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Prothero, Donald R.
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Geology.
Geologists.
Earth sciences.
Earth (Planet)
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Prothero, Donald R.
Geology.
Geologists.
Earth sciences.
Earth (Planet)
MARC Display
The
story
of the
Earth
in
25
rocks
:
tales
of
important
geological
puzzles
and the
people
who
solved
them
/ Donald R. Prothero.
by
Prothero, Donald R.
Columbia University Press, 2018.
Call #:
551 P967s
Subjects
Geology.
Geologists.
Earth
sciences.
Earth
(Planet)
ISBN:
9780231182607 (hc.)
Description:
viii, 354 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Volcanic tuff : Vulcan's wrath : the eruption of Vesuvius -- Native copper : the iceman and the island of copper -- Cassiterite : the "isles of tin" and the Bronze Age -- Angular unconformity : "no vestige of a beginning" : the immensity of geologic time -- Igneous dikes : the "
Earth
's great heat engine" : the origin of magmas -- Coal : the rock that burns fires the industrial revolution -- Jurassic world : the map that changed the world : William Smith and the
rocks
of Britain -- Radioactive uranium : clocks in
rocks
: Arthur Holmes and the age of the
Earth
-- Chondritic meteorites : messengers from space : the origin of the solar system -- Iron-nickel meteorites : the cores of other planets -- Moon
rocks
: green cheese or anorthosite? : the origin of the moon -- Zircons : early oceans and life? : evidence in a grain of sand -- Stromatolites : microbial condos : cyanobacteria and the oldest life -- Banded iron formation : mountains of iron : the
Earth
's early atmosphere -- Turbidites : Archean sediments and submarine landslides -- Diamictites : tropical glaciers and the Snowball
Earth
-- Exotic terranes : paradox in
rocks
: wandering fossils and traveling landmasses -- Jigsaw-puzzle bedrock : Alfred Wegener and continental drift -- Chalk : the Cretaceous Seaway and the greenhouse planet -- The iridium layer : the death of the dinosaurs -- Lodestones : how paleomagic launched plate tectonics -- Blueschists : the puzzle of subduction zones -- Transform faults : earthquake! : the San Andreas Fault -- Messinian evaporites : the Mediterranean was a desert -- Glacial erratics : a poet, a professor, a politician, a janitor, and the discovery of the ice ages.
Summary:
"Every rock is a tangible trace of the
earth
's past. The
Story
of the
Earth
in
25
Rocks
tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations of geology. In twenty-five chapters--each about a particular rock, outcrop, or geologic phenomenon--Donald R. Prothero recounts the scientific detective work that shaped our understanding of geology, from the unearthing of exemplary specimens to tectonic shifts in how we view the inner workings of our planet. Prothero follows in the footsteps of the scientists
who
asked--and answered--geology's biggest questions: How do we know how old the
earth
is? What happened to the supercontinent Pangea? How did ocean
rocks
end up at the top of Mount Everest? What can we learn about our planet from meteorites and moon
rocks
? He answers these questions through expertly chosen case studies, such as Pliny the Younger's firsthand account of the eruption of Vesuvius; the granite outcrops that led a Scottish scientist to theorize that the landscapes he witnessed were far older than Noah's Flood; the salt and gypsum deposits under the Mediterranean Sea that indicate that it was once a desert; and how trying to date the age of meteorites revealed the dangers of lead poisoning. Each of these breakthroughs filled in a piece of the greater puzzle that is the
earth
, with scientific discoveries dovetailing with each other to offer an increasingly coherent image of the geologic past. Summarizing a wealth of information in an entertaining, approachable style, The
Story
of the
Earth
in
25
Rocks
is essential reading for the armchair geologist, the rock hound, and all
who
are curious about the
earth
beneath their feet."--Dust jacket.
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