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  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1429255269
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1429255264
  • Author:  Steven M. Stanley (Author), John A. Luczaj (Author)

Steven Stanley’s classic textbook, now coauthored with John Luczaj, remains the only book for the historical geology course written from a truly integrated earth systems perspective. The thoroughly updated new edition includes important new coverage on mass extinctions, climate change, and Proterozoic history, plus a range of interactive studying and teaching tools.Congratulations to Steven Stanley
Dr. Steven M. Stanley is the recipient of the 2013 Geological Society of America (GSA) Penrose Medal, the Society’s highest honor. This medal, which is awarded for eminent research in pure geology, was presented at the GSA 125th Annual Meeting & Exposition.

 

Table of Content:

  1. Part I: Materials, Processes, and Principles
  2. CHAPTER 1 Earth as a System
  3. Exploring the Earth System
  4. The Principle of Actualism
  5. The Nature and Origin of Rocks
  6. Global Dating of the Rock Record
  7. Imaging Earth Below
  8. Plate Tectonics
  9. The Water Cycle
  10. Directional Change in Earth’s History
  11. Episodic Change in Earth’s History
  12. Chapter Summary
  13. Review Questions
  14. CHAPTER 2 Rock-Forming Minerals and Rocks
  15. The Structure of Minerals
  16. The Properties of Minerals
  17. Types of Rocks
  18. Chapter Summary
  19. Review Questions
  20. CHAPTER 3 The Diversity of Life
  21. Fossils and Chemical Remains of Ancient Life
  22. Taxonomic Groups
  23. Identifying Clades and Their Relationships
  24. Archaea and Bacteria: The Two Domains of Prokaryotes
  25. The Protists: A Paraphyletic Group of Eukaryotes
  26. Green Algae and Land Plants
  27. Opisthokonts: Fungi and Animals
  28. Chapter Summary
  29. Review Questions
  30. CHAPTER 4 Environments and Life
  31. Principles of Ecology
  32. The Atmosphere
  33. The Terrestrial Realm
  34. The Marine Realm
  35. Freshwater Environments
  36. Chapter Summary
  37. Review Questions
  38. CHAPTER 5 Sedimentary Environments
  39. Nonmarine Environments
  40. Marginal Marine and Open-Shelf Environments
  41. Deep-Sea Environments
  42. Chapter Summary
  43. Review Questions
  44. CHAPTER 6 Correlation and Dating of the Rock Record
  45. The Geologic Time Scale
  46. Stratigraphic Units
  47. Earth’s Absolute Age
  48. Event Stratigraphy
  49. Chapter Summary
  50. Review Questions
  51. CHAPTER 7 Evolution and the Fossil Record
  52. Adaptations
  53. Charles Darwin’s Contribution
  54. Genes, DNA, and Chromosomes
  55. Regulatory Genes and Patterns of Development
  56. Populations, Species, and Speciation
  57. Rates of Origination
  58. The Molecular Clock and Times of Origination
  59. Evolutionary Convergence
  60. Extinction
  61. Evolutionary Trends
  62. Chapter Summary
  63. Review Questions
  64. CHAPTER 8 The Theory of Plate Tectonics
  65. The History of Continental Drift Theory
  66. The Rise of Plate Tectonics
  67. Faulting and Volcanism along Plate Boundaries
  68. Plate Movements
  69. Chapter Summary
  70. Review Questions
  71. CHAPTER 9 Continental Tectonics and Mountain Chains
  72. The Rifting of Continents
  73. Bending and Flowing of Rocks
  74. Mountain Building
  75. Tectonics of Continental Interiors
  76. Chapter Summary
  77. Review Questions
  78. CHAPTER 10 Major Geochemical Cycles
  79. Chemical Reservoirs
  80. Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen, and Biological Processes
  81. Oxygen Isotopes, Climate, and the Water Cycle
  82. Use of Carbon Isotopes to Study Global Chemical Cycles
  83. Phanerozoic Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
  84. Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Excursions
  85. Ocean Chemistry and Skeletal Mineralogy
  86. Chapter Summary
  87. Review Questions
  88. Part II: The Story of Earth
  89. CHAPTER 11 The Hadean and Archean Eons of Precambrian Time
  90. The Ages of the Planets and the Universe
  91. The Origin of the Solar System
  92. The Hadean Eon
  93. The Origin of Continental Crust
  94. The Archean Eon
  95. Greenstone Belts
  96. Earth System Shift 11-1 Large Cratons Appear near the End of Archean Time
  97. Evidence of Archean Life
  98. Chemical Evidence Bearing on the Origin of Life
  99. Atmospheric Oxygen
  100. Chapter Summary
  101. Review Questions
  102. CHAPTER 12 The Proterozoic Eon of Precambrian Time
  103. A Modern Style of Orogeny
  104. Global Events of the Paleoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic
  105. The Beginnings of Animal Life
  106. Earth System Shift 12-1 The Great Oxidation Event
  107. Earth System Shift 12-2 Was There a Snowball Earth?
  108. The Expansion and Contraction of Continents
  109. The Assembly of North America
  110. The Assembly and Breakup of Neoproterozoic Supercontinents
  111. Chapter Summary
  112. Review Questions
  113. CHAPTER 13 The Early Paleozoic World
  114. The Cambrian Explosion of Life
  115. Earth System Shift 13-1 Skeletons Evolve in Many Animal Groups as Predators Diversify
  116. Ordovician Life
  117. Paleogeography of the Cambrian World
  118. Episodic Mass Extinctions of Cambrian Trilobites
  119. Ordovician Paleogeography, Climatic Change, and Mass Extinction
  120. Earth System Shift 13-2 Climatic Cooling Results in Glaciation and Mass Extinction
  121. Regional Events of Early Paleozoic Time
  122. Chapter Summary
  123. Review Questions
  124. CHAPTER 14 The Middle Paleozoic World
  125. Renewed Diversification of Life
  126. Earth System Shift 14-1 Plants Alter Landscapes and Open the Way for Vertebrates to Conquer the Land
  127. The Paleogeography of the Middle Paleozoic World
  128. Glaciation and a Mass Extinction
  129. Regional Events of Middle Paleozoic Time
  130. Earth System Shift 14-2 The Expansion of Plants over Land Causes Global Climatic Change, Glaciation,
  131. Chapter Summary
  132. Review Questions
  133. CHAPTER 15 The Late Paleozoic World
  134. Late Paleozoic Life
  135. Earth System Shift 15-1 Weakened Greenhouse Warming Results in a Great Ice Age
  136. Paleogeography of the Late Paleozoic World
  137. Earth System Shift 15-2 The Most Destructive of All Mass Extinctions Ends the Paleozoic Era
  138. Regional Events of Late Paleozoic Time
  139. Chapter Summary
  140. Review Questions
  141. CHAPTER 16 The Early Mesozoic Era
  142. Life in the Oceans: A New Biota
  143. Life on Land
  144. Earth System Shift 16-1 The Rise of the Dinosaurs: Why Were They So Successful?
  145. Earth System Shift 16-2 Volcanism and Mass Extinction
  146. The Paleogeography of the Early Mesozoic Era
  147. Tectonic Events in North America
  148. Chapter Summary
  149. Review Questions
  150. CHAPTER 17 The Cretaceous World
  151. Cretaceous Life
  152. Paleogeography of the Cretaceous World
  153. The Terminal Cretaceous Extinction
  154. North America in the Cretaceous World
  155. Earth System Shift 17-1 Death from Outer Space
  156. The Chalk Seas of Europe
  157. Chapter Summary
  158. Review Questions
  159. CHAPTER 18 The Paleogene World
  160. Life of the Paleogene
  161. Paleogene Climates
  162. Regional Events of Paleogene Time
  163. Earth System Shift 18-1 Global Cooling and Drying Begins
  164. Chapter Summary
  165. Review Questions
  166. CHAPTER 19 The Late Cenozoic World Before the Holocene
  167. Life of the Neogene Period
  168. The Modern Ice Age of the Northern Hemisphere
  169. Earth System Shift 19-1 Shockingly Rapid Climatic Shifts Occur during the Ice Age
  170. Regional Events of Neogene Time
  171. Human Evolution
  172. Earth System Shift 19-2 The Human Genus Arises at a Time of Sudden Climatic Change
  173. Chapter Summary
  174. Review Questions
  175. CHAPTER 20 The Retreat of Glaciers and the Holocene
  176. The Retreat of Glaciers
  177. Abrupt Global Events of the Latest Pleistocene and Early Holocene
  178. The Younger Dryas
  179. Earth System Shift 20-1 Evidence That a Comet Struck Earth, Causing the Younger Dryas Event, the Ext
  180. The First Americans
  181. A Sudden Extinction of Large Mammals
  182. Climatic Fluctuations of the Last 10,000 Years
  183. Sea Level Changes
  184. The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries: The Impact of Humans
  185. Chapter Summary
  186. Review Questions
  187. Appendix: Stratigraphic Stages
  188. Glossary
  189. A
  190. B
  191. C
  192. D
  193. E
  194. F
  195. G
  196. H
  197. I
  198. L
  199. M
  200. N
  201. O
  202. P
  203. Q
  204. R
  205. S
  206. T
  207. U
  208. V
  209. W
  210. X
  211. Z
  212. Index
  213. A
  214. B
  215. C
  216. D
  217. E
  218. F
  219. G
  220. H
  221. I
  222. J
  223. K
  224. L
  225. M
  226. N
  227. O
  228. P
  229. Q
  230. R
  231. S
  232. T
  233. U
  234. V
  235. W
  236. Y
  237. Z

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