"Questions about the origins and nature of Earth have long preoccupied human thought and the scientific endeavor. Over the past four decades, Earth scientists have made great strides in understanding the planet's workings. Ever-improving tools are available to understand how Ear…
Origin and evolution of earth: research questions for a changing planet
by National Research Council (U.S.)., Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council (U.S.)., Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on Grand Research Questions in the Solid-Earth Sciences, National Academies (U.S.)
"Questions about the origin and nature of Earth and the life on it have long preoccupied human thought and the scientific endeavor. Deciphering the planet's history and processes could improve the ability to predict catastrophes like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, to manage…
Origin and evolution of Earth: research questions for a changing planet
by National Research Council (U.S.)., Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council (U.S.)., Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on Grand Research Questions in the Solid-Earth Sciences
"Questions about the origin and nature of Earth and the life on it have long preoccupied human thought and the scientific endeavor. Deciphering the planet's history and processes could improve the ability to predict catastrophes like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, to manage…
Treatise on geophysics
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.--
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.--
Origins of the Earth, Moon, and Life: An Interdisciplinary Approach presents state-of-the-art knowledge that is based on theories, experiments, observations, calculations, and analytical data from five astro-sciences, astronomy, astrobiology, astrogeology, astrophysics, and cosm…
"The study of planet formation has a long history. The idea that the Solar System formed from a rotating disk of gas and dust - the Nebula Hypothesis - dates back to the writings of Kant, Laplace, and others in the eighteenth century. A quantitative description of terrestrial pl…