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1 online resource (xiv, 447 pages, [5] plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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Revised edition of: Plate tectonics and crustal evolution. 4th ed. 1997. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-441) and index. |
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Print version record. |
Contents |
1. Earth Systems -- 2. The Crust -- 3. Tectonic Settings -- 4. The Mantle -- 5. The Core -- 6. The Atmosphere and Oceans -- 7. Living Systems -- 8. Crustal and Mantle Evolution -- 9. The Supercontinent Cycle and Mantle Plume Events -- 10. Comparative Planetary Evolution. |
Summary |
Earth as an Evolving Planetary System presents the key topics and questions relating to the evolution of the Earth's crust and mantle over the last four billion years. It examines the role of plate tectonics in the geological past via geological evidence and proposed plate reconstruction. Kent Condie synthesizes data from the fields of oceanography, geophysics, planetology, and geochemistry to examine the key topics and questions relating to the evolution of the Earth's crust and mantle. This volume provides a substantial update to Condie's established text, Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution, 4E. It emphasizes the interactive nature of various components of the Earth system on time scales of tens to hundreds of millions of years, and how these interactions have affected the history of the atmosphere, oceans, and biosphere. * New insight on interaction and evolution of Earth system * Examines the role of castrophic events in Earth's history * New section on the evolution of the mantle. |
Language |
English. |
Subject |
Earth (Planet) -- Crust.
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Plate tectonics.
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Terre -- Croûte.
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Tectonique des plaques.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
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Planets -- Crust
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Earth (Planet) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJB8v443pPTqgvXgPkBtrq
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Plate tectonics
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Geologia física.
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Estrutura da terra.
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Genre/Form |
dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Added Author |
Condie, Kent C.
Plate tectonics and crustal evolution.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Condie, Kent C. Earth as an evolving planetary system. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2005 0120883929 9780120883929 (DLC) 2004046215 (OCoLC)56615962 |
ISBN |
9780080494586 (electronic bk.) |
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0080494587 (electronic bk.) |
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1281010782 |
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9781281010780 |
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9786611010782 |
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6611010785 |
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9780120883929 |
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0120883929 |
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AU@ 000048130737 |
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AU@ 000051556488 |
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DEBBG BV043044617 |
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DEBSZ 36777335X |
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DEBSZ 42220126X |
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GBVCP 802330282 |
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NZ1 12434803 |
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NZ1 14540196 |
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UKMGB 017691593 |
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