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100 1  Prothero, Donald R. 
245 14 The story of the earth in 25 rocks :|btales of important 
       geological puzzles and the people who solved them /
       |cDonald R. Prothero. 
246 30 Story of the Earth in twenty five rocks 
260    New York :|bColumbia University Press,|c2020. 
300    viii, 354 pages :|billustrations ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 8  1. Volcanic Tuff: Vulcan's Wrath: The Eruption of Vesuvius
       -- 2. Native Copper: The Iceman and the Island of Copper -
       - 3. Cassiterite: The "Isles of Tin" and the Bronze Age --
       4. Angular Unconformity: "No Vestige of a Beginning": The 
       Immensity of Geologic Time -- 5. Igneous Dikes: The 
       "Earth's Great Heat Engine": The Origin of Magmas -- 6. 
       Coal: The Rock That Burns Fires the Industrial Revolution 
       -- 7. Jurassic World: The Map That Changed the World: 
       William Smith and the Rocks of Britain -- 8. Radioactive 
       Uranium: Clocks in Rocks: Arthur Holmes and the Age of the
       Earth -- 9. Chondritic Meteorites: Messengers From Space: 
       The Origin of the Solar System -- 10. Iron-Nickel 
       Meteorites: The Cores of Other Planets -- 11. Moon Rocks: 
       Green Cheese or Anorthosite: The Origin of the Moon -- 12.
       Zircons: Early Oceans and Life? Evidence in a Grain of 
       Sand -- 13. Stromatolites: Microbial Condos: Cyanobacteria
       and the Oldest Life -- 14. Banded Iron Formation: 
       Mountains of Iron: The Earth's Early Atmosphere -- 15. 
       Turbidites: Archean Sediments and Submarine Landslides -- 
       16. Diamictites: Tropical Glaciers and the Snowball Earth 
       -- 17. Exotic Terranes: Paradox in Rocks: Wandering 
       Fossils and Traveling Landmasses -- 18. Jigsaw-Puzzle 
       Bedrock: Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift -- 19. Chalk
       : The Cretaceous Seaway and Greenhouse Planet -- 20. The 
       Iridium Layer: The Death of the Dinosaurs -- 21. 
       Lodestones: How Paleomagic Launched Plate Tectonics -- 22.
       Blueschists: The Puzzle of Subduction Zones -- 23. 
       Transform Faults: Earthquake! The San Andreas Fault -- 24.
       Messinian Evaporites: The Mediterranean Was a Desert -- 
       25. Glacial Erraticts: A Poet, a Professor, a Politician, 
       a Janitor, and the Discovery of the Ice Ages 
520    Every rock is a tangible trace of the earth's past. The 
       Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks tells the fascinating 
       stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations 
       of geology. In twenty-five chapters--each about a 
       particular rock, outcrop, or geologic phenomenon--Donald 
       R. Prothero recounts the scientific detective work that 
       shaped our understanding of geology, from the unearthing 
       of exemplary specimens to tectonic shifts in how we view 
       the inner workings of our planet. Prothero follows in the 
       footsteps of the scientists who asked--and answered--
       geology's biggest questions: How do we know how old the 
       earth is? What happened to the supercontinent Pangea? How 
       did ocean rocks end up at the top of Mount Everest? What 
       can we learn about our planet from meteorites and moon 
       rocks? He answers these questions through expertly chosen 
       case studies, such as Pliny the Younger's firsthand 
       account of the eruption of Vesuvius; the granite outcrops 
       that led a Scottish scientist to theorize that the 
       landscapes he witnessed were far older than Noah's Flood; 
       the salt and gypsum deposits under the Mediterranean Sea 
       that indicate that it was once a desert; and how trying to
       date the age of meteorites revealed the dangers of lead 
       poisoning. Each of these breakthroughs filled in a piece 
       of the greater puzzle that is the earth, with scientific 
       discoveries dovetailing with each other to offer an 
       increasingly coherent image of the geologic past. 
       Summarizing a wealth of information in an entertaining, 
       approachable style, The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks is 
       essential reading for the armchair geologist, the rock 
       hound, and all who are curious about the earth beneath 
       their feet. 
650  0 Geologists. 
650  0 Geology|vPopular works. 
650  0 Earth sciences|vPopular works. 
650  7 Earth sciences.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00900729 
650  7 Geologists.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00940615 
650  7 Geology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00940627 
651  0 Earth (Planet)|vPopular works. 
651  7 Earth (Planet)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01860481 
655  7 Popular works.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423846 
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