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050 _aQE 26.2 .S77 1972
100 _aStrahler, Arthur Newell,
_eauthor
245 0 _aPlanet Earth:
_bits physical systems through geologic time /
_cby Arthur N. Strahler.
260 _aNew York :
_bHarper & Row Publishers, Inc.,
_cc1972
300 _aviii, 438 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c27 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aPreface -- Prologue: Physical Systems of Planet Earth -- 1. Sun-Earth-Space Energy System: The Planetary Radiation Balance -- 2. Particle Flux System, Sun-Earth Space: Solar Wind and the Earth's Magnetic Field -- 3. Kinetic Energy System of Masses in Motion: Planets and Satellites -- 4. Transport Systems: I. Atmospheric-Oceanic Circulation and the Earth's Heat Balance -- 5. Transport Systems: II. Changes in State of Atmospheric Water -- 6. Transport Systems III. Gravity Flow of Water on the Lands -- 7. Geologic Systems: I. Radiogenic Heat and the Rise of Molten Rock -- 8. Exogenetic Processes and Products: I. Rock Transformation and Sediments -- 9. Exogenetic Processes and Products: II. Continental Denudation and Its Landforms -- 10. Geologic Systems: II. Radiogenic Heat and Diastrophism -- 11. Impact System, Space to Earth and Moon: The Geology of Planetary Space -- 12. Geogolic Systems Through Time: I. Origin and Early History of the Earth -- 13. Geologic Systems Through Time: II. Eras of Abundant Life--The Paleozoic Eras -- 14. Geologic Systems Through Time: II. Eras of Abundant Life--The Mesozoiic and Cenozoic Eras -- 15. Stellar Systems and Galactic Evolution: A Cosmology Beyond the Realm of Man -- Epilogue: Man as Agent of Change on Planet Earth -- Appendix: Cross-reference to Supplementary Publication -- Index.
520 _aThis book is written to meet changing academic viewpoints as well as to induce further changes in response to demands by students, faculties and the informed public for a new set of priorities in science education and research. Two key words focus attention on these new standards of priority: unification and relevance. Both words suggest a need to reverse the long-term drift of natural science to a position and function no longer entirely acceptable to society.
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