Stacey, F. D.
The earth as a cradle for life : the origin, evolution and future of the environment / Frank D. Stacey, Jane H. Hodgkinson, CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering, Australia. - xvii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"The age of the earth as an abode fitted for life" (Lord Kelvin, 1899) -- Rotation, tides and the moon -- The variable sun and other astronomical effects -- The magnetic field -- Internal heat and the evolution of the earth -- The oceans -- Planetary atmospheres and the appearance of free oxygen -- Thermal balance, the greenhouse effect, and sea level -- Environmental crises and mass extinctions of species -- Stability of the environment -- Inorganic mineral deposits as products of an evolving environment -- Fossil fuels, buried carbon and photosynthetic oxygen -- Effects of fossil fuel use -- A comparison of human energy use with natural dissipations -- The cradle is rocking -- A summary of salient conclusions.
College of Arts and Sciences
9789814508322 (alk. paper) 9814508322 (alk. paper) 9789814508339 9814508330
2013007925
Earth sciences--Textbooks.
Environmental sciences--Textbooks.
QE26.3 / .S73 2013
550/St12
The earth as a cradle for life : the origin, evolution and future of the environment / Frank D. Stacey, Jane H. Hodgkinson, CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering, Australia. - xvii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"The age of the earth as an abode fitted for life" (Lord Kelvin, 1899) -- Rotation, tides and the moon -- The variable sun and other astronomical effects -- The magnetic field -- Internal heat and the evolution of the earth -- The oceans -- Planetary atmospheres and the appearance of free oxygen -- Thermal balance, the greenhouse effect, and sea level -- Environmental crises and mass extinctions of species -- Stability of the environment -- Inorganic mineral deposits as products of an evolving environment -- Fossil fuels, buried carbon and photosynthetic oxygen -- Effects of fossil fuel use -- A comparison of human energy use with natural dissipations -- The cradle is rocking -- A summary of salient conclusions.
College of Arts and Sciences
9789814508322 (alk. paper) 9814508322 (alk. paper) 9789814508339 9814508330
2013007925
Earth sciences--Textbooks.
Environmental sciences--Textbooks.
QE26.3 / .S73 2013
550/St12
