AuthorDott, Robert H., 1929-
TitleEvolution of the earth / Robert H. Dott, Jr., Roger Lyman Batten
Imprint New York : McGraw-Hill, c1988
Edition 4th ed
Descript xvii, 643, [40] p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm

CONTENT

Time and terrestrial change -- Relative geologic time scale and modern concepts of stratigraphy -- Numerical dating of the earth -- Mountain building and drifting continents -- Deep-sea floor and plate tectnics -- Early life and its patterns -- Organic evolution -- Earliest Paleozoic history -- Later Ordovician -- Middle Paleozoic -- Pangea -- Mesozoic era -- Cenozoic history -- Pleistocene glaciation and the advent of mankind -- Best of all possible worlds?


SUBJECT

  1. Historical geology

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Central Library (4th Floor)551.7 D725E 1988 CHECK SHELVES