Earth System History
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Author(s): S. M. Stanley
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 0716739070
Format: softback
564pp
Price: £40.99
Review Date: 11 April 2005
Review: Not only have changes in the non-biological aspects of the Earth affected life profoundly, but changes in life have transformed the oceans, the crust, and the atmosphere. Earth system history encompasses the changes in the physical and biological features of our planet over billions of years. This book begins by looking at the components of the Earth system and the tools that scientists use in their historical quest. In, The Story of Earth, it goes on to study twenty key periods in the history of environments and life on Earth, each chapter highlighting one or two global changes of great magnitude and special significance.