Rocks
A Very Short Introduction
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ISBN:
9780198725190
Publication date:
22/05/2017
Paperback
144 pages
170x110mm
Price: 350.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198725190
Publication date:
22/05/2017
Paperback
144 pages
Jan Zalasiewicz
Looks at how rocks are formed, how they evolve, and how we can examine and glean histories from them,Covers metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rock, as well as minerals,Explores how rocks feature in nature and man-made structures, from plant pots to the Earth's crust,Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over seven million copies sold worldwide
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
Jan Zalasiewicz
Description
Rocks, more than anything else, underpin our lives. They make up the solid structure of the Earth and of other rocky planets, and are present at the cores of gas giant planets. We live on the rocky surface of the planet, grow our food on weathered debris derived from rocks, and we obtain nearly all of the raw materials with which we found our civilization from rocks. From the Earth's crust to building bricks, rocks contain our sense of planetary history, and are a guide to our future.
In this Very Short Introduction Jan Zalasiewicz looks at the nature and variety of rocks, and the processes by which they are formed. Starting from
the origin of rocks and their key role in the formation of the Earth, he considers what we know about the deep rocks of the mantle and core, and what rocks can tell us about the evolution of the Earth, and looks at those found in outer space and on other planets.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Jan Zalasiewicz, Senior Lecturer in Geology, Leicester UniversityDr Jan Zalasiewicz is Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Leicester, having previously worked at the British Geological Survey. A field geologist, palaeontologist and stratigrapher, he teaches various aspects of geology and Earth history to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and is a researcher into fossil ecosystems and environments across over half a billion years of geological time. He has published over a hundred papers in scientific journals and is the author of several books for OUP, including The Earth After Us (2008), The Planet in a Pebble (2012) and, with co-author Mark Williams, The Goldilocks Planet (2012) and Ocean Worlds (2014).
Jan Zalasiewicz
Table of contents
Preface
1:Primordial rocks
2:First rocks on a dead Earth
3:Earth surface processes: the making of sedimentary rocks
4:Rock transformations: the story of metamorphism
5:Rocks in the deep
6:Living rocks, evolving rocks
7:Rocks on other planets
8:Human-made rocks
Further reading
Index
Jan Zalasiewicz
Description
Rocks, more than anything else, underpin our lives. They make up the solid structure of the Earth and of other rocky planets, and are present at the cores of gas giant planets. We live on the rocky surface of the planet, grow our food on weathered debris derived from rocks, and we obtain nearly all of the raw materials with which we found our civilization from rocks. From the Earth's crust to building bricks, rocks contain our sense of planetary history, and are a guide to our future.
In this Very Short Introduction Jan Zalasiewicz looks at the nature and variety of rocks, and the processes by which they are formed. Starting from
the origin of rocks and their key role in the formation of the Earth, he considers what we know about the deep rocks of the mantle and core, and what rocks can tell us about the evolution of the Earth, and looks at those found in outer space and on other planets.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Jan Zalasiewicz, Senior Lecturer in Geology, Leicester UniversityDr Jan Zalasiewicz is Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Leicester, having previously worked at the British Geological Survey. A field geologist, palaeontologist and stratigrapher, he teaches various aspects of geology and Earth history to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and is a researcher into fossil ecosystems and environments across over half a billion years of geological time. He has published over a hundred papers in scientific journals and is the author of several books for OUP, including The Earth After Us (2008), The Planet in a Pebble (2012) and, with co-author Mark Williams, The Goldilocks Planet (2012) and Ocean Worlds (2014).
Table of contents
Preface
1:Primordial rocks
2:First rocks on a dead Earth
3:Earth surface processes: the making of sedimentary rocks
4:Rock transformations: the story of metamorphism
5:Rocks in the deep
6:Living rocks, evolving rocks
7:Rocks on other planets
8:Human-made rocks
Further reading
Index
Karel Schrijver
Earthly Order: How Natural Laws Define Human Life
Saleem H. Ali
Warwick F. Vincent
Storm Dunlop
Tim Woollings
Biogeochemical Cycles and Climate
Han Dolman
Peter Molnar
Jan Zalasiewicz
David A. Rothery
Martin Redfern
