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Mountains of Saint Francis
Discovering the Geologic Events That Shaped Our Earth
Buch von Walter Alvarez
Sprache: Englisch

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Walter Alvarez and his team made one of the most astonishing scientific discoveries of the twentieth century--that an asteroid smashed into the Earth 65 million years ago, exterminating the dinosaurs. Alvarez had the first glimmer of that amazing insight when he noticed something odd in a rock outcrop in central Italy. Alvarez now returns to that rich terrain, this time to take the reader on an distant past. We encounter the volcanoes that formed the Seven Hills of Rome; the majestic limestone Apennine mountains that started to develop millions of years ago under water; the evidence that the Mediterranean Sea completely evaporated to a sunken desert, perhaps several times; and the proof that continental plates once overran one another to form telling, all major geologic episodes are as dramatic as the great impact that killed the dinosaurs, even when they happen over eons and without huge creatures to witness them.
Walter Alvarez and his team made one of the most astonishing scientific discoveries of the twentieth century--that an asteroid smashed into the Earth 65 million years ago, exterminating the dinosaurs. Alvarez had the first glimmer of that amazing insight when he noticed something odd in a rock outcrop in central Italy. Alvarez now returns to that rich terrain, this time to take the reader on an distant past. We encounter the volcanoes that formed the Seven Hills of Rome; the majestic limestone Apennine mountains that started to develop millions of years ago under water; the evidence that the Mediterranean Sea completely evaporated to a sunken desert, perhaps several times; and the proof that continental plates once overran one another to form telling, all major geologic episodes are as dramatic as the great impact that killed the dinosaurs, even when they happen over eons and without huge creatures to witness them.
Über den Autor
Walter Alvarez, professor of geology at the University of California, Berkeley, received the Penrose Medal, the top honor in geology, and is the best-selling author of T. Rex and the Crater of Doom. He lives in Berkeley, California.
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Genre: Importe
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780393061857
ISBN-10: 039306185X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Alvarez, Walter
Hersteller: W. W. Norton & Company
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Maße: 240 x 161 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Walter Alvarez
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2008
Gewicht: 0,722 kg
Artikel-ID: 102078307
Über den Autor
Walter Alvarez, professor of geology at the University of California, Berkeley, received the Penrose Medal, the top honor in geology, and is the best-selling author of T. Rex and the Crater of Doom. He lives in Berkeley, California.
Details
Genre: Importe
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780393061857
ISBN-10: 039306185X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Alvarez, Walter
Hersteller: W. W. Norton & Company
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Maße: 240 x 161 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Walter Alvarez
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2008
Gewicht: 0,722 kg
Artikel-ID: 102078307
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