Earth After Us - What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks?

Informationen zum 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. 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

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• Autori: Jan Zalasiewicz, Jan (Lecturer in Geology at the University of Leicester) Zalasiewicz, Zalasiewicz Jan
• Editore: Oxford University Press Trade
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.08.2009
• EAN: 9780199214983
• ISBN: 978-0-19-921498-3
• Dimensioni: 125 mm x 195 mm x 15 mm
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; popular science, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Geology & The Lithosphere