Evolution of Earth and its Climate: Birth, Life, Sorokhtin, Chilingarian, So,#

Evolution of Earth and its ClimateBirth, Life and Death of Earth\nAuthor(s): O.G. Sorokhtin, G.V. Chilingarian, N.O. Sorokhtin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science & Technology, United Kingdom\nImprint: Elsevier Science Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780444562012, 978-0444562012\nSynopsis\nThe book reviews the current physical theory of Earth's global evolution, its origin, structure and composition, the process of Earth's core formation, Earth's energy, and the nature of its tectonomagnetic activity. The book also deals with the origin of the Moon and its influence on our planet's evolution. Based on the integral positions of this theory, the book analyzes the issues of the origin of the hydrosphere and atmosphere, and the conception and evolution of life on Earth. The monograph also reviews the adiabatic theory of the greenhouse effect developed by the authors, and the effects of nitrogen-consuminging bacteria and of periodic changes in the precession angle on its climate. In partic.