Earth as an Evolving Planetary System - Softcover

Condie, Kent C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128199148 ISBN 13: 9780128199145

Verlag: Academic Press, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

Earth as an Evolving Planetary System, Fourth Edition, examines the various subsystems that play a role in the evolution of the Earth, including subsystems in the crust, mantle, core, atmosphere, oceans, and life. This new edition includes over 100 new pages of material, data, and images. New topics include a new chapter on orogens and orogenic crust, as well as expanded coverage of oceanic topics.

The Earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere, crustal and mantle evolution, the supercontinent cycle, great events in Earth history, and the Earth in comparison to other planets are also covered. Earth as an Evolving Planetary System, Fourth Edition is a key reference for students and researchers in the Earth and planetary scientists, especially for geologists, geophysicists, and geochemists.

• Presents comprehensive coverage of the Earth's history that is relevant for both students and teachers
• Includes an important new chapter on Orogens and Orogenic Crust and expanded coverage of oceanographic topics (i.e., oceanic and hybrid crusts, oceanic lithosphere, and water in the deep mantle)
• Contains informative field images of different geological structures and processes from around the world to accompany the relevant concepts in the text

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Kent Condie is emeritus professor of geochemistry at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM where he taught from 1970 to 2015. His textbook, Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution, was first published in 1976 and has gone through four editions. In addition, Condie has written seven other professional books the most recent of which, Earth as an Evolving Planetary System is now in the fourth edition. He is author or co-author of over 750 articles published scientific journals. He was awarded NMT’s Distinguished Research Award in 1987. In addition, he was elected the Vice President of the International Association for Gondwana Research in 2002 and in 2007 was bestowed an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He was awarded the Penrose Medal of the Geological Society of America in 2018.

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Earth as an Evolving Planetary System, Fourth Edition, examines the various subsystems that play a role in the evolution of the Earth, including subsystems in the crust, mantle, core, atmosphere, oceans, and life. This new edition includes over 100 new pages of material, data, and images. New topics include a new chapter on orogens and orogenic crust, as well as expanded coverage of oceanic topics.

The Earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere, crustal and mantle evolution, the supercontinent cycle, great events in Earth history, and the Earth in comparison to other planets are also covered. Earth as an Evolving Planetary System, Fourth Edition is a key reference for students and researchers in the Earth and planetary scientists, especially for geologists, geophysicists, and geochemists.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Academic Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0128199148
• ISBN 13: 9780128199145
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 4
• Anzahl der Seiten: 406
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