A trip through time : principles of historical geology / John D. Cooper, Richard H. Miller, Jacqueline Patterson.
Publication details: Columbus, Ohio : Merrill Pub. Co., c1986.Description: x, 469 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:- 0675201403
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Table of contents
1. How the Earth works 1-30
2. The Abyss of Time Concepts and principles of geologic Time 31-51
3. A most amazing calendar; Birth and development 53-84
4. Documents of life: Preservation of fossils 85-109
5. Organizing the record: The classification 111-127
6. Shifting sands and murky muds: Ancient sedimentary environments and facies 129-150
7. The pervasiveness of change: Evolution and extinction 151-168
8. Origins of earth and its spheres 169-183
9. Cryptozoic history: The age of microscopic life 185-222
10. The Eopaleozoic: Proterozoic-Paleozoic transition 223-249
11. Paleozoic history 251-298
12. Mesozoic history 299-350
13. Cenozoic history 351-396
14. Matchsticks to magnolias: The evolutionary history 397-414
15. The meek inherit the earth: Evolutionary history 415-431
16. The big freeze: Glaciers and glaciation 433-447
Glossary 449
A The periodic table 458
B A synoptic classification of organisms 460
Index 463
Includes bibliographies and index.
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