Keywords:
Geology, Structural.
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Earth.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Fully updated and revised, this rigorous but accessible second edition explores Earth's evolution over 4.6 billion years, explaining the underlying physical and chemical principles without heavy mathematics. It provides an ideal supplementary text for students in isotope geochemistry and planetary science and an enjoyable overview for professionals and general readers.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (166 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9781139375115
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=880695
DDC:
550
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- The Earth: Its Birth and Growth -- Title -- Contents -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Preface to the English edition -- 1: Heat from within: energy supporting the dynamic Earth -- THE ENERGY HIDDEN IN ROCKS -- THE AMOUNT OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS IN ROCKS -- RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS IN THE WHOLE EARTH -- HEAT GENERATION IN THE EARTH'S INTERIOR -- COMPARISON WITH SOLAR ENERGY -- NOTES -- 2: At the time of the Earth's birth -- NUCLEOSYNTHESIS IN THE GALAXY -- CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM -- FROM A GASEOUS NEBULA TO PLANETESIMALS -- FROM PLANETESIMALS TO PLANETS -- CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE EARTH -- AGE OF THE EARTH -- HOLMES, HOUTERMANS, AND PATTERSON -- NOTES -- 3: Formation of the layered structure of the Earth -- DISTINCTIVE LAYERED STRUCTURE -- HOMOGENEOUS AND HETEROGENEOUS ACCRETION HYPOTHESIS -- CHEMICAL DIFFERENTIATION AND PLANETARY ACCRETION -- IRON CORE AND SILICATE MANTLE SEPARATION -- HAFNIUM-TUNGSTEN CHRONOMETER: A GEOLOGICAL SANDGLASS -- FORMATION OF THE INNER CORE -- THE EARTH'S CORE AND THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD -- MANTLE, CRUST, AND ATMOSPHERE -- NOTES -- 4: Time scale of the Earth's evolution -- MEASURING THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS OF YEARS -- GEOLOGICAL CLOCK USING NUCLEAR DISINTEGRATION -- CORROBORATION OF THE GEOLOGICAL CLOCK -- POTASSIUM-ARGON METHOD -- REVERSALS OF THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD -- AGE OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS -- SHORT-LIVED ISOTOPE: A GEOLOGICAL SANDGLASS -- CAI: THE OLDEST MINERAL IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM -- NOTES -- 5: Plate tectonics revolution -- PALEOMAGNETISM AND APPARENT POLAR WANDER -- CONTINENTAL DRIFT HYPOTHESIS -- SEAFLOOR SPREADING THEORY -- PLATE TECTONICS THEORY -- WHAT DRIVES PLATES? -- NOTES -- 6: Evolution of the mantle -- MANTLE EVOLUTION AND CRUSTAL GROWTH -- NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE AS A MARKER FOR MANTLE EVOLUTION -- WHY AND HOW MANTLE MELTS.
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OCEANIC CRUST AND CONTINENTAL CRUST -- INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE MANTLE -- CHEMICAL STRATIFICATION IN THE MANTLE? -- STRUCTURE OF MANTLE CONVECTION -- NOTES -- 7: Origin of the atmosphere and oceans -- SECONDARY ORIGIN OF THE ATMOSPHERE -- DEGASSING FROM THE EARTH -- IS THE DEGASSING CONTINUOUS? -- USING THE ARGON ISOTOPIC RATIO -- FORMATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE OCCURRED SUDDENLY -- XENON - 129: A MORE PRECISE CHRONOMETER FOR MANTLE DEGASSING -- RARE GASES IN MANTLE MATERIALS -- THE ORIGIN OF LIFE AND THE ATMOSPHERE -- THE MYSTERY OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE EARLY ATMOSPHERE -- BANDED IRON FORMATIONS AND PRODUCTION OF OXYGEN -- APPEARANCE OF OXYGEN AND CARBON ISOTOPES -- SULFUR ISOTOPES, A PHOTOSYNTHESIS MARKER? -- NOTES -- 8: Isotopes as DNA of nature -- NON-RADIOGENIC STABLE ISOTOPES -- STABLE ISOTOPES AS COSMIC DNA -- OXYGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION AND ITS VARIABILITY -- PALEOTEMPERATURE AND CLIMATE -- MASS-INDEPENDENT ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION -- MASS-INDEPENDENT ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION OF MERCURY -- STARDUST -- NOTES -- 9: The Earth's magnetism -- MAGNETIC MINERALS IN ROCKS: SMALLER IS BETTER -- THERMO-REMANENT MAGNETIZATION CAN PERSIST FOREVER -- GENERATION OF THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD BY GEODYNAMO -- MANTLE CONTROL OVER THE HISTORY OF THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD -- ONSET OF THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IN THE EARTH'S HISTORY -- NOTES -- 10: The Moon: a looking glass to mirror the ancient Earth -- GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL FOSSILS -- ORIGIN OF THE EARTH-MOON SYSTEM -- SOLAR WIND ON LUNAR SOILS -- THE EARTH WIND: IONS ESCAPING FROM THE EARTH -- GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MIRRORED ON THE MOON -- 11: The past and future of the evolving Earth -- USEFULNESS OF THE EARTH'S HISTORY -- THE EARTH'S EVOLUTION, PAST AND FUTURE -- RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL -- OKLO NATURAL NUCLEAR REACTOR -- OKLO NATURAL REACTOR AS A "FOSSIL -- CURSE AND BLESSINGS OF POPULATION GROWTH -- References.
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Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Index.
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