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245 0 0 _aEvolution of the Earth /
_cvolume editor, David Stevenson.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aAmsterdam ;
_aBoston :
_bElsevier,
_c2009.
300 _axi, 320 p. :
_bill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;
_c27 cm.
490 1 _aTreatise on geophysics ;
_vv. 9
500 _aRecord to be deleted
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aEarth formation and evolution / D.J. Stevenson -- The composition and major reservoirs of the earth around the time of the moon-forming giant impact / A.N. Halliday, B.J. Wood -- Formation of Earth's core / D.C. Rubie, F. Nimmo, H.J. Melosh -- Magma oceans and primordial mantle differentiation / V. Solomatov -- Water, the solid earth, and the atmosphere : the genesis and effects of a wet surface on a mostly dry planet / Q. Williams -- Plate tectonics through time / N.H. Sleep -- Mechanisms of continental crust growth / M. Stein, Z. Ben-Avraham -- Thermal evolution of the mantle / G.F. Davies -- Thermal and compositional evolution of the core / F. Nimmo -- History of earth rotation / W.R. Peltier -- Coevolution of life and earth / G.J. Retallack.
520 8 _aThis title focuses on the formation of Earth, core and continents, outgassing and volcanism, development of plate tectonics, origin and persistence of Earth's magnetic field, growth of the inner core, changes in mantle convection through time, and impact of biology.
650 0 _aHistorical geology.
650 0 _aGeophysics.
651 0 _aEarth
_xOrigin.
700 1 _aStevenson, David John,
_d1948-
830 0 _aTreatise on geophysics ;
_vv. 9.
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