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Jan Zalasiewicz is a Professor of Paleobiology at the University of Leicester and Chair of the Anthropocene Working Group. His research interests include mudrock processes; early Palaeozoic and Quaternary stratigraphy and sedimentology; and stratigraphic analysis, notably the study of the Anthropocene concept.
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Discarded

Sarah Gabbott , Jan Zalasiewicz


OUP Oxford

2025-01-14

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What will remain of our plastic, cans, and other junk long after humans have vanished? What kind of fossils will we leave, as relics into the far future? A blizzard of new objects has suddenly appeared on Earth: plastic bottles, ballpoint pens,...

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Discarded


Sarah Gabbott , Jan Zalasiewicz


What will remain of our plastic, cans, and other junk long after humans have vanished? What kind of fossils will we leave, as relics into the far future? A blizzard of new objects has suddenly appeared on Earth: plastic bottles, ballpoint pens, concrete flyways,...

Parution : 2025-01-29
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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The Cosmic Oasis


Mark Williams , Jan Zalasiewicz


Alone in the known universe the Earth glows bright with life, a unique cosmic oasis of biodiversity which is now under threat from our own actions. The Earth is a unique as a living planet, a cosmic oasis drifting in the vastness of barren space. It is strikingly...

Parution : 2022-05-26
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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The Cosmic Oasis


Mark Williams , Jan Zalasiewicz


Alone in the known universe the Earth glows bright with life, a unique cosmic oasis of biodiversity which is now under threat from our own actions. The Earth is a unique as a living planet, a cosmic oasis drifting in the vastness of barren space. It is strikingly...

Parution : 2022-05-26
Format(s) : PDF
Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Volcanoes


Michael J Branney , 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...

Parution : 2020-11-26
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Volcanoes


Michael J Branney , 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...

Parution : 2020-11-26
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Télécharger le livre :  The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit
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The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit


Colin P. Summerhayes , Colin N. Waters , Mark Williams , Jan Zalasiewicz


The Anthropocene, a term launched into public debate by Nobel Prize winner Paul Crutzen, has been used informally to describe the time period during which human actions have had a drastic effect on the Earth and its ecosystems. This book presents evidence for defining...

Parution : 2019-03-07
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Geology


Jan Zalasiewicz


Ranging across the 4.6 billion year history of the planet, geology is the subject that encompasses almost all that we see around us, in one way or another, and also much that we cannot see, beneath our feet, and on other planets. The fruits of geology provide most of...

Parution : 2018-07-16
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Geology


Jan Zalasiewicz


Ranging across the 4.6 billion year history of the planet, geology is the subject that encompasses almost all that we see around us, in one way or another, and also much that we cannot see, beneath our feet, and on other planets. The fruits of geology provide most of...

Parution : 2018-06-28
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Skeletons


Mark Williams , Jan Zalasiewicz


Over half a billion years ago life on earth took an incredible step in evolution, when animals learned to build skeletons. Using many different materials, from calcium carbonate and phosphate, and even silica, to make shell and bone, they started creating the support...

Parution : 2018-03-13
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Skeletons


Mark Williams , Jan Zalasiewicz


Over half a billion years ago life on earth took an incredible step in evolution, when animals learned to build skeletons. Using many different materials, from calcium carbonate and phosphate, and even silica, to make shell and bone, they started creating the support...

Parution : 2018-03-09
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Télécharger le livre :  Rocks
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Rocks


Jan Zalasiewicz


Rocks, more than anything else, underpin our lives. They make up the solid structure of the Earth and of other rocky planets, and are present at the cores of gas giant planets. We live on the rocky surface of the planet, grow our food on weathered debris derived from...

Parution : 2016-12-01
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Rocks


Jan Zalasiewicz


Rocks, more than anything else, underpin our lives. They make up the solid structure of the Earth and of other rocky planets, and are present at the cores of gas giant planets. We live on the rocky surface of the planet, grow our food on weathered debris derived from...

Parution : 2016-12-01
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Télécharger le livre :  Ocean Worlds
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Ocean Worlds


Mark Williams , Jan Zalasiewicz


Oceans make up most of the surface of our blue planet. They may form just a sliver on the outside of the Earth, but they are very important, not only in hosting life, including the fish and other animals on which many humans depend, but in terms of their role in the...

Parution : 2014-10-24
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Ocean Worlds


Mark Williams , Jan Zalasiewicz


Oceans make up most of the surface of our blue planet. They may form just a sliver on the outside of the Earth, but they are very important, not only in hosting life, including the fish and other animals on which many humans depend, but in terms of their role in the...

Parution : 2014-10-23
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Télécharger le livre :  The Goldilocks Planet
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The Goldilocks Planet


Mark Williams , Jan Zalasiewicz


Climate change is a major topic of concern today, scientifically, socially, and politically. It will undoubtedly continue to be so for the foreseeable future, as predicted changes in global temperatures, rainfall, and sea level take place, and as human society adapts to...

Parution : 2012-03-23
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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The Goldilocks Planet


Mark Williams , Jan Zalasiewicz


Climate change is a major topic of concern today, scientifically, socially, and politically. It will undoubtedly continue to be so for the foreseeable future, as predicted changes in global temperatures, rainfall, and sea level take place, and as human society adapts to...

Parution : 2012-03-22
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Télécharger le livre :  The Planet in a Pebble
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The Planet in a Pebble


Jan Zalasiewicz


This is the story of a single pebble. It is just a normal pebble, as you might pick up on holiday - on a beach in Wales, say. Its history, though, carries us into abyssal depths of time, and across the farthest reaches of space. This is a narrative of the Earth's long...

Parution : 2010-09-23
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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The Planet in a Pebble


Jan Zalasiewicz


This is the story of a single pebble. It is just a normal pebble, as you might pick up on holiday - on a beach in Wales, say. Its history, though, carries us into abyssal depths of time, and across the farthest reaches of space. This is a narrative of the Earth's long...

Parution : 2010-09-23
Format(s) : ePub
Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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Télécharger le livre :  The Earth After Us
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The Earth After Us


Jan Zalasiewicz


What would alien visitors in the far future, piecing together the history of earth, find of our brief reign?What clues will we leave?What fossils? Just as we have gained knowledge of the past, of ancient climates and the activities of creatures long dead, so too might...

Parution : 2009-09-10
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Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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The Earth After Us


Jan Zalasiewicz


What would alien visitors in the far future, piecing together the history of earth, find of our brief reign?What clues will we leave?What fossils? Just as we have gained knowledge of the past, of ancient climates and the activities of creatures long dead, so too might...

Parution : 2008-09-25
Format(s) : PDF
Éditeur : OUP Oxford
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