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" The planet in a pebble : "
Jan Zalasiewicz
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BL
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711830
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b534019
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| Main Entry
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Zalasiewicz, J. A
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| Title & Author
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The planet in a pebble : : a journey into Earth's deep history /\ Jan Zalasiewicz
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2010
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xiv, 234 p., [4] p. of plates :: ill. (some col.), maps ;; 23 cm
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0199569703
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: 9780199569700
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-228) and index
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| Contents
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Stardust -- From the depths of the earth -- Distant lands -- To the rendezvous -- The sea -- Ghosts observed -- Ghosts in absentia -- Where on earth? -- Gold! -- The oil window -- Making mountains -- Breaking the surface -- Futures
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| Abstract
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"Every pebble has many stories to tell. Its particular atoms, its crystals, its minerals, its grains, its textures, its strata, its tiny fossils bear evidence to a history that stretches back billions of years."--From Book flap
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Historical geology
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Pebbles
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Petrology
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Earth, History
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QE28.3.Z35 2010
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