Earth System History, 2nd Edition

by Steven M. Stanley

Designed for a new generation of readers, Stanley's Earth System History is a reforging of his Exploring Earth and Life Through Time. Adopting an earth system approach throughout, Earth System History shows students how Earth's ecosystem has developed over time and how events in the past provide a perspective for dealing with present and future changes. Clear and concise, the new Second Edition of this introduction to historical geology is perfect for one-term non-majors courses and contains lots of new content and improved visuals.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Geology, Textbooks, School, History, Reference

608 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Grace]

Dates estimated.
Read for background information for Paleoclimatology and Deep Time independent study
Read excerpts only. NOT FULL TEXTBOOK

PT: school books, paleo stuff, textbooks that make my heart happy

WIL
1) pretty readable

2) for the beginning geologist/paleontologist!

3) PICTURES!

4) that chart at the beginning of each chapter with the timelines. Hoooooly moly. That's one of the best things ive ever seen. Why dont more modern paleontology books have that?? THATS WICKED COOL! IM OBSESSED.


WIDL
1) outdated- this is an old textbook now. It still uses words like "Quaternary" and "tertiary" and its findings are a bit behind the times.

[Miriya]

Lots of useful information but I fear I found it very dry. If you're a geology major this book will probably be your friend.

[Nikki]

Great reference - used all semester long when I taught introductory geology