The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks?

by Jan Zalasiewicz

Book Overview

Geologist Jan Zalasiewicz takes the reader on a fascinating trip one hundred million years into the future--long after the human race becomes extinct--to explore what will remain of our brief but dramatic sojourn on Earth. He describes how geologists in the far future might piece together the history of the planet, and slowly decipher the history of humanity from the traces we will leave impressed in the rock strata. What story will the rocks tell...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199214980
• ISBN13: 9780199214983
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.6"