Author: Marsden MansonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
An Attempt to Explain the Evidence of Glacial Action During the Permian
Author: Marsden MansonAn Attempt to Explain the Evidences of Glacial Action During the Permian
Author: Marsden MansonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology, Stratigraphic
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Principles of geology: being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation
Author: Sir Charles LyellCollected papers
Author: Marsden MansonThe Academy
Author: The Academy and Literature
Author: The Architect
Author: The Glacial Nightmare and the Flood
Author: Sir Henry Hoyle HoworthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Deluge
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Paleoclimatology
Author: Colin P. SummerhayesPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119591473
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Life on our planet depends upon having a climate that changes within narrow limits – not too hot for the oceans to boil away nor too cold for the planet to freeze over. Over the past billion years Earth’s average temperature has stayed close to 14-15°C, oscillating between warm greenhouse states and cold icehouse states. We live with variation, but a variation with limits. Paleoclimatology is the science of understanding and explaining those variations, those limits, and the forces that control them. Without that understanding we will not be able to foresee future change accurately as our population grows. Our impact on the planet is now equal to a geological force, such that many geologists now see us as living in a new geological era – the Anthropocene. Paleoclimatology describes Earth’s passage through the greenhouse and icehouse worlds of the past 800 million years, including the glaciations of Snowball Earth in a world that was then free of land plants. It describes the operation of the Earth’s thermostat, which keeps the planet fit for life, and its control by interactions between greenhouse gases, land plants, chemical weathering, continental motions, volcanic activity, orbital change and solar variability. It explains how we arrived at our current understanding of the climate system, by reviewing the contributions of scientists since the mid-1700s, showing how their ideas were modified as science progressed. And it includes reflections based on the author’s involvement in palaeoclimatic research. The book will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about future climate change. It will be an invaluable course reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students in geology, climatology, oceanography and the history of science.
James Hutton and the History of Geology
Author: Dennis DeanPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501733990
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
In James Hutton and the History of Geology, Dennis R. Dean provides a more accurate and complete account of Hutton's major geological writings than any that has hitherto appeared. He examines the growth and development of Hutton's thought in the light of his training and experience in medicine, agriculture, and philosophy, locating him within the intellectual milieux of Edinburgh at the height of the Scottish Enlightenment.