Earth as an evolving planetary system / Земля как развивающаяся планетарная система

Although this book began life in 1976 with the title Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution, the subject matter has gradually changed focus with subsequent editions, and especially since the third edition in 1989. In the past decade it has become increasingly clear that the various components of Earth act as a single, interrelated system, often referred to as the Earth System. One reviewer of the fourth edition pointed out that the title of the book was no longer appropriate, since plate tectonics was not a major focus. For this reason, for what would have been the fifth edition of the Plate Tectonics book, I have introduced a new title for the book, Earth as an Evolving Planetary System, which will be continued into still later editions <...>