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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: little book of planet Earth
  title info:
    title: Geschichte der Erde. English
  name:
    name part: Meissner, Rolf.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2002
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  language:
    language term: ger
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 202 pages) : illustrations, maps
  abstract: The Little Book of Planet Earth presents a concise description of the geological evolution of Earth from its formation. Meissner describes in detailed but accessible prose not just the planet's features, but the tools that modern geologists use to explore and track the ever-changing subterranean and surface features of the planet. With a particular gift for expressing how the forces in and around our planet constantly alter the world we live in, the author introduces lay readers to the key topics in modern earth and planetary science: the creation of Earth and its moon (as well as stars and other planets), the role of seismology in analyzing Earth's structure, the formation of mountain ranges and basins, the role of plate tectonics, the significance of Earth's magnetic field, and the complex relationship of our planet's geology to the life forms found there.
  table of contents: ch. 1. The roots of earth sciences -- ch. 2. The Earth in the context of our solar system -- ch. 3. The formation of Earth and moon -- ch. 4. The interior of the Earth and the role of seismology -- ch. 5. Rotation and shape, gravity and tides -- ch. 6. The Earth's magnetic field -- ch. 7. Atom, mineral, rock -- ch. 8. The early ages -- ch. 9. Radioactive dating -- ch. 10. Plate tectonics -- ch. 11. The crust of the Earth -- ch. 12. Formation of mountains and basins -- ch. 13. New discoveries, new concepts -- ch. 14. The phanerozoic : the last 600 million years -- ch. 15. Biological evolution -- Epilogue : our limited resources.
  note: Rolf Meissner.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-194) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: x------
  subject:
    geographic: Earth (Planet)
  subject:
    topic: SCIENCE
    topic: Earth Sciences
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: SCIENCE
    topic: Physics
    topic: Geophysics
  subject:
    geographic: Earth (Planet)
  classification: QB631 .M4513 2002eb
  classification: 550
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    title info:
      title: Little book of planet Earth
    title info:
      title: Geschichte der Erde. English
    name:
      name part: Meissner, Rolf.
    origin info:
      publisher: New York : Copernicus, ©2002
    identifier: (DLC) 2001060201
    identifier: (OCoLC)48681902
  identifier: 0387218009 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 9780387218007 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 0387952586
  identifier: 9780387952581
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    record content source: N$T
    record creation date: 040713
    record change date: 20260423141557.2
    record identifier: in00003504255
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng