Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the English edition
- 1 Heat from within
- 2 At the time of the Earth’s birth
- 3 Formation of the layered structure of the Earth
- 4 Time scale of the Earth’s evolution
- 5 Plate tectonics revolution
- 6 Evolution of the mantle
- 7 Origin of the atmosphere and oceans
- 8 Isotopes as DNA of nature
- 9 The Earth’s magnetism
- 10 The Moon
- 11 The past and future of the evolving Earth
- References
- Index
- References
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Preface to the English edition
- 1 Heat from within
- 2 At the time of the Earth’s birth
- 3 Formation of the layered structure of the Earth
- 4 Time scale of the Earth’s evolution
- 5 Plate tectonics revolution
- 6 Evolution of the mantle
- 7 Origin of the atmosphere and oceans
- 8 Isotopes as DNA of nature
- 9 The Earth’s magnetism
- 10 The Moon
- 11 The past and future of the evolving Earth
- References
- Index
- References
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- The EarthIts Birth and Growth, pp. 131 - 142Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012
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