The earth machine : the science of a dynamic planet /
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| Author / Creator: | Mathez, Edmond A. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Columbia University Press, c2004. |
| Description: | xiv, 335 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5550046 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Part I. How Has Earth Evolved?
- 1.. The Birth of Planet Earth
- From Meteorites to Earth
- The Formation of the Moon
- Early Earth Organizes Itself
- The Emergence of an Atmosphere and an Ocean
- 2.. Learning the Age of Earth
- The Seeds of Doubt
- The Emergence of the Revolutionary Concept of an Old Earth
- Radioactivity and the Age of Earth
- 3.. The Evolution of the Continents
- Earth: The Only Planet with a Continental Crust
- The Continents and Continental Crust
- The First Continental Crust
- The Assembly of the Continents
- 4.. Life and Conditions on Early Earth
- Ancient Microbes
- Banded Iron Formations and Oxygenation of the Atmosphere and Ocean
- A Warm Early Earth?
- The Appearance of Animals and Explosion of Life in the Cambrian
- 5.. Reading Rocks: The Story of the Grand Canyon
- How Sedimentary Rocks Describe Ancient Environments
- Evidence of Missing Rock
- How Old Is the Grand Canyon?
- Part II. Why Are There Ocean Basins, Continents, and Mountains?
- 6.. Internal Earth
- The Core
- The Magnetic Field
- Convection in the Core and Origin of the Geomagnetic Field
- Earth's Internal Heat
- The Mantle
- Convection in the Mantle
- 7.. Plate Tectonics
- Continental Drift: An Idea Proposed Before Its Time
- Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift
- From Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics
- Plate Boundaries: Where the Action Is
- Plate Motions and Continental Reconstruction
- 8.. Lavas from the Depths of Earth
- Hawaii
- Kilauea Volcano
- Volcanoes of the Mid-Ocean Ridges
- Great Lava Floods and the Columbia River Basalts
- 9.. Great Explosive Volcanoes
- The Nature of Explosive Volcanism
- How Gases Drive Explosive Eruptions
- Vesuvius: The Anatomy of an Explosive Eruption
- Tambora: Volcanoes and Climate Change
- Krakatau: An Explosion that Reverberated Around the World
- Great Prehistoric Eruptions
- Granite
- 10.. Earthquakes
- Why Do Earthquakes Occur?
- How Earthquakes Are Measured
- How Earthquakes Destroy
- Fault Behavior and Calculating the Odds
- Short-term Prediction
- The San Andreas Fault Zone, California
- The Great Alaska Earthquake
- 11.. Mountains
- The Shape of Earth and Why Mountains Are High
- The Importance of Erosion
- The Folding of Rocks
- The Metamorphism of Rocks
- 12.. The Alps
- The Beginnings of Alpine Research
- The Formation and Structure of the Alps
- Part III. What Causes Earth's Climate and Climate Change?
- 13.. The Atmosphere
- The Structure of the Atmosphere
- Global Atmospheric Circulation
- Greenhouse Earth: The Troposphere Story
- Ozone: The Stratosphere Story
- The Importance of Clouds
- 14.. The World Ocean
- The Important Properties of Water
- Why Is the Ocean Salty?
- The Global Ocean Conveyor System
- Ocean Surface Currents
- Upwelling and Downwelling
- El Nino and La Nina
- 15.. The Geological Record of Climate Change
- Climate Forcing Factors
- The Climate Record in Greenland Ice
- Some Other Indicators of Past Climate
- The Ice Age
- Part IV. Why Is Earth Habitable?
- 16.. Conditions for Life
- Water: The Essential Ingredient
- The Carbon Cycle
- Earth, Venus, and Mars
- Earth's Intangible Shields
- 17.. Black Smokers from the Deep
- How Hydrothermal Vent Fields Form
- Life at Hydrothermal Vents
- Did Life Originate in Deep-Sea Vents?
- Heat and Water: What Goes In, and What Goes Out
- 18.. Some Natural Resources and How They Form
- What Salt, Gold, and Coal Have in Common
- Ore Deposits from Hot Water
- An Ancient Analogue of Black Smokers
- Ore Deposits from Magmas
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
