簡介
Visualizing Earth History integrates artwork and images from National Geographic and other rich visuals to provide a broad overview of earth history. Author, Loren Babock explores Earth’s history as a series of interrelated processes that continue to have significant outcomes for humans and other living things.
目錄
Foreword v
Preface viii
1 Introduction to Earth’s System History 2
2 Earth Materials and Features 26
3 Geologic Time 60
4 Life on Earth and its Fossil Record 86
5 Biological Evolution 124
6 Interpreting Sedimentary Environments and Global Change 150
7 Plate Tectonics in Earth History 194
8 Archean World 226
9 Proterozoic World 252
10 Paleozoic World 278
11 Mesozoic World 328
12 Cenozoic World 368
Appendix A 412
Appendix B 413
Appendix C 415
Glossary 417
Table of Line Art Credits 431
Photo Credits 433
Index 437
