Evolution of the Earth

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This title focuses on the formation of Earth, core and continents, outgassing and volcanism, development of plate tectonics, origin and persistence of Earth's magnetic field, growth of the inner core, changes in mantle convection through time, and impact of biology.--

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Full title :Evolution of the Earth / volume editor, David Stevenson.

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Publication Date:2009.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Elsevier
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 320 pages) : : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780444535733, 044453573X
oclc:ocn927104149
LC Classification:QB632
Dewey Decimal:551.7

Earth formation and evolution / D.J. Stevenson -- The composition and major reservoirs of the earth around the time of the moon-forming giant impact / A.N. Halliday, B.J. Wood -- Formation of Earth's core / D.C. Rubie, F. Nimmo, H.J. Melosh -- Magma oceans and primordial mantle differentiation / V. Solomatov -- Water, the solid earth, and the atmosphere : the genesis and effects of a wet surface on a mostly dry planet / Q. Williams -- Plate tectonics through time / N.H. Sleep -- Mechanisms of continental crust growth / M. Stein, Z. Ben-Avraham -- Thermal evolution of the mantle / G.F. Davies -- Thermal and compositional evolution of the core / F. Nimmo -- History of earth rotation / W.R. Peltier -- Coevolution of life and earth / G.J. Retallack.

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Earth (Planet) Earth (Planet) -- Origin Géologie historique geophysics Géophysique Historical Geology Planets -- Origin SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences Terre -- Origines