Earth As an Evolving Planetary System
Abstract
``System'' is an overused buzzword in textbooks covering geological sciences. Describing the Earth as a system of component parts is a reasonable concept, but providing a comprehensive framework for detailing the system is a more formidable task. Kent Condie lays out the systems approach in an easy-to-read introductory chapter in Earth as an Evolving Planetary System. In the book, Condie makes a valiant attempt at taking the mélange of diverse subjects in the solid Earth sciences and weaving them into a coherent tapestry.
- Publication:
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EOS Transactions
- Pub Date:
- May 2005
- DOI:
- 10.1029/2005EO180006
- Bibcode:
- 2005EOSTr..86..182M
- Keywords:
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- Information Related to Geologic Time: General or miscellaneous;
- Tectonophysics: General or miscellaneous