Binding: Paperback
Description: 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 they decode the rocks. The Earth After Us takes a novel approach to show how geologists unravel the information in the rocks. As the alien scientists start investigating the strata what story will they tell of us? What kind of fossils will humans leave behind? What will happen to cities cars and plastic cups? How thick a layer will the 'human stratum be? And will it be obvious which species dominated the planet?
Title: The Earth After Us What Legacy Will Humans Leave In The Rocks?
Author(s): Zalasiewicz Jan (Lecturer In Geology At The University Of Leicester)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780199214983
Pages: 266 Pages
Publication Date: 11/2/2009
Category: Geology & The Lithosphere