Geology for dummies: [learn to: grasp the study of the earth, its materials, and its processes ; recognize rocks, minerals, and geologic marvels ; score your highest in geology courses]
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CONTENTS AT A GLANCE
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INTRODUCTION /
PART 1: STUDYING THE EARTH 7
CHAPTER 1: ROCKS FOR JOCKS (AND EVERYBODY ELSE) 9
CHAPTER 2: OBSERVING EARTH THROUGH A SCIENTIFIC LENS 17
CHAPTER 3: FROM HERE TO ETERNITY: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF
GEOLOGIC THOUGHT 27
CHAPTER 4: HOME SWEET HOME: PLANET EARTH 37
PART 11: ELEMENTS, MINERALS, AND ROCKS 45
CHAPTER 5: IT S ELEMENTAL, MY DEAR: A VERY BASIC CHEMISTRY OF ELEMENTS
AND COMPOUNDS 47
CHAPTER 6: MINERALS: THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ROCKS 57
CHAPTER 7: RECOGNIZING ROCKS: IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY, AND METAMORPHIC
TYPES ...75
PART HI: ONE THEORY TO EXPLAIN IT ALT:
PLATE TECTONICS 107
CHAPTER 8: ADDING UP THE EVIDENCE FOR PLATE TECTONICS 109
CHAPTER 9: WHEN CRUSTAL PLATES MEET, IT S ALL RELATIVE 121
CHAPTER 10: WHO S DRIVING THIS THING? MANTLE CONVECTION AND PLATE
MOVEMENT 139
PART IV: SUPERFICIALLY SPEAKING:
ABOUT SURFACE PROCESSES......:. 153
CHAPTER 11: GRAVITY TAKES ITS TOLL: MASS WASTING / 155
CHAPTER 12: WATER: ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND 165
CHAPTER 13: FLOWING SLOWLY TOWARD THE SEA: GLACIERS 185
CHAPTER 14: BLOWING IN THE WIND: MOVING SEDIMENTS WITHOUT WATER 199
CHAPTER 15: CATCH A WAVE: THE EVOLUTION OF SHORELINES 211
PART V: LONG, LONG AGO IN THIS GALAXY RIGHT HERE...... 221 CHAPTER 16:
GETTING A GRIP ON GEOLOGIC TIME 223
CHAPTER 17: A RECORD OF LIFE IN THE ROCKS 241
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CHAPTER 18: TIME BEFORE TIME BEGAN: THE PRECAMBRIAN 253
CHAPTER 19: TEEMING WITH LIFE: THE PALEOZOIC ERA 267
CHAPTER 20: IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED MESOZOIC PARK: WHEN DINOSAURS
DOMINATED 285
CHAPTER 21: THE CENOZOIC ERA: MAMMALS TAKE OVER 299
CHAPTER 22: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE: MAJOR EXTINCTION EVENTS IN EARTH S
HISTORY 315
PART (/I: THE PART OF 7I?WS......... 327
CHAPTER 23: TEN (PLUS) WAYS HUMANS ACT AS GEOLOGIC AGENTS 329
CHAPTER 24: TEN GEOLOGIC HAZARDS 335
INDEX.* 341
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INTRODUCTION. 7 ABOUT THIS BOOK 1CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS BOOK 2WHAT
YOU RE NOT TO READ 2FOOLISH ASSUMPTIONS 2HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED....
3PART I: STUDYING THE EARTH 3PART II: ELEMENTS, MINERALS, AND ROCKS
3PART III: ONE THEORY TO EXPLAIN IT ALL: PLATE TECTONICS 3 PART IV:
SUPERFICIALLY SPEAKING: ABOUT SURFACE PROCESSES 4 PART V: LONG, LONG AGO
IN THIS GALAXY RIGHT HERE 4 PART VI: THE PART OF TENS 4ICONS USED IN
THIS BOOK 4WHERE TO GO FROM HERE 5 PART H STUDYING THE EARTH 7 CHAPTER
1: ROCKS FOR JOCKS (AND EVERYBODY ELSE) 9 FINDING YOUR INNER SCIENTIST
9MAKING OBSERVATIONS EVERY DAY 10JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS 10FOCUSING ON
ROCK FORMATION AND TRANSFORMATION 10 UNDERSTANDING HOW ROCKS FORM
11TUMBLING THROUGH THE ROCK CYCLE 11MAPPING CONTINENTAL MOVEMENTS
11UNIFYING GEOLOGY WITH PLATE TECTONICS THEORY 12 DEBATING A MECHANISM
FOR PLATE MOVEMENTS 13 MOVING ROCKS AROUND ON EARTH S SURFACE
13INTERPRETING A LONG HISTORY OF LIFE ON EARTH 14USING RELATIVE VERSUS
ABSOLUTE DATING 14WITNESSING EVOLUTION IN THE FOSSIL RECORD 15 CHAPTER
2: OBSERVING EARTH THROUGH A SCIENTIFIC LENS. 17 REALIZING THAT SCIENCE
IS NOT JUST FOR SCIENTISTS 17 USING A METHODICAL APPROACH: THE
SCIENTIFIC METHOD 18 SENSING SOMETHING NEW 19I HAVE A HYPOTHESIS!
19TESTING YOUR HYPOTHESIS: EXPERIMENTS 20
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CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS 21
INTERPRETING RESULTS 23
SHARING THE FINDINGS 23
THE END-ALL, BE-ALL: A SCIENTIFIC THEORY 23
IT S NEVER JUST A THEORY 24
SCIENTIFIC THEORY VERSUS SCIENTIFIC LAW 24
THE ROAD TO PARADIGMS 25
SPEAKING IN TONGUES: WHY GEOLOGISTS SEEM TO SPEAK A SEPARATE LANGUAGE 25
LAMINATION VS. FOLIATION: SIMILAR OUTCOMES FROM DIFFERENT PROCESSES 25
GABBRO VS. BASALT: DIFFERENT OUTCOMES FROM SIMILAR PROCESSES 26
CHAPTER 3: FROM HERE TO ETERNITY: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF
GEOLOGIC THOUGHT 27
CATASTROPHE STRIKES AGAIN AND AGAIN 28
EARLY THOUGHTS ON THE ORIGIN OF ROCKS I 28
DEVELOPING MODERN GEOLOGIC UNDERSTANDING 29
READING THE ROCK LAYERS: STENO S STRATIGRAPHY 29
THESE THINGS TAKE TIME! HUTTON S HYPOTHESIS 30
WHAT HAS BEEN WILL BE: LYELL S PRINCIPLES 31
UNIFORMI-WHAT? UNDERSTANDING THE EARTH THROUGH UNIFORMITARIANISM...31
PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER: THE THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS 32 FORGING AHEAD
INTO NEW FRONTIERS 33
ASKING HOW, WHERE, AND WHY: MOUNTAIN BUILDING AND PLATE BOUNDARIES 33
MYSTERIES OF THE PAST: SNOWBALL EARTH, FIRST LIFE, AND MASS EXTINCTIONS
33
PREDICTING THE FUTURE: EARTHQUAKES AND CLIMATE CHANGE 35 OUT OF THIS
WORLD: PLANETARY GEOLOGY AND THE SEARCH FOR LIFE 36
CHAPTER 4: HOME SWEET HOME: PLANET EARTH 37
EARTH S SPHERES 37
EXAMINING EARTH S GEOSPHERE 39
DEFINING EARTH S LAYERS 39
EXAMINING EACH LAYER 41
PART 11: ELEMENTS, MINERATS, AND ROCKS
CHAPTER 5: IT S ELEMENTAL, MY DEAR: A VERY BASIC CHEMISTRY OF ELEMENTS
AND COMPOUNDS 47
THE SMALLEST MATTER: ATOMS AND ATOMIC STRUCTURE 47
GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH THE PERIODIC TABLE 48
INTERPRETING ISOTOPES 51
CHARGING PARTICLES: IONS 51
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CHEMICAL BONDAGE FOR BEGINNERS 52
DONATING ELECTRONS (IONIC BONDS) 52
SHARING ELECTRONS (COVALENT BONDS) 54
MIGRATING ELECTRONS (METALLIC BONDS) 54
FORMULATING COMPOUNDS 55
CHAPTER 6: MINERALS: THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF ROCKS .57 MEETING MINERAL
REQUIREMENTS 58
MAKING CRYSTALS 58
IDENTIFYING MINERALS USING PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS 59 OBSERVING
TRANSPARENCY, COLOR, LUSTER, AND STREAK 59 MEASURING MINERAL STRENGTH 60
IF IT TASTES LIKE SALT, IT MUST BE HALITE: NOTING UNIQUE MINERAL
PROPERTIES 64
MEASURING PROPERTIES IN THE LAB 65
REALIZING MOST ROCKS ARE BUILT FROM SILICATE MINERALS 65 FINDING
SILICATES IN MANY SHAPES /. 67
GROUPING SILICATE MINERALS ..70
REMEMBERING THE NONSILICATE MINERALS 70
CARBONATES 70
SULFIDES ANDSULFATES 71
OXIDES 71
NATIVE ELEMENTS 72
EVAPORITES 72
GEMSTONES 73
CHAPTER 7: RECOGNIZING ROCKS: IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY, AND METAMORPHIC
TYPES 75
CRYSTALLIZING ONE WAY OR ANOTHER: IGNEOUS ROCKS 76
CLASSIFYING IGNEOUS ROCKS 76
MAMA MAGMA: BIRTHING IGNEOUS ROCKS 79
WHEN MAGMA BECOMES LAVA: STUDYING VOLCANOES 83 SEEING WHAT LIES BENEATH:
PLUTONS 86
MERGING MANY SINGLE GRAINS OF SAND: SEDIMENTARY ROCKS 87 WEATHERING
ROCKS INTO SEDIMENTS 89
SETTLE DOWN (AND BE COMPACTED)!: CHANGING FROM SEDIMENT INTO ROCK 91
SIZING UP THE GRAINS: CLASSIFYING SEDIMENTARY ROCKS 93 NO GRAINS AT ALL:
CHEMICAL SEDIMENTARY ROCKS 94
TELLING STORIES OF THE PAST: SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES 96 STUCK BETWEEN A
ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: METAMORPHIC ROCKS 98 AND YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE
STRESSED! HEAT, PRESSURE, AND METAMORPHISM 99
GRADES OF METAMORPHISM AND INDEX MINERALS 100
BETWEEN THE MINERAL SHEETS: FOLIATION, OR MAYBE NOT 100 CATEGORIZING
METAMORPHIC ROCKS 102
MOVING THROUGH THE ROCK CYCLE: HOW ROCKS CHANGE FROM ONE TYPE TO ANOTHER
105
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PAN 111: ONE THEORY TO EXPLAIN IT ALL: PLATE TECTONICS.... 107
CHAPTER 8: ADDING UP THE EVIDENCE FOR PLATE TECTONICS 109 DRIFTING
APART: WEGENER S IDEA OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT 110
CONTINENTAL PUZZLE SOLVING 110
FOSSIL MATCHING 112
STRATIGRAPHIC STORIES 112
ICY COLD CLIMATES OF LONG AGO 114
MEETING AT THE EQUATOR 115
SEARCHING FOR A MECHANISM 115
COMING TOGETHER: HOW TECHNOLOGY SHEDS LIGHT ON PLATE TECTONICS... 116
SEA-FLOOR MAPPING, OR HOW WWII ADVANCED TECTONIC THEORY .... 116
FLIP-FLOPPING MAGNETIC POLES: PALEOMAGNETISM AND SEAFLOOR SPREADING 116
MEASURING PLATE MOVEMENTS ., 118
UNIFYING THE THEORY 119
CHAPTER 9: WHEN CRUSTAL PLATES MEET, ITS ALL RELATIVE 121 DENSITY IS KEY
121
TWO OF A KIND: CONTINENTAL AND OCEANIC CRUST 122
DARK AND DENSE: OCEANIC CRUST 123
THICK AND FLUFFY: CONTINENTAL CRUST 123
UNDERSTANDING WHY DENSITY MATTERS: ISOSTASY 123
DEFINING PLATE BOUNDARIES BY THEIR RELATIVE MOTION 125
DRIVING APART: DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES 126
CRASHING TOGETHER: CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES 128 SLIP-SLIDING ALONG:
TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARIES 131
SHAPING TOPOGRAPHY WITH PLATE MOVEMENTS 132
DEFORMING THE CRUST AT PLATE BOUNDARIES 132
COMPRESSING ROCKS INTO FOLDS 133
FAULTING IN RESPONSE TO STRESS 135
BUILDING MOUNTAINS 137
CHAPTER 10: WHO S DRIVING THIS THING? MANTLE CONVECTION AND PLATE
MOVEMENT , 139
RUNNING IN CIRCLES: MODELS OF MANTLE CONVECTION 140
MANTLE PLUMES: JUST LIKE THE LAVA IN YOUR LAMP 142
TUG OF WAR: THE SLAB-PULL VERSUS RIDGE-PUSH MODEL 142 USING CONVECTION
TO EXPLAIN MAGMA, VOLCANOES, AND UNDERWATER MOUNTAINS 143
PLATE FRICTION: MELTING ROCK BENEATH THE EARTH S CRUST 143 CREATING
VOLCANIC ARCS AND HOTSPOTS 144
BIRTHING NEW SEAFLOOR AT MID-OCEAN RIDGES 147
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SHAKE, RATTLE, AND ROLL: HOW PLATE MOVEMENTS CAUSE EARTHQUAKES 148
RESPONDING ELASTICALLY 148
SENDING WAVES THROUGH THE EARTH 149
MEASURING MAGNITUDE 150
PART W: SUPERFICIALLY SPEAKING:
ABOUT SURFACE PROCESSES 153
CHAPTER 11: GRAVITY TAKES ITS TOLL: MASS WASTING 155 HOLDING STEADY OR
FALLING DOWN: FRICTION VERSUS GRAVITY 156 FOCUSING ON THE MATERIALS
INVOLVED 157
LOOSE MATERIALS: RESTING AT THE ANGLE OF REPOSE 157
BEDROCK: LOSING ITS STABILITY 158
TRIGGERING MASS MOVEMENTS 158
ADDING WATER TO THE MIX . F 158
CHANGING THE SLOPE ANGLE 159
SHAKING THINGS UP: EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES 160
REMOVING VEGETATION 160
MOVING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF EARTH, QUICKLY 160
FALLS 161
SLIDES AND SLUMPS 161
FLOWS 162
A MORE SUBTLE APPROACH: CREEP AND SOIL FLOW (SOLIFLUCTION) 163
CHAPTER 12: WATER: ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND 165
HYDROLOGIC CYCLING 165
DRIVING THE CYCLE WITH EVAPORATION 166
TRAVELING ACROSS A CONTINENT 167
STREAMS: MOVING SEDIMENTS TOWARD THE OCEAN 168
DRAINING THE BASIN 168
TWO TYPES OF FLOW 169
MEASURING STREAM CHARACTERISTICS ... 170
CARRYING A HEAVY LOAD 170
MEASURING WHAT IS TRANSPORTED 171
ERODING A STREAM CHANNEL TO BASE LEVEL 172
SEEKING EQUILIBRIUM AFTER CHANGES IN BASE LEVEL 173
LEAVING THEIR MARK: HOW STREAMS CREATE LANDFORMS 174 DRAINING THE BASIN
174
MEANDERING ALONG 175
DEPOSITING SEDIMENTS ALONG THE WAY.... 177
REACHING THE SEA 178
FLOWING BENEATH YOUR FEET: GROUNDWATER 178
INFILTRATING TINY SPACES UNDERGROUND 178
MEASURING POROSITY AND PERMEABILITY 179
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SETTING THE WATER TABLE 180
SPRINGING FROM ROCKS 181
THAT SINKING FEELING: KARST, CAVES, AND SINKHOLES 182
CHAPTER 13: FLOWING SLOWLY TOWARD THE SEA: GLACIERS 185 IDENTIFYING
THREE TYPES OF GLACIERS 185
UNDERSTANDING ICE AS A GEOLOGIC FORCE 186
TRANSFORMING SNOW INTO ICE 186
BALANCING THE GLACIAL BUDGET 187
FLOWING SOLIDLY DOWN THE MOUNTAIN 188
ERODING AT A SNAIL S PACE: LANDFORMS CREATED BY GLACIAL EROSION 189
PLUCKING AND ABRADING ALONG THE WAY 189
CREATING THEIR OWN VALLEYS 190
SPEAKING FRENCH: CIRQUES, ARETES, ET ROCHE MOUTONNEES 190 LEAVING IT ALL
BEHIND: GLACIAL DEPOSITS 192
DEPOSITING THE TILL 192
PLAINS, TRAINS, ESKERS, AND KAMES 193
BEHAVING ERRATICALLY: LARGE BOULDERS IN ODD PLACES 195 WHERE HAVE ALL
THE GLACIERS GONE? 195
FILLING THE EROSIONAL GAPS 195
CYCLING THROUGH ICE AGES 196
REBOUNDING ISOSTATICALLY 198
CHAPTER 14: BLOWING IN THE WIND: MOVING SEDIMENTS WITHOUT WATER 199
LACKING WATER: ARID REGIONS OF THE EARTH 199
TRANSPORTING PARTICLES BY AIR 200
SKIPPING RIGHT ALONG: BED LOAD AND SALTATION 200
SUSPENDING PARTICLES IN AIR 202
DEFLATING AND ABRADING: FEATURES OF WIND EROSION 202
REMOVING SEDIMENTS 202
SCRATCHING THE SURFACE 203
JUST ADD WIND: DUNES AND OTHER DEPOSITIONAL WIND FEATURES 203 MIGRATING
PILES OF SAND: DUNES 204
SHAPING SAND 205
LAYING DOWN LAYERS OF LOESS 207
PAVING THE DESERT: DEPOSITION OR EROSION? 208
CHAPTER 15: CATCH A WAVE: THE EVOLUTION OF SHORELINES 211 BREAKING FREE:
WAVES AND WAVE MOTION 211
DISSECTING WAVE ANATOMY 211
STARTING TO ROLL 212
GOING WITH THE FLOW: CURRENTS AND TIDES 214
SHAPING SHORELINES 216
CARVING CLIFFS AND OTHER FEATURES 216
BUDGETING TO BUILD SANDBARS 216
CATEGORIZING COASTLINES 218
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PART V: LANG, LONG AGO IN THIS GALAXY RIGHT HERE....... 221
CHAPTER 16: GETTING A GRIP ON GEOLOGIC TIME 223
THE LAYER CAKE OF TIME: STRATIGRAPHY AND RELATIVE DATING 223 SPEAKING
RELATIVELY 224
SORTING OUT THE STRATA 224
PUTTING ROCK LAYERS IN THE RIGHT ORDER 225
LOSING TIME IN THE LAYERS 226
SHOW ME THE NUMBERS: METHODS OF ABSOLUTE DATING 228
MEASURING RADIOACTIVE DECAY 228
COMMON RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES FOR GEOLOGICAL DATING 232 OTHER EXACTING
METHODS OF GEOLOGICAL DATING 234
RELATIVELY ABSOLUTE: COMBINING METHODS FOR THE BEST RESULTS 236 EONS,
ERAS, AND EPOCHS (OH MY!): STRUCTURING THE GEOLOGIC TIMESCALE 237
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CHAPTER 17: A RECORD OF LIFE IN THE ROCKS 241
EXPLAINING CHANGE, NOT ORIGINS: THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION 241 THE
EVOLUTION OF A THEORY 242
ACQUIRING TRAITS DOESN T DO IT 242
NATURALLY, SELECTING FOR SURVIVAL 243
MENDEL S PEAS PLEASE 243
GENETIC NUTS AND BOLTS 244
SPONTANEOUSLY MUTATING GENES 244
SPECIATING RIGHT AND LEFT 245
PUTTING EVOLUTION TO THE TEST ..246
AGAINST ALL ODDS: THE FOSSILIZATION OF LIFEFORMS 246
BONES, TEETH, AND SHELL: BODY FOSSILS 247
JUST PASSING THROUGH: TRACE FOSSILS 247
CORRECTING FOR BIAS IN THE FOSSIL RECORD 249
HYPOTHESIZING RELATIONSHIPS: CLADISTICS 249
CHAPTER 18: TIME BEFORE TIME BEGAN: THE PRECAMBRIAN 253 IN THE BEGINNING
. .. EARTH S CREATION FROM A NEBULOUS CLOUD 254 ADDRESSING ARCHEAN ROCKS
255
CREATING CONTINENTS 255
REVVING UP THE ROCK CYCLE .....256
FEELING HOT, HOT, HOT: EVIDENCE FOR EXTREME TEMPERATURES 257 ORIGINATING
WITH OROGENS: SUPERCONTINENTS OF THE PROTEROZOIC EON .... 258 SINGLE
CELLS, ALGAL MATS, AND THE EARLY ATMOSPHERE 259
HUNTING EARLY PROKARYOTES AND EUKARYOTES 259
YOU KNOW IT AS POND SCUM: CYANOBACTERIA 260
WAITING TO INHALE: THE FORMATION OF EARTH S ATMOSPHERE 263
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CHAPTER 19: TEEMING WITH LIFE: THE PALEOZOIC ERA 267 EXPLODING WITH
LIFE: THE CAMBRIAN PERIOD 268
TOUGHEN UP! DEVELOPING SHELLS 268
WHEN ROLY POLYS RULED THE WORLD 269
BUILDING REEFS ALL OVER THE PLACE 270
EURYPTERIDS 271
AMMONOIDS AND NAUTILOIDS 272
SPINAL TAPPING: ANIMALS WITH BACKBONES 274
FISH EVOLVE BODY ARMOR, TEETH, AND . .. LEGS? 274
PART-TIME LAND DWELLERS: AMPHIBIANS VENTURE OUT OF THE WATER... 276
ADAPTING TO LIFE ON LAND: THE REPTILES 277
PLANTING ROOTS: EARLY PLANT EVOLUTION 278
TRACKING THE GEOLOGIC EVENTS OF THE PALEOZOIC 279
CONSTRUCTING CONTINENTS 280
READING THE ROCKS: TRANSGRESSIONS AND REGRESSIONS 280 FOSSILIZING CARBON
FUELS 284
PANGAEA, THE MOST SUPER OF SUPERCONTINENTS 284
CHAPTER 20: IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED MESOZOIC PARK: WHEN DINOSAURS
DOMINATED 285
DRIVING PANGAEA APART AT THE SEAMS 286
ONE CONTINENT BECOMES MANY 286
INFLUENCING GLOBAL CLIMATE 287
CREATING THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH AMERICA 288
REPOPULATING THE SEAS AFTER EXTINCTION 289
THE SYMBIOSIS OF FLOWERS 290
RECOGNIZING ALL THE MESOZOIC REPTILES 292
IF IT FLIES OR SWIMS, IT S NOT REALLY A DINOSAUR 292
FLOCKING TOGETHER 294
CLIMBING THE DINOSAUR FAMILY TREE 295
ORNITHISCHIAN DINOSAURS 295
SAURISCHIAN DINOSAURS 297
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR LATER DOMINANCE: EARLY MAMMAL EVOLUTION 298
CHAPTER 21: THE CENOZOIC ERA: MAMMALS TAKE OVER 299 PUTTING CONTINENTS
IN THEIR PROPER (OKAY, CURRENT) PLACES 299 CREATING MODERN GEOGRAPHY 300
CONSUMING THE FARALLON PLATE 302
CARVING THE GRAND CANYON WITH UPLIFT 303
ICING OVER NORTHERN CONTINENTS 303
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ENTERING THE AGE OF MAMMALS 304
REGULATING BODY TEMPERATURE 306
FILLING EVERY NICHE 306
LIVING LARGE: MASSIVE MAMMALS THEN AND NOW 307
NOSING AROUND ELEPHANT EVOLUTION 308
RETURNING TO THE SEA: WHALES 310
LARGER THAN LIFE: GIANT MAMMALS OF THE ICE AGES 311
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW: THE REIGN OF HOMO SAPIENS 311
CHAPTER 22: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE: MAJOR EXTINCTION EVENTS IN EARTH S
HISTORY 315
EXPLAINING EXTINCTIONS 316
HEADS UP! ASTRONOMICAL IMPACTS 316
LAVA, LAVA EVERYWHERE: VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND FLOOD BASALTS 317 SHIFTING
SEA LEVELS 319
CHANGING CLIMATE 319
END TIMES, AT LEAST FIVE TIMES K 319
COOLING TROPICAL WATERS 320
REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS 320
THE GREAT DYING 321
PAVING THE WAY FOR DINOSAURS 322
DEMOLISHING DINOSAURS: THE K/T BOUNDARY 322
MODERN EXTINCTIONS AND BIODIVERSITY 324
HUNTING THE MEGAFAUNA 324
REDUCING BIODIVERSITY 325
PART VI: THE PART OF TENS 327
CHAPTER 23: TEN (PLUS) WAYS HUMANS ACT AS GEOLOGIC AGENTS ,329 DAMMING
RIVERS 329
SHAPING WATERWAYS 330
NOURISHING BEACHES ... 330
CHANGING COASTLINES 331
DESTABILIZING SLOPES 331
FRACKING FOR NATURAL GAS 331
REMOVING MOUNTAINTOPS 332
DEVELOPING DESERTS 332
CREATING CAVERNS 332
TRANSPORTING EARTH MATERIALS 333
CHANGING THE CLIMATE 333
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CHAPTER 24: TEN GEOLOGIC HAZARDS 335
CHANGING COURSE: RIVER FLOODING 335
CAVING IN: SINKHOLES 336
SLIDING DOWN: LANDSLIDES 336
SHAKING THINGS UP: EARTHQUAKES 336
WASHING AWAY COASTAL TOWNS: TSUNAMIS 337
DESTROYING FARMLAND AND COASTAL BLUFFS: EROSION 338
FIERY EXPLOSIONS OF MOLTEN ROCK: VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS 338 MELTING ICE WITH
FIRE: JOKULHLAUPS 339
FLOWING RIVERS OF MUD: LAHARS 339
WATCHING THE POLES: GEOMAGNETISM 339
INDEX ......... ..... 361
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