Catastrophes and Earth History - The New Uniformitarianism

Résumé

This book, based on papers from a symposium at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, shows the necessity of developing a new philosophy in place of the classical uniformitarianism based only on processes familiar in human experience. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: William A. Van Couvering Berggren
• Collaboration: William A. Berggren (Editeur), Berggren William A. (Editeur), John A. van Couvering (Editeur), John A. Van Couvering (Editeur)
• Edition: Princeton University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 14.07.2014
• EAN: 9780691612683
• ISBN: 978-0-691-61268-3
• Pages: 478
• Thèmes: Princeton Legacy Library; Princeton Series in Geology and Paleontology
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Géologie; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Historical Geology, Stratigraphy