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Ancient Earth, ancient skies : the age of Earth and its cosmic surroundings / G. Brent Dalrymple.
| Author/creator | Dalrymple, G. Brent |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2004. |
| Description | ix, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Sleuthing the past -- The birth of the universe, the galaxy, the solar system and earth -- Early attempts -- Clocks in rocks: how radiometric dating works -- Earth's most ancient rocks -- Moon rocks: samples for our nearest neighbor -- Meteorites: ancient wanderers of the solar system -- Lead isotopes: hourglass of the solar system -- The formation history of earth and meteorites: sorting out the details -- The ages of the universe, the galaxy, and the elements -- Summing up and looking ahead. |
| Local note | Little-345174--305131046531W |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-220) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003024023 |
| ISBN | 0804749329 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780804749329 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0804749337 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780804749336 (pbk. : alk. paper) |