to the evolution of the Earth's crust and mantle. This volume provides a substantial update to Condie's established text, Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution, 4E. It emphasizes the interactive nature of various components of the Earth system on time scales of tens to hundreds of millions of years, and how these interactions have affected the history of the atmosphere, oceans, and biosphere. * New insight on interaction and evolution of Earth system * Examines the role of castrophic events in Earth's history * New section on the evolution of the mantle

Author Biography

Kent Condie is a professor of geochemistry at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, where he has taught since 1970.

Table of Contents

Earth Systems

The Crust

Tectonic Settings

The Mantle

The Core

The Atmosphere and Oceans

Living Systems

Crustal and Mantle Evolution

The Supercontinent Cycle and Mantle Plume Events

Comparative Planetary Evolution

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