| Description | | - Lively and informative look at the frontiers of geological science
- Comprehensive and accessible introduction to the processes which govern the changing geology of the Earth
- Leads the reader to understand the relationships between the various processes that make the Earth one dynamic, living planet
| | For generations, the ground beneath the feet of our ancestors seemed solid and unchanging. Around 30 years ago, two things happened that were to revolutionize the understanding of our home planet. First, geologists realized that the continents themselves were drifting across the surface of the globe and that oceans were being created and destroyed. Secondly, pictures of the entire planet were
returned from space. As the astronomer Fred Hoyle had predicted, this 'let loose an idea as powerful as any in history'. Suddenly, the Earth began to be viewed as a single entity; a dynamic, interacting whole, controlled by complex processes we scarcely understood. It began to seem less solid. As one astronaut put it, 'a blue jewel on black velvet; small, fragile and touchingly alone'. Geologists
at last were able to see the whole as well as the detail; the wood as well as the trees. This book brings their account up to date with the latest understanding of the processes that govern our planet. |
Readership: Anyone interested in the processes which govern the Earth and the forces that shaped it. Students studying Geology or Physical Geography at school or as an undergraduate course.
| Contents |
1.
Dynamic Planet
2.
Deep Time
3.
Deep Earth
4.
Under the Sea
5.
Drifting Continents
6.
Volcanoes
7.
When the Ground Shakes
Epilogue
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Martin Redfern, Science Producer at the BBC Science Radio Unit
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