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Title:
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The Earth after us : what legacy will humans leave in the rocks?
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Authors:
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Jan Zalasiewicz, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-19-921498-3
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Size:
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xiv, 251p. / ill. / 20 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-246) and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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QH542.5
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Subjects:
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biomorphology
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Historical geology
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Nature--Effect of human beings on
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Paleoantropology
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Description:
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What would alien visitors of the far future, piecing together the history of Earth, find of our brief reign? What clues will we leave? WHat fossils? Just as we have gained knowledge of the past, of ancient climates and the activities of creatures long dead, so too might they decode the rocks. Jan Zalasiewicz uses this imaginary scenario to show how geologists reconstruct past worlds. If aliens were to uncover the 'human stratum' a hundred million years in the future, what would they make of us? And how might we be judged?
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Contents note:
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1. Perspective 2. 100 million years AD 3. The strata machine 4. Tectonic escalator 5. High water, low water 6. Dynasties 7. Echoes 8. Traces 9. Body of evidence 10. Meeting the people.
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