The planet in a pebble : a journey into Earth's deep history / Jan Zalasiewicz.

"Every pebble has many stories to tell. Its particular atoms, its crystals, its minerals, its grains, its textures, its strata, its tiny fossils bear evidence to a history that stretches back billions of years."--From Book flap.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zalasiewicz, J. A.
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Physical Description:xiv, 234 pages, 4 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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