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Beschreibung
If aliens came to Earth 100 millions years in the future, what traces would they find of long-extinct humanity's brief reign on the planet? This engaging and thought-provoking account looks at what our species will leave behind, buried deep in the rock strata, and provides us with a warning of our devastating environmental impact.
If aliens came to Earth 100 millions years in the future, what traces would they find of long-extinct humanity's brief reign on the planet? This engaging and thought-provoking account looks at what our species will leave behind, buried deep in the rock strata, and provides us with a warning of our devastating environmental impact.
Über den Autor
Jan Zalasiewicz is a lecturer in Geology at the University of Leicester. A field geologist, palaeontologist and statigrapher, he teaches various aspects of geology and Earth history to undergraduate and postgraduate students. He has published over a hundred papers in scientific journals.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Prologue

  • 1: Perspective

  • 2: 100 Million Years AD

  • 3: The Strata Machine

  • 4: Tectonic Escalator

  • 5: High Water, Low Water

  • 6: Dynasties

  • 7: Echoes

  • 8: Traces

  • 9: Body of Evidence

  • 10: Meeting the People

  • Further reading

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Genre: Importe, Technik allg.
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780199214983
ISBN-10: 0199214980
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Zalasiewicz, Jan
Hersteller: OUP Oxford
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 198 x 129 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Jan Zalasiewicz
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.09.2009
Gewicht: 0,287 kg
Artikel-ID: 101569339

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