Title:
Rocks : a very short introduction / Jay Zalasiewicz.
Author:
Zalasiewicz, J. A., author.
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
©2016
Call Number:
QE432 .Z35 2016
Abstract:
"In this Very Short Introduction Jan Zalasiewicz looks at the structure and diversity of rocks, and the processes by which they form. He describes their formation during the birth of our planet; considers what rocks there might be in Earth's deep mantle and core and on other planets; and shows how humans are creating new rock types today."-- provided by publisher.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780198725190
Series:
Very short introductions ; 502
Very short introductions ; 502.
Physical Description:
xviii, 140 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Contents:
Primordial rocks -- First rocks on a dead Earth -- Sedimentary rocks -- Rocks transformed -- Rocks in the deep -- Living rocks, evolving rocks -- Rocks on other planets -- Human-made rocks.
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