Earth's Evolving Systems
- ISBN-10
- 1284108295
- ISBN-13
- 9781284108293
- Series
- Earth's Evolving Systems
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 616
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-12-16
- Publisher
- Jones & Bartlett Learning
- Author
- Martin
Description
Earth’s Evolving Systems: The History of Planet Earth, Second Edition is an introductory text designed for popular courses in undergraduate Earth history. Written from a “systems perspective,” it provides coverage of the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere, and discussion of how those systems interacted over the course of geologic time.
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- 2016-12-14
- 616 pages
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