2 The Fold of Elements

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. PART I: GEOKINETICS: THE KINETIC EARTH
6. 1 The Flow of Matter 19
7. 2 The Fold of Elements 32
8. 3 The Planetary Field 42
9. PART II HISTORY OF THE EARTH
10. 4 Centripetal Minerality 61
11. 5 Hadean Earth 74
12. 6 Centrifugal Atmospherics 91
13. 7 Archean Earth I: Pneumatology 105
14. 8 Archean Earth II: Biogenesis 116
15. 9 Tensional Vegetality 135
16. 10 Proterozoic Earth 153
17. 11 Elastic Animality 177
18. 12 Phanerozoic Earth I: Kinomorphology 191
19. 13 Phanerozoic Earth II Terrestrialization 208
20. PART III THE KINOCENE: A DYING EARTH
21. 14 Kinocene Earth 227
22. 15 Kinocene Ethics 242
23. Conclusion The Future 271
24. Notes 277
25. Index 319