{"product_id":"the-early-earth-9781118860571","title":"The Early Earth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Early Earth: Accretion and Differentiation\u003c\/i\u003e provides a multidisciplinary overview of the state of the art in understanding the formation and primordial evolution of the Earth. The fundamental structure of the Earth as we know it today was inherited from the initial conditions 4.56 billion years ago as a consequence of planetesimal accretion, large impacts among planetary objects, and planetary-scale differentiation. The evolution of the Earth from a molten ball of metal and magma to the tectonically active, dynamic, habitable planet that we know today is unique among the terrestrial planets, and understanding the earliest processes that led to Earth's current state is the essence of this volume. Important results have emerged from a wide range of disciplines including cosmochemistry, geochemistry, experimental petrology, experimental and theoretical mineral physics and geodynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe topics in this volume include:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCondensation of primitive objects in \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book reviews our current understanding of the fundamental processes, which took a cloud of gas and dust in the solar nebula to the highly differentiated worl we know in a relatively short period of time (probably less than 100 million years, or about 2% of the age of the solar system).\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The papers follow a standard scientific research style - clear, but terse and to the point with frequent use of acronyms, and an expectation of considerable subject matter knowledge from the reader.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam R. Green (05\/09\/2016)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Timing of nebula processes which shaped the precursors of the terrestrial planets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarc Chaussidon and Ming-Chang Liu\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. The Earth’s building blocks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrédéric Moynier and Bruce Fegley, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eEarth and Terrestrial Planet Formation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSeth A. Jacobson, Kevin J. Walsh\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Late Accretion and the Late Veneer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAlessandro Morbidelli and Bernard J. Wood\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Early differentiation and core formation: processes and timescales\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFrancis Nimmo and Thorsten Kleine\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn experimental geochemistry perspective on Earth's core formation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJulien Siebert and Anat Shahar\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThermal state and evolution of the Earth core and deep mantle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eStéphane Labrosse, John W. Hernlund, and Kei Hirose\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Early Differentiation and its Long Term Consequences for Earth Evolution\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard W. Carlson, Maud Boyet, Jonathan O’Neil, Hanika Rizo and Richard J. Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528839110999,"sku":"9781118860571","price":114.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118860571.jpg?v=1731873224","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-early-earth-9781118860571","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}