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.
By: Stacey, F. D. (Frank D.)
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Contributor(s): Hodgkinson, Jane H.
Singapore : World Scientific Pub. Co, ©2013Description: xvii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text ISBN: 9789814508322 (alk. paper); 9814508322 (alk. paper); 9789814508339; 9814508330.Subject(s): Earth sciences -- Textbooks | Environmental sciences -- TextbooksDDC classification: 550/St12 Other classification: CAS 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.
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