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Visualizing Earth History, 1st Edition

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Visualizing Earth History integrates artwork and images from National Geographic and other rich visuals to provide a broad overview of earth history. Author, Loren Babock explores Earth’s history as a series of interrelated processes that continue to have significant outcomes for humans and other living things.

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Table of Contents

Part 1: Earth Systems and Principles of Interpreting Earth History

1. Introduction to Earth System History

2. Earth Materials and Features

3. Geologic Time

4. Life on Earth and its Fossil Record

5. Biological Evolution

6. Interpreting Sedimentary Environments and Climate

7. Plate Tectonics in Earth History

Part 2: Interpretation of Earth History

8. Archean World

9. Proterozoic World

10. Paleozoic World

11. Mesozoic World

12. Cenozoic World

Hallmark Features

Robust media and supplements package, including National Geographic videos
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