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9780470001264

The Earth Through Time

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470001264

  • ISBN10:

    0470001267

  • Edition: 6th
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-08-01
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Summary

This best-selling historical geology text provides an excellent balance of basic geology and paleontology.  The new eighth edition provides rich, authoritative coverage of the history of the Earth, offering the most comprehensive history in the discipline today.  It maintains its strong approach to stratigraphy and paleontology that other texts have lost.  The text's paleogeographic maps are excellent in detail and are a vital component in understanding the earth's history.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Earth History.
2. Earth Materials: A Physical Geology Refresher.
3. The Sedimentary Archives.
4. The Fossil Record.
5. Barth Structure and Plate Tecronics.
6. Archean: The First Two Billion Years.
7. The Proterozoic Eon.
8. Early Paleozoic Events.
9. Late Paleozoic Events.
10. Life of the Paleozoic.
11. The Mesozonic Era.
12. Life of the Mesozoic.
13. The Cenozoic Era.
14. Life of the Cettozoic.
15. Human Origins.
Appendices.
Glossary.
Index.
Responses to Questions.

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