Each chapter of this work is introduced with an up-to-date satellite image of the subject covered. The book includes coverage of discoveries on Europa and Ganymede, and the possibility of bacteria on Mars, along with discussions of Cretaceous-Tertiary extinctions. There is an emphasis on Earth as a system, and the role of ocean-atmosphere system and global climate.
- ISBN10 0023495014
- ISBN13 9780023495014
- Publish Date 1 December 1995 (first published 31 December 1989)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 10 October 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Prentice Hall
- Edition 7th Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 670
- Language English