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The historical atlas of the earth : a visual exploration of the earth's physical past / general editors, Roger Osborne and Donald Tarling ; consultant editor, Stephen Jay Gould ; additional contributions by G.A.L. Johnson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: A Henry Holt reference bookPublication details: New York : H. Holt, 1996.Edition: 1st edDescription: 192 p. : col. ill., maps ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 080504552X
Other title:
  • Atlas of the earth
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QE28.3 .H57 1996
Contents:
Big bang to stellar space : birth of the universe -- Meteorites, asteroids & comets : clues to origins of the Earth -- Formation of planets : Solid worlds from solar nebula -- moon : Earth's dead satellite -- Motions in the earth : active forces beneath the crust -- Earth's magnetic field : dynamo in the core -- Making of continents : beginnings of a solid crust -- Atmosphere & oceans : Earth's life support system -- Archean world : Earth 4,000 to 2,500 million years ago -- Origins of life : a chance combination -- Making of rocks : solid rock from sediment -- Proterozoic world : Earth 2,500 to 550 million years ago -- Early life & fossil record : discovering the past in the present -- Early glaciations : Earth cools & freezes -- Evolutionary explosion : early marine life of Burgess Shale -- Cambrian world : Earth 550 million to 500 million years ago -- Shells & skeletons : guides to history to life on Earth -- Ordovician world : Earth 500 to 440 million years ago -- Silurian world : Earth 440 to 410 million years ago -- Caledonian mountains : Europe & North America in collision -- Devonian world : Earth 410 to 350 million years ago -- Life onto land : plants & animals move from sea to land -- Lower Carboniferous world : Earth 350 to 315 million years ago -- Limestone : chemical deposition of carbonates -- Upper Carboniferous World : Earth 315 to 290 million years ago -- Great swamp forests : coal from vegetation in Pennsylvania & Northern Europe -- Appalachians : shaping of North America -- Metals in the earth : sedimentary ores in Mississippi valley -- Permian world : Earth 290 to 250 million years ago -- Gondwanaland glaciations in Permian : ice ages of Late Paleozoic -- Mass extinctions of marine life : end of Paleozoic era -- Europe & Asia joined : Ural Mountains & Siberian Traps -- Triassic world : Earth 250 to 210 million years ago -- Desert sandstone : northern continents turn hot & dry.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191) and index.

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Big bang to stellar space : birth of the universe -- Meteorites, asteroids & comets : clues to origins of the Earth -- Formation of planets : Solid worlds from solar nebula -- moon : Earth's dead satellite -- Motions in the earth : active forces beneath the crust -- Earth's magnetic field : dynamo in the core -- Making of continents : beginnings of a solid crust -- Atmosphere & oceans : Earth's life support system -- Archean world : Earth 4,000 to 2,500 million years ago -- Origins of life : a chance combination -- Making of rocks : solid rock from sediment -- Proterozoic world : Earth 2,500 to 550 million years ago -- Early life & fossil record : discovering the past in the present -- Early glaciations : Earth cools & freezes -- Evolutionary explosion : early marine life of Burgess Shale -- Cambrian world : Earth 550 million to 500 million years ago -- Shells & skeletons : guides to history to life on Earth -- Ordovician world : Earth 500 to 440 million years ago -- Silurian world : Earth 440 to 410 million years ago -- Caledonian mountains : Europe & North America in collision -- Devonian world : Earth 410 to 350 million years ago -- Life onto land : plants & animals move from sea to land -- Lower Carboniferous world : Earth 350 to 315 million years ago -- Limestone : chemical deposition of carbonates -- Upper Carboniferous World : Earth 315 to 290 million years ago -- Great swamp forests : coal from vegetation in Pennsylvania & Northern Europe -- Appalachians : shaping of North America -- Metals in the earth : sedimentary ores in Mississippi valley -- Permian world : Earth 290 to 250 million years ago -- Gondwanaland glaciations in Permian : ice ages of Late Paleozoic -- Mass extinctions of marine life : end of Paleozoic era -- Europe & Asia joined : Ural Mountains & Siberian Traps -- Triassic world : Earth 250 to 210 million years ago -- Desert sandstone : northern continents turn hot & dry.