Overview
- Provides a description of the various geological subsystems
- Brings recent environmental problems in general context to the system Earth
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The book describes the structure, composition and evolution of the Earth, the main geological processes occurring on it, and how some crucial environmental matters that are amply debated in the media (e.g. pollution, greenhouse effect) can be fully understood by placing them in the holistic context of the system Earth as a whole. It provides basic information on a series of key geological issues, from the structure and composition of the Earth to the large-scale processes that characterize our planet, such as rock alteration and sedimentation, magmatism, geomagnetism, seismicity, plate tectonics, cyclical migration of chemical elements through various Earth reservoirs (Geochemical Cycles), and evolution of the planet from Hadean to present.
It intends to reach a wide readership, which is interested in our planet and wish to have a general and comprehensive view of its origin, evolution and activity. Potential readership includes undergraduate and advanced undergraduate students in Geology and other scientific disciplines, and any moderately- to well-educated people interested in the surrounding world and eager to gain a basic knowledge of the Earth and to reach an integrated view of how our planet is working.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Air, Water, Earth, Fire
Book Subtitle: How the System Earth Works
Authors: Angelo Peccerillo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78013-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-78012-8Published: 04 October 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-78015-9Published: 06 October 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-78013-5Published: 03 October 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 223
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 58 illustrations in colour
Topics: Earth Sciences, general, Geochemistry