The planet in a pebble : a journey into Earth's deep history / Jan Zalasiewicz.
"Every pebble has many stories to tell. Its particular atoms, its crystals, its minerals, its grains, its textures, its strata, its tiny fossils bear evidence to a history that stretches back billions of years."--From Book flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780199569700
- ISBN: 0199569703
- Physical Description: xiv, 234 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-228) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Stardust -- From the depths of the earth -- Distant lands -- To the rendezvous -- The sea -- Ghosts observed -- Ghosts in absentia -- Where on earth? -- Gold! -- The oil window -- Making mountains -- Breaking the surface -- Futures. |
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Subject: | Historical geology. Earth > History. Pebbles. Petrology. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QE 28.3 .Z35 2010 | 30542969 | General Collection | Available | - |