Author(s): John J. W. Rogers (Author), M. Santosh (Author)
Publisher: OUP USA
Publication Date: 30 Sept. 2004
Edition: Illustrated
Language: English
Print length: 304 pages
ISBN-10: 0195165896
ISBN-13: 9780195165890
Book Description
Continents and Supercontinents surveys the origin of continents and the accretion and breakup of supercontinents through earth history. It also shows how these processes affected the composition of seawater, climate, and the evolution of life.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“…this book provides a very thorough review of its subject matter, and will be accessible to those who have had an introduction to tectonics, petrology, and geochemistry.”–Choice
Book Description
Continents and Supercontinents surveys the origin of continents and the accretion and breakup of supercontinents through earth history.
About the Author
M. Santosh was became Professor in Natural Environmental Science at Kochi University, Japan, in 2000 and was the coleader of the UNESCO-IUGSIGCP project on Proterozoic Events in East Gondwana.