The Blue Planet

Introduction to Earth System Science

Brian J. Skinner, Stephen C. Porter, Daniel B. Botkin (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

576 Seiten

1999 | 2nd Revised edition
John Wiley and Sons (WIE) (Verlag)
978-0-471-16114-1 (ISBN)

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The image of the Earth on the front cover was acquired from the GOES--8 Imager by the Laboratory for Atmosphere at NASAa S Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. It was taken on September 2, 1994, using two channels for the Imager to produce a "natural color" effect. The photos shown here on the back cover illustrate the four spheres of the Earth system -- the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere -- together with changes being produced by human activities.

Brian Skinner, Yale University Stephen Porter, University of Washington Daniel Botkin, George Mason University

THE EARTH IN SPACE. The Earth System. Fellow Travelers in Space: Eartha s Nearest Neighbors. The Sun, Giver of Life. THE EARTH BENEATH OUR FEET. Plate Tectonics. Earthquakes and the Eartha s Interior. Minerals and Rocks. The Heat Within: Magmas and Volcanoes. The Eartha s Evolving Crust. THE EARTHa S BLANKET OF WATER AND ICE. Water on the Land. The World of Snow and Ice. The World Ocean. THE EARTHa S GASEOUS ENVELOPE. Composition and Structure of the Atmosphere. Winds, Weather, and Deserts. The Eartha s Changing Climate. A Planetary Perspective on Life. Geochemistry and Life. Biological Evolution and the History of the Biosphere. LIVING ON THE EARTH. Resources from the Earth. The Changing Face of the Land. Global Change: A Planet Under Stress. Appendices. Glossary. Credits. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.2.1999
Zusatzinfo	photographs, figures
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	224 x 284 mm
Gewicht	1329 g
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
ISBN-10	0-471-16114-4 / 0471161144
ISBN-13	978-0-471-16114-1 / 9780471161141
Zustand	Neuware