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Investigating the History of Earth (Introduction to Earth Science)

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Author(s): Michael Anderson (editor)
Series: Introduction to Earth Science
Publisher: Britannica Educational Publishing, Rosen Educational Services
Year: 2012

Language: English
Pages: 89
Tags: Горно-геологическая отрасль;Историческая геология, палеонтология, стратиграфия;

TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 7
CHAPTER 1 EARTH’S ORIGINS......Page 11
THE FORMATION OF EARTH......Page 13
FIRST BILLION YEARS......Page 15
THE FIRST ORGANISMS......Page 22
THE OXYGEN REVOLUTION......Page 24
MULTICELLULAR LIFE......Page 27
CAMBRIAN PERIOD......Page 32
SILURIAN PERIOD......Page 38
DEVONIAN PERIOD......Page 40
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD......Page 41
PERMIAN PERIOD......Page 44
THE GREAT DYING......Page 46
CHAPTER 4 MESOZOIC ERA......Page 49
TRIASSIC PERIOD......Page 51
JURASSIC PERIOD......Page 53
CRETACEOUS PERIOD......Page 55
THE END OF AN ERA......Page 58
PLATE TECTONICS......Page 63
CLIMATE CHANGES......Page 64
ANIMALS AND PLANTS......Page 65
CHANGES IN LIFE-FORMS......Page 70
THE SUN AS RED GIANT......Page 73
CONCLUSION......Page 76
GLOSSARY......Page 78
FOR MORE INFORMATION......Page 80
WEB SITES......Page 83
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 84
INDEX......Page 85
BACK COVER......Page 89