Understanding Earth - Softcover

Press, Frank; Raymond Siever; John Grotzinger; Tom Jordan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0716796171 ISBN 13: 9780716796176

Publisher: W. H. Freeman, 2003

Synopsis

This reconceptualization of the text Understanding Earth reflects the fundamental changes in the field of physical geology over the past several years.

About this title

About the Author:

FRANK PRESS has made pioneering contributions to the fields of geophysics, oceanography, lunar and planetary sciences and natural resource exploration. - He has been named most influential scientist in the U.S by U.S.News& World Report surveys three times and is currently with the Washington Advisory Group - RAYMOND SIEVER is an internationally known expert in sedimentary petrology, geo-chemistry, and the evolution of oceans and the atmosphere. he is a long-time memeber of Harvard University's department of earth and Planetary Sciences - JOHN GROTZINGER researches the chemical development of the early oceans and atmosphere and the environmental context of early animal evolution at MIT - THOMAS H.JORDAN is based at the University of Southern California where his specialist topics include the nature of plate-tectonic flow and the question of mantle stratification

About this edition

• Publisher: W. H. Freeman
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0716796171
• ISBN 13: 9780716796176
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 568