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Earth: as an evolving planetary system/ (Record no. 172303)

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fixed length control field	00371nam a2200145Ia 4500
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	9780123852274
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency	CUS
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	551.1
Item number	CON/E
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Condie, Kent C.
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Earth: as an evolving planetary system/
Statement of responsibility, etc.	Kent C. Condie
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement	2nd ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc.	Amsterdam:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc.	Elsevier,
Date of publication, distribution, etc.	2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	xv, 74 p.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	Machine generated contents note: 1.Earth Systems --<br/>Earth as a Planetary System --<br/>Structure of Earth --<br/>Plate Tectonics --<br/>Is the Earth Unique? --<br/>Interacting Earth Systems --<br/>Further Reading --<br/>2.The Crust --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Seismic Crustal Structure --<br/>The Moho --<br/>Crustal Layers --<br/>Complexities in the Lower Continental Crust --<br/>Crustal Types --<br/>Oceanic Crust --<br/>Seismic Features --<br/>Ocean Ridges --<br/>Ocean Basins --<br/>Volcanic Islands --<br/>Trenches --<br/>Back-Arc Basins --<br/>Transitional Crust --<br/>Oceanic Plateaus --<br/>Arcs --<br/>Continental Rifts --<br/>Inland-Sea Basins --<br/>Continental Crust --<br/>Shields and Platforms --<br/>Orogens --<br/>Continent Size --<br/>Heat Flow --<br/>Heat Flow Distribution --<br/>Heat Production and Heat Flow in the Continents --<br/>Age Dependence of Heat Flow --<br/>Exhumation and Cratonization --<br/>Unraveling Pressure-Temperature-Time Histories --<br/>Some Typical P-T-t Paths --<br/>Cratonization --<br/>Processes in the Continental Crust --<br/>Rheology --<br/>The Role of Fluids and Crustal Melts --<br/>Crustal Composition --<br/>Approaches --<br/>Seismic Wave Velocities --<br/>Seismic Reflections in the Lower Continental Crust --<br/>Sampling of Precambrian Shields --<br/>Use of Fine-Grained Detrital Sediments --<br/>Exhumed Crustal Blocks --<br/>Crustal Xenoliths --<br/>An Estimate of Crustal Composition --<br/>Continental Crust --<br/>Oceanic Crust --<br/>Complementary Compositions of Continental and Oceanic Crust --<br/>Crustal Provinces and Terranes --<br/>Crustal Province and Terrane Boundaries --<br/>The United Plates of America --<br/>Further Reading --<br/>3.Tectonic Settings --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Ocean Ridges --<br/>Ocean Ridge Basalts --<br/>Ophiolites --<br/>General Features --<br/>Tectonic Setting and Emplacement of Ophiolites --<br/>Formation of Ophiolites --<br/>Precambrian Ophiolites --<br/>Tectonic Settings Related to Mantle Plumes --<br/>Large Igneous Provinces --<br/>Oceanic Plateaus and Aseismic Ridges --<br/>Rifted Continental Margins --<br/>Continental Flood Basalts --<br/>Hotspot Volcanic Islands --<br/>Giant Mafic Dyke Swarms --<br/>Continental Rifts --<br/>General Features --<br/>Rock Assemblages Note continued: The Observational Database --<br/>The Snowball Model --<br/>Event 6 Mass Extinction at the End of the Permian --<br/>General Features --<br/>Evidence for Impact --<br/>LIP Volcanism --<br/>Shallow-Water Anoxia --<br/>Catastrophic Methane Release --<br/>Conclusions --<br/>Event 7 The Cretaceous Superplume Event --<br/>Geologic Evidence --<br/>The Carbon Isotope and Trace Metal Record --<br/>Seeking a Cause --<br/>A Possible Superchron-Superplume Connection --<br/>Event 8 Mass Extinction at the end of the Cretaceous --<br/>General Features --<br/>Seeking a Cause --<br/>Evidence for Impact --<br/>Iridium Anomalies --<br/>Glass Spherules --<br/>Soot --<br/>Shocked Quartz --<br/>Stishovite --<br/>Chromium Isotopes --<br/>LIP Volcanism --<br/>Chicxulub and the K/T Impact Site --<br/>Possibility of Multiple K/T Impacts --<br/>Conclusions --<br/>Further Reading --<br/>10.Comparative Planetary Evolution --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Condensation and Accretion of the Planets --<br/>The Solar Nebula --<br/>Emergence of Planets --<br/>Homogeneous Accretion --<br/>Chemical Composition of the Earth and the Moon --<br/>Accretion of Earth --<br/>The First 700 Million Years --<br/>Members of the Solar System --<br/>The Planets --<br/>Mercury --<br/>Mars --<br/>Crustal Dichotomy --<br/>Surface Features --<br/>Martian History --<br/>Venus --<br/>In Comparison to Earth --<br/>Volcanism --<br/>The Venusian Core --<br/>Crustal Plateaus --<br/>Thermal History --<br/>The Giant Planets --<br/>Satellites and Planetary Rings --<br/>General Features --<br/>Planetary Rings --<br/>The Moon --<br/>Rotational History of the Earth-Moon System --<br/>Satellite Origin --<br/>Comets and Other Icy Bodies --<br/>Asteroids --<br/>Meteorites --<br/>Chondrites --<br/>SNC Meteorites --<br/>Refractory Inclusions --<br/>Iron Meteorites and Parent Body Cooling Rates --<br/>Asteroid Sources --<br/>Meteorite Chronology --<br/>Impact Chronology of the Inner Solar System --<br/>Volcanism in the Solar System --<br/>Planetary Crusts --<br/>Plate Tectonics --<br/>Mineral Evolution --<br/>Evolution of the Atmospheres of Earth, Venus, and Mars --<br/>The Continuously Habitable Zone --<br/>Comparative Planetary Ev
650 ## - SUBJECT
Keyword	Earth
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type	General Books

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Withdrawn status	Lost status	Damaged status	Not for loan	Home library	Current library	Shelving location	Date acquired	Full call number	Accession number	Date last seen	Date last checked out	Koha item type
				Central Library, Sikkim University	Central Library, Sikkim University	General Book Section	29/08/2016	551.1 CON/E	P27283	10/11/2020	10/11/2020	General Books