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(Professional Geologist and Geology Instructor, Front Range Community College)
  • Formaat: Hardback, 368 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 238x163x30 mm, kaal: 785 g, 94 images with color plates
  • Ilmumisaeg: 23-Mar-2022
  • Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc
  • ISBN-10: 0197502466
  • ISBN-13: 9780197502464
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 368 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 238x163x30 mm, kaal: 785 g, 94 images with color plates
  • Ilmumisaeg: 23-Mar-2022
  • Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc
  • ISBN-10: 0197502466
  • ISBN-13: 9780197502464
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A loving portrayal of our precious planet that offers easy-to-grasp discussions of scientific concepts and detailed examinations of Earth's tectonic, biological, and paleontological forces...

Did you know that the history of Earth can be revealed by examining everything on it? From the esoteric science of minerals to the interactions between humans and their environment, our planet provides answers to every question we could ask about its history and what lies ahead. As climate change
impacts everything we do on our planet, now is the time to take a closer look at what messages Earth has for us: what does it mean when the wind blows or the ground shifts? In this book, geologist Elisabeth Ervin-Blankenheim reveals the history of our planet through a geologic lens and explains why
everyone should care about it.

Song of the Earth is a thrilling biography of our planet that equips readers with the scientific, historical, and philosophical symbiosis between humans and Earth. Ervin-Blankenheim explores geologic principles of deep time, plate tectonics, and change in life forms in plain English. The book is
illustrated with striking maps, diagrams, and pictures, allowing her to dissect everything from how a roiling, molten planet cooled to how the first cyanobacteria began to oxygenate the atmosphere to how the atmosphere has changed over time.

Ervin-Blankenheim journeys through the science with ease and provides narrative sections about pioneering geologists and their groundbreaking discoveries. In viewing the planet as the integrated ecosystem it is, Ervin-Blankenheim showcases how land, water, life, and the atmosphere maintain an
elegant yet delicate balance--one that, based on the author's evidence of current trends in the context of past planetary cataclysm, appears to be under imminent threat. At times both gripping and lovingly poetic, Song of the Earth shows not only how Earth has influenced life, but also how life has
distinctly shaped our planet.

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Within the pages of this book, Elisabeth Ervin-Blankenheim provides a new way to interpret the autobiography of our home planet. Song of the Earth: Understanding Geology and Why It Matters is a fresh take on the history of geological thinking * Callan Bentley, Assistant Professor of Geology, Piedmont Virginia Community College * A wonderful book, keenly written and beautifully illustrated. It is inspiring to hear from someone who loves geology as deeply as I do. The author is at her best when talking about the history of geology and the early researchers who contributed to its development. Figure 2.1, showing a statue of glaciologist Louis Agassiz with its ehead buried in cement following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, illustrates the depth of her research and her ability to connect geology with other human concerns. * James Kasting, Evan Pugh Professor of Geoscience and Meteorology, Penn State University *

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Why Geology? 1(5)
1 Geology Emerges as a Science: European Roots
6(28)
European Scientific Geological Developments
8(26)
Nicolaus Steno
8(4)
James Hutton
12(5)
Abraham Werner
17(2)
Etheldred Benett
19(2)
William "Strata" Smith
21(1)
William Buckland
22(3)
Charles Lyell
25(2)
Mary Anning
27(4)
Louis Agassiz in Europe
31(1)
Early French Geologists
32(2)
2 Geology Emerges as a Science: On the Other Side of the Pond
34(13)
American Scientific Geological Developments
34(13)
Louis Agassiz in the United States
35(2)
James Dwight Dana
37(1)
Sir John William Dawson
37(3)
John Wesley Powell
40(3)
Clarence King
43(1)
Florence Bascom
44(3)
3 Geologic Time: From an Early Geologic Time Scale
47(22)
The Age of the Earth: Geologic Time
47(1)
About the Time Scale of the Earth: Ordering of Events through Relative Age-Dating
48(4)
Development of the Geologic Time Scale
52(3)
Abraham Werner and an Early Geologic Time Scale
52(3)
Expansion of the Time Scale of Geology
55(12)
Periods of the Paleozoic Era
55(8)
Periods of the Mesozoic Era
63(2)
Periods of the Cenozoic Era
65(2)
Geologic Eras
67(1)
Measuring Time: The Final Frontier
67(2)
4 Geologic Time: Measuring Time and the Nature of Deep Time
69(13)
Quantifying Time: Numerical Dating
69(5)
Radioactivity and Isotopes: History and Use in Geology
70(4)
The Present Geologic Time Scale
74(4)
Mapping the Geologic Time Scale
78(3)
Deep Time: A New Orientation to Geologic Time
81(1)
5 Plate Tectonics: History of the Revolution in Earth Sciences
82(32)
How the Crust of the Earth Moves: Overview of Plate Tectonics
82(1)
Setting the Stage for Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
83(9)
Eduard Suess and His Tectonics
85(3)
Antarctic Exploration, the Terra Nova Expedition, and Plate Tectonics
88(4)
Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift
92(9)
Data for Continental Drift
96(5)
Mechanisms for Continental Drift: Early Ideas
101(1)
Post-World War II Exploration of the Ocean Floor: A Unified Theory of Plate Tectonics
102(12)
6 Plate Tectonics: Oceans, Continents, Plates, and How They Interact
114(23)
Plate Tectonics Theory
115(14)
Divergent Plate Boundaries
118(2)
Convergent Plate Boundaries
120(2)
Transform Plate Boundaries
122(2)
Hotspots and Diffuse Boundary Zones
124(3)
Diffuse Boundaries
127(1)
Unknown or Speculative Boundaries
128(1)
Consequences of Plate Tectonics
129(3)
Past and Present Tectonics
132(1)
Tying It All Together
133(4)
7 Life on the Earth: Evolution, Extinctions, and Biodiversity
137(26)
Development and Change of Life on the Earth: Evolution and Natural Selection
137(3)
Charles Darwin, the Journey of HMS Beagle, and Natural Selection
140(5)
Fossils and Preservation of Ancient Life
145(1)
The Historical "Bone Wars" of Marsh and Cope: Filling Out the Dinosaur Fossil Record
146(2)
Genes, DNA, and Quantitative Biology
148(2)
Toward a Unified Synthetic Theory of Evolution
150(2)
Horse Fossils, Their Geologic History, and Change in Environmental Conditions
152(2)
Evolution in Action
154(3)
Extinction Events and Their Impact on Evolution
157(1)
Mass Extinctions
157(3)
Biodiversity throughout the Geologic Record
160(1)
Unifying Theories and the Future
161(2)
8 The Biography of the Earth: The Precambrian Story
163(18)
Hadean Eon, 4,600-4,000 Million Years Ago
165(5)
Archean Eon, 4,000-2,500 Million Years Ago
170(3)
Proterozoic Eon, 2,500-541 Million Years Ago
173(5)
Snowball Earths and Emergence of More Complex Life
178(3)
9 The Biography of the Earth: Paleozoic Era
181(19)
Cambrian Period, 541-485.4 Million Years Ago
182(5)
Ordovician Period, 485.4-443.8 Million Years Ago
187(3)
Silurian Period, 443.8-419.2 Million Years Ago
190(1)
Devonian Period, 419.2-358.9 Million Years Ago
190(3)
Carboniferous Period, 358.9-298.9 Million Years Ago
193(2)
Permian Period, 298.9-251.9 Million Years Ago
195(5)
10 The Biography of the Earth: Mesozoic Era
200(14)
Triassic Period, 251.9-201.3 Million Years Ago
201(4)
Jurassic Period, 201.3-145.0 Million Years Ago
205(2)
Cretaceous Period, 145.0-66.0 Million Years Ago
207(7)
11 Biography of the Earth: Cenozoic Era
214(15)
Paleogene Period, 66.0-23.03 Million Years Ago
215(5)
Neogene Period, 23.03-2.58 Million Years Ago
220(3)
Quaternary Period, 2.58 Million Years Ago to Present
223(6)
12 The Earths Impact on Life and Life's Impact on the Earth
229(28)
The Earth: Interconnected Systems
230(2)
Population Matters
232(2)
Geosphere-Human Interaction
234(3)
Hydrosphere-Human Interaction
237(4)
Biosphere-Human Interaction
241(2)
Atmosphere and Climate-Human Interaction
243(1)
Interfaces among All Spheres
244(9)
Soils and Their Significance
245(2)
Temperature, Weather, and Climate
247(1)
The Dynamic Carbon Cycle
248(5)
Song of the Earth and Implications
253(4)
Looking Backward to Look Forward
254(3)
Glossary 257(16)
Notes 273(34)
Bibliography 307(30)
Index 337
Elisabeth Ervin-Blankenheim is a licensed professional geologist and geology instructor at Front Range Community College in Colorado. She was hydrologist and geologist for the U.S. Geological Survey for many years before pursuing a PhD in science education and geologic literacy at St. Francis Xavier University.