The oceans : a deep history /
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 ORIGINS; Building a Planet, Shaping the Oceans; Water, Salt, and Circulation; Life, Oxygen, and Carbon; Chapter 3 CONTROLS ON CHANGE; Orbital and Solar Changes; Greenhouse Gases; Plate Tectonics; Impacts; Chapter 4 SNOWBALL EARTH AND THE EXPLOSIONS OF LIFE; Into the Freezer; Out of the Freezer, Into a Greenhouse; A Tale of Two Explosions; Reverberations; Chapter 5 OCEANS ON ACID; About Acidification; Acidification in Action; Chapter 6 THE AGE OF REPTILES; Choking Oceans; Salty Giants; Chapter 7 WINTER IS COMING
- Reconstructing Sea-Level ChangeThe Great Northern Ice Ages; Ocean Controls on CO2; A Seesaw in the Ocean; Chapter 8 FUTURE OCEANS AND CLIMATE; Our Carbon Emissions; Consequences; EPILOGUE; Acknowledgments; Bibliography