UID:
edocfu_9961326568702883
Format:
1 online resource (216 p.) :
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8 color illus. 20 halftones. 35 line illus.
Edition:
Course Book
ISBN:
9781400849888
Series Statement:
Science Essentials ; 20
Content:
The air we breathe is twenty-one percent oxygen, an amount higher than on any other known world. While we may take our air for granted, Earth was not always an oxygenated planet. How did it become this way? Donald Canfield-one of the world's leading authorities on geochemistry, earth history, and the early oceans-covers this vast history, emphasizing its relationship to the evolution of life and the evolving chemistry of the Earth. Canfield guides readers through the various lines of scientific evidence, considers some of the wrong turns and dead ends along the way, and highlights the scientists and researchers who have made key discoveries in the field. Showing how Earth's atmosphere developed over time, Oxygen takes readers on a remarkable journey through the history of the oxygenation of our planet.Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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Preface --
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Chapter 1. What Is It about Planet Earth? --
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Chapter 2. Life before Oxygen --
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Chapter 3. Evolution of Oxygenic Photosynthesis --
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Chapter 4. Cyanobacteria: The Great Liberators --
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Chapter 5. What Controls Atmospheric Oxygen Concentrations? --
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Chapter 6. The Early History of Atmospheric Oxygen: Biological Evidence --
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Chapter 7. The Early History of Atmospheric Oxygen: Geological Evidence --
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Chapter 8. The Great Oxidation --
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Chapter 9. Earth's Middle Ages: What Came after the GOE --
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Chapter 10. Neoproterozoic Oxygen and The Rise of Animals --
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Chapter 11. Phanerozoic Oxygen --
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Chapter 12. Epilogue --
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Notes --
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References --
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Index
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Issued also in print.
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691145020
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781400849888
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400849888
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400849888
