Leicester Üniversitesi'nde paleobiyoloji profesörü Jan Zalasiewicz, Antroposen'i araştırıyor.
Jan Zalasiewicz, İngiltere'deki Leicester Üniversitesi'nde paleobiyoloji profesörüdür. Kariyerinin başlarında, Britanya Jeolojik Araştırmaları'nda bir saha jeologu ve paleontologdu, doğu İngiltere'nin katmanlarını ve ardından orta Galler dağlarını deşifre etmek için çalışıyordu. Şimdi, lisans ve yüksek lisans öğrencilerine jeoloji ve Dünya tarihi öğretiyor ve yarım milyar yıldan fazla jeolojik zaman boyunca fosil ekosistemleri ve ortamları inceliyor. Son birkaç yıldır, insanların artık Dünya yüzeyinde jeolojiyi yönlendirdiği kavramı olan Antroposen hakkında fikirlerin geliştirilmesine yardımcı oldu ve Uluslararası Stratigrafi Komisyonu'nun Antroposen Çalışma Grubuna başkanlık etti.
Volcanoes (A very short Introduction) kitap pdf oku ve indir Jan Zalasiewicz
Volcanoes are some of the most dramatic expressions of the powerful tectonic forces at work in the Earth beneath our feet. But volcanism, a profoundly important feature of Earth, and indeed of other planets and moons too, encompasses much more than just volcanoes themselves. On a planetary
scale, volcanism is an indispensable heat release mechanism, which on Earth allows the conditions for life. IIt releases gases into the atmosphere and produces enormous volumes of rock, and spectacular landscapes - landscapes which, during major eruptions, can be completely reshaped in a matter of
hours. Through geological time volcanism has shaped both climate and biological evolution, and volcanoes can affect human life, too, for both good and ill. Yet, even after much study, some of the fundamental aspects of volcanicity remain mysterious.
This Very Short Introduction takes the readers into the inferno of a racing pyroclastic current, and the heart of a moving lava flow, as understood through the latest scientific research. Exploring how volcanologists forensically decipher how volcanoes work, Michael Branney and Jan Zalasiewicz
explain what we do (and don't) understood about the fundamental mechanisms of volcanism, and consider how volcanoes interact with other physical processes on the Earth, with life, and with human society.
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