• ISBN13: 9780470001264
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Earth-Science/Environment
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publisher Imprint: Harcourt C
• Publication Date: October 13, 1998
• Pages: 568
• Original Price: USD 106.5
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1000 grams

This top-selling historical geology text provides an excellent balance of basic geology and paleontology. THE EARTH THROUGH TIME provides rich, authoritative coverage of the history of the Earth, offering the most comprehensive history of the earth on the market today. It maintains its strong approach to stratigraphy and paleontology that others have lost, while updating new finds in areas of radiometric dating, stratigraphic nomenclature, and renewed ideas in paleontology (e.g., new discoveries of dinosaurs, mass extinctions, and current information found in the literature). The paleogeographic maps are excellent in detail and are a vital component in understanding the earth's history Table Of Contents: 1. Introduction to Earth History. 2. Earth Materials: A Physical Geology Refresher. 3. The Sedimentary Archives. 4. The Fossil Record. 5. Barth Structure and Plate Tecronics. 6. Archean: The First Two Billion Years. 7. The Proterozoic Eon. 8. Early Paleozoic Events. 9. Late Paleozoic Events. 10. Life of the Paleozoic. 11. The Mesozonic Era. 12. Life of the Mesozoic. 13. The Cenozoic Era. 14. Life of the Cettozoic. 15. Human Origins. Appendices. Glossary. Index. Responses to Questions. Special Features: Earth through Time Booknews An updated version of the 4th edition (1992) of a highly illustrated, college-level textbook for a course in historical geology, suitable both for beginning geology majors as well as undergraduates completing a science course requirement. An extensive set of ancillary materials is available. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Harold ("Hal") Levin began his career as a petroleum geologist in 1956 after receiving bachelor′s and master′s degrees from the University of Missouri and a doctorate from Washington University. His fondness for teaching brought him back to Washington University in 1962, where he is currently professor of geology and paleontology in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. His writing efforts include authorship of six editions of The Earth Through Times; four editions of Contemporary Physical Geology; Essentials of Earth Science; and co–authorship of Earth: Past and Present, as well as six editions of Laboratory Studies in Historical Geology; Life Through Times; and most recently, Ancient Invertebrates and Their Living Relatives.
For his course in physical geology, historical geology, paleontology, sedimentology, and stratigraphy, Hal has received several awards for excellence in teaching. The accompanying photograph was taken during a lecture on life of the Cenozoic Era. The horse skull serves to illustrate changes in the teeth and jaws of grazing animals in response to the spread of prairies and savannahs during the Miocene and subsequent epochs.