Evolution of Earth and its climate : birth, life and death of Earth / O.G. Sorokhtin, G.V. Chilingarian, N.O. Sorokhtin.
Series: Developments in earth & environmental sciences ; 10.©2011Description: 1 online resource (576 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780444537584
- 0444537589
- QE26.2 .E96 2011eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-571) and index.
Front Cover; Evolution of Earth and its Climate; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Part 1: Earth's Birth and EvolutionMechanisms; Chapter 1: Major Stages and Methodology in the Evolution of Geological Concepts; Chapter 2: Structure and Composition of Modern Earth; Chapter 3: Origin of Earth, its Past and Future; Chapter 4: Process of Earths Core Separation; Chapter 5: Earth Energetics; Chapter 6: Earths Tectonic Activity and its Nature; Part 2: Cause and Effect Relationshipsand Space-Time Regularities.
The book reviews the current physical theory of Earth's global evolution, its origin, structure and composition, the process of€Earth's core formation, Earth's energy, and the nature of its tectonomagnetic activity. The book also deals with the origin of the Moon and its influence on our planet's evolution. Based on the integral positions of this theory, the book analyzes the issues of the origin of the hydrosphere and atmosphere, and the conception and evolution of life on Earth. The monograph also reviews the adiabatic theory of the greenhouse effect developed by the authors, and the ef.
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