Presents the key topics and questions relating to the evolution of the Earth's crust and mantle over the last four billion years. This text examines the role of plate tectonics in the geological past via geological evidence and proposed plate reconstruction. It examines the role of catastrophic even[...]
"Earth as an Evolving Planetary System" explores key topics and questions relating to the evolution of the Earth's crust and mantle over the last four billion years. This Second Edition features exciting new information on Earth and planetary evolution and examines how all subsystems in our planet-c[...]