Earth History: Stories of Our Geological Past - Hardcover
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Peter Copeland, Janok P. BhattacharyaPublish date:7/31/2025Pages:424
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781108498524ISBN-10:1108498523UPC:9781108498524Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Earth SciencesSize:10.90 x 8.60 x 1.10 inchesWeight:3.2033Product ID:SC51CAXGPH
Providing a new approach to Earth history, this engaging undergraduate textbook highlights key episodes in the history of our planet and uses them to explain the most important concepts in geology. Rather than presenting exhaustive descriptions of each period of geological time, this conceptual approach shows how geologists use multiple strands of evidence to build up an understanding of the geological past, focusing on exciting events like the extinction of the dinosaurs and the formation of the Grand Canyon and the Himalaya. Beginning with an introduction to geology, tectonics, and the origin of the Universe, subsequent chapters chronicle defining moments in Earth history in an accessible narrative style. Each chapter draws on a variety of sub-disciplines, including stratigraphy, paleontology, petrology, geochemistry, and geophysics, to provide students who have little or no previous knowledge of geology with a broad understanding of our planet and its fascinating history.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781108498524ISBN-10:1108498523UPC:9781108498524Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Earth SciencesSize:10.90 x 8.60 x 1.10 inchesWeight:3.2033Product ID:SC51CAXGPH
Copeland, Peter: - Peter Copeland is Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Houston, Texas. His expertise lies in thermochronology, geochemistry and continental tectonics, with a particular emphasis on the evolution of the continental crust. In recent years, his research has focused on the formation of the Rocky Mountains and Himalaya. From 2001-2004 he was co-editor of the Geological Society of America Bulletin.Bhattacharya, Janok P.: - Janok P. Bhattacharya is the Susan Cunningham Research Chair in Geology at McMaster University (Canada). His research interests are in sedimentary rocks of the western interior of North America. Prior to becoming a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas and subsequently at the University of Houston, Bhattacharya worked in the petroleum industry. He is an American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Grover Murray Distinguished Educator (2007), AAPG Distinguished Lecturer (2005-2006), and the 2023 SEPM, Francis J. Pettijohn Medalist for excellence in sedimentology and stratigraphy.
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