The stories of our 4.54-billion-year-old planet are written in strata-ages-old remnants of ancient seafloors, desert dunes and riverbeds. These layers of rock help geologists unearth how our planet became the place we know and what it will become.
In Strata, Laura Poppick deciphers these primeval plotlines. Digging into four moments of transformation that shaped Earth and made our lives possible-from the first accumulations of oxygen in the atmosphere to the deep freeze of "Snowball Earth", the rise of mud on land and the dinosaurs' reign on a hothouse planet-we see how the arc of geologic time bends toward stability. Beautifully grounding and laced with awe, Strata unveils the wisdom and hope these rocks can hold.
| ISBN: | 9781324134244 |
| Publication date: | 12th January 2027 |
| Author: | Laura Poppick |
| Publisher: | W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Genres: |
Impact of science and technology on society Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere Sedimentology and pedology Stratigraphy Rocks, minerals and fossils: general interest |
The stories of our 4.54-billion-year-old planet are written in strata-ages-old remnants of ancient seafloors, desert dunes and riverbeds. These layers of rock help geologists unearth how our planet became the place we know and what it will become.In Strata, Laura Poppick deciphers these primeval plotlines.
Strata features in the following genres: Impact of science and technology on society, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Sedimentology and pedology, Stratigraphy, Rocks, minerals and fossils: general interest
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Strata was written by Laura Poppick and published by W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
Strata has 288 pages
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