Analysing the geological foundations of the Earth, Zalasiewicz explains the interlocking studies of tectonics, geophysics, and igneous and metamorphic petrology and geochemistry and describes how rocks are dated by radiometric dating. Describing how the science developed from its early beginnings, he looks at some of the key discoveries that have transformed it, before delving into its various subfields, such as sedimentology, tectonics, and stratigraphy. In this Very Short Introduction Jan Zalasiewicz gives a brief introduction to the fascinating field of geology. Within the study of geology lie some of the clues to the extraordinary impact our species is going to play out on the planet, in centuries and millennia to come. The fruits of geology provide most of the materials that give us shelter, and most of the energy that drives our modern lives. Ranging across the 4.6 billion year history of the planet, geology is the subject that encompasses almost all that we see around us, in one way or another, and also much that we cannot see, beneath our feet, and on other planets. Download Geology A Very Short Introduction Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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