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The Key to Earth History introduces students to the basic tools used by geologists to reconstruct the Eartha s history, and shows how these tools can be used to chart the pattern of global environmental change since the formation of the Earth some 4600 million years ago.

Table of Contents
Preface.

Illustrations.

Introduction: What is Stratigraphy?

PRINCIPLES.

Uniformitarianism or Actualism.

Establishing the Sequence of Events.

Geological Time.

Interpreting the Stratigraphical Record.

The Evolution and Closure of Sedimentary Basins: The Role of Plate Tectonics.

The Stratigraphical Tool Kit: Case Studies.

Summary of Part One: The Stratigraphical Tool Kit.

THE PATTERN OF EARTH HISTORY.

Introduction to Part Two.

The Stratigraphical Record and Global Rhythm.

The North Atlantic Region: A Journey Through Time.

The Precambrian: Peering into Deep Time.

Pangaea: Birth of a Giant.

Pangaea and the Opening of the Atlantic.

Summary of Part Two: The Pattern of Earth History.

Lexicon of Stratigraphical Terms.

Index.

The Key to Earth History

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    A Paperback / softback by Peter Doyle, Matthew R. Bennett, Alistair N. Baxter

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 23/04/2001
      ISBN13: 9780471492153, 978-0471492153
      ISBN10: 0471492159
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Key to Earth History introduces students to the basic tools used by geologists to reconstruct the Eartha s history, and shows how these tools can be used to chart the pattern of global environmental change since the formation of the Earth some 4600 million years ago.

      Table of Contents
      Preface.

      Illustrations.

      Introduction: What is Stratigraphy?

      PRINCIPLES.

      Uniformitarianism or Actualism.

      Establishing the Sequence of Events.

      Geological Time.

      Interpreting the Stratigraphical Record.

      The Evolution and Closure of Sedimentary Basins: The Role of Plate Tectonics.

      The Stratigraphical Tool Kit: Case Studies.

      Summary of Part One: The Stratigraphical Tool Kit.

      THE PATTERN OF EARTH HISTORY.

      Introduction to Part Two.

      The Stratigraphical Record and Global Rhythm.

      The North Atlantic Region: A Journey Through Time.

      The Precambrian: Peering into Deep Time.

      Pangaea: Birth of a Giant.

      Pangaea and the Opening of the Atlantic.

      Summary of Part Two: The Pattern of Earth History.

      Lexicon of Stratigraphical Terms.

      Index.

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