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The Alps and our planet ; the african matterhorn : a geological story

Couverture du livre « The Alps and our planet ; the african matterhorn : a geological story » de Michel Marthaler aux éditions Lep
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  • EAN : 9782606011550
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  • Support : Beaux livres
Résumé:

Once upon a time, long, long ago, the Earth comprised one huge continent, Pangea, that was washed by a single vast ocean. The first dinosaurs walked in that distant morning, 250 million years ago; and it was then that the geological historay of the Alps can be said to have begun. Theirs is an... Voir plus

Once upon a time, long, long ago, the Earth comprised one huge continent, Pangea, that was washed by a single vast ocean. The first dinosaurs walked in that distant morning, 250 million years ago; and it was then that the geological historay of the Alps can be said to have begun. Theirs is an extraordinary story, long, rich and complex. Yet though complex, it is illuminated for us by another fascinating history, that of the still unfolding dynamic of the planet itself.

This book invites any reader curious about our planet to embark on an immense journey through time and space. The planet's saga is recorded in its own prodigious memory; inscribed in its very rocks and landscapes. The mountains of the world - which once were deserts, savannahs, tropical rain forests, sea shores or ocean depths - are the offspring of the vast, slow drifting of oceans and continents.

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