The Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Science, 2nd Edition,9780471161141

The Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Science, 2nd Edition

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780471161141
ISBN10: 0471161144
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-02-01
Publisher(s): Wiley
List Price: $160.50

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Summary

This innovative text has helped pave the way for the earth systems science course. It treats earth science from a systems perspective, showing how the four spheres (lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere) are interrelated. The course is one semester in length and is offered in geology, earth science, environmental science, and biology departments. It is often taken to fulfill a science requirement.

Author Biography

Brian Skinner, Yale University
Stephen Porter, University of Washington
Daniel Botkin, George Mason University

Table of Contents

PART ONE THE EARTH IN SPACE 1(64)
1. The Earth System
1(22)
2. Fellow Travelers in Space: Earth's Nearest Neighbors
23(20)
3. The Sun, Giver of Life
43(22)
PART TWO THE EARTH BENEATH OUR FEET 65(124)
4. Plate Tectonics
65(26)
5. Earthquakes and the Earth's Interior
91(20)
6. Minerals and Rocks
111(24)
7. The Heat Within: Magmas and Volcanoes
135(22)
8. The Earth's Evolving Crust
157(32)
PART THREE THE EARTH'S BLANKET OF WATER AND ICE 189(82)
9. Water on the Land
189(26)
10. The World of Snow and Ice
215(26)
11. The World Ocean
241(30)
PART FOUR THE EARTH'S GASEOUS ENVELOPE 271(72)
12. Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere
271(22)
13. Winds, Weather, and Deserts
293(22)
14. The Earth's Changing Climate
315(28)
PART FIVE THE DYNAMICS OF LIFE ON EARTH 343(76)
15. A Planetary Perspective on Life
343(20)
16. Geochemistry and Life
363(24)
17. Biological Evolution and the History of the Biosphere
387(32)
PART SIX LIVING ON THE EARTH 419(72)
18. Resources from the Earth
419(24)
19. The Changing Face of the Land
443(20)
20. Global Change: A Planet Under Stress
463(28)
Appendices 491(24)
Glossary 515(12)
Credits 527(4)
Index 531

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