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Steven Stanley's classic textbook, now coauthored with John Luczaj, remains the only book for the historical geology course written from a truly integrated earth systems perspective. The thoroughly updated new edition includes important new coverage on mass extinctions, climate change, and Proterozoic history, plus a range of interactive studying and teaching tools.
Congratulations to Steven Stanley
Dr. Steven M. Stanley is the recipient of the 2013 Geological Society of America (GSA) Penrose Medal, the Society's highest honor. This medal, which is awarded for eminent research in pure geology, was presented at the GSA 125th Annual Meeting & Exposition.
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Part I Materials, Processes, and Principles.- CHAPTER 1 Earth as a System.- CHAPTER 2 Rock-Forming Minerals and Rocks.- CHAPTER 3 The Diversity of Life.- CHAPTER 4 Environments and Life.- CHAPTER 5 Sedimentary Environments.- CHAPTER 6 Correlation and Dating of the Rock Record.- CHAPTER 7 Evolution and the Fossil Record.- CHAPTER 8 The Theory of Plate Tectonics.- CHAPTER 9 Continental Tectonics and Mountain Chains.- CHAPTER 10 Major Geochemical CyclesPart II The Story of Earth.- CHAPTER 11 The Hadean and Archean Eons of Precambrian Time.- CHAPTER 12 The Proterozoic Eon of Precambrian Time.- CHAPTER 13 The Early Paleozoic World.- CHAPTER 14 The Middle Paleozoic WorldCHAPTER 15 The Late Paleozoic World.- CHAPTER 16 The Early Mesozoic Era.- CHAPTER 17 The Cretaceous World.- CHAPTER 18 The Paleogene World.- CHAPTER 19 The Late Cenozoic World Before the Holocene.- CHAPTER 20 The Retreat of Glaciers and the Holocene.
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Steven M. Stanley ist Professor für Paläobiologie an der Johns Hopkins University, wo er über die Evolution der Ökosysteme im Laufe der Erdgeschichte forscht. Er promovierte nach seinem Studium an der Princeton University in Yale. Sein systemischer Forschungsansatz hat auch in seinen Lehrbuchklassikern, insbesondere der neu vorliegenden deutschen Ausgabe der Historischen Geologie, seinen Ausdruck gefunden.