From the Earth's core to outer space [electronic resource] / Ilmari Haapala, editor.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2012.
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1 online resource (xi, 340 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.

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From the Earth's Core to Outer Space focuses on four themes: (1) Evolving Earth's crust, (2) Changing Baltic Sea, (3) Climate Change, and (4) Planet Earth, third stone from Sun. The focus on these four topics provides both a state of the art review of earth science topics of particular importance to Scandinavia and the Baltic and also the global context in which a consideration of these topics must be made. It finishes by discussing our use of space born technologies for understanding these topics and places the Earth within the context of our neighbouring planets and their satellites. The fir.
Notes
"An extended and revised version of the book Maan ytimestä avaruuteen edited by I. Haapla and T. Pulkkinen and published in 2009 in Finnish."--Preface.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Introduction / Ilmari Haapala and Tuija Pulkkinen
  • Paleo-Mesoproterozoic Assemblages of Continents: Paleomagnetic Evidence for Near Equatorial Supercontinents / S. Mertanen and L.J. Pesonen
  • Seismic Structure of Earth's Crust in Finland / Pekka Heikkinen
  • Evolution of the Bedrock of Finland: An Overview / Raimo Lahtinen
  • Craton Mantle Formation and Structure of Eastern Finland Mantle: Evidence from Kimberlite-Derived Mantle Xenoliths, Xenocrysts and Diamonds / Hugh O'Brien and Marja Lehtonen
  • Metallic Mineral Resources in Finland and Fennoscandia: A Major European Raw-Materials Source for the Future / Pekka A. Nurmi and Pasi Eilu
  • Isotopic Microanalysis: In Situ Constraints on the Origin and Evolution of the Finnish Precambrian / O. Tapani Rämö
  • Fennoscandian Land Uplift: Past, Present and Future / Juhani Kakkuri
  • Ice Season in the Baltic Sea and Its Climatic Variability / Matti Leppäranta.
  • Baltic Sea Water Exchange and Oxygen Balance / Pentti Mälkki and Matti Perttilä
  • Marine Carbon Dioxide / Matti Perttilä
  • Impact of Climate Change on Biology of the Baltic Sea / Markku Viitasalo
  • Evolution of Earth's Atmosphere / Juha A. Karhu
  • Late Quaternary Climate History of Northern Europe / Antti E.K. Ojala
  • Aerosols and Climate Change / Markku Kulmala, Ilona Riipinen and Veli-Matti Kerminen
  • Enhanced Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change in Northern Europe / Jouni Räisänen
  • Will There Be Enough Water? / Esko Kuusisto
  • Trends in Space Weather Since the Nineteenth Century / Heikki Nevanlinna
  • Space Weather: From Solar Storms to the Technical Challenges of the Space Age / Hannu Koskinen
  • Space Geodesy: Observing Global Changes / Markku Poutanen
  • Destination Mars / Risto Pellinen
  • In Search of a Living Planet / Harry J. Lehto.
ISBN
  • 9783642255502 ((electronic bk.))
  • 3642255507 ((electronic bk.))
  • 3642255493
  • 9783642255496
OCLC
785149432
Doi
  • 10.1007/978-3-642-25550-2
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