Evolution of Earth and its Climate: Birth, Life and Death of Earth

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Earlier scientific hypotheses of Earth\'s evolution......Page 12
Development of the modern theory of Earth\'s lithospheric shell formation......Page 15
Methodology of constructing a general theory of Earth\'s global evolution......Page 17
General information about Earth......Page 21
Earth\'s atmosphere and hydrosphere......Page 23
Archaean metallogeny......Page 394
Earth\'s Hydrosphere......Page 26
Earth\'s crust......Page 27
The Oceanic Crust......Page 28
Continental Crust......Page 35
The Earth\'s mantle......Page 38
Earth core......Page 42
Earth core composition......Page 44
The density of the deep Earth......Page 48
Temperature distribution within Earth......Page 54
Viscosity of Earth\'s Mantle Matter......Page 64
Origin of the Solar System......Page 69
Formation of a dual planet Earth-Moon......Page 74
Tidal interaction of the planets......Page 76
Hypothetical planet: Proto-Moon......Page 79
Earth\'s tectonic activity as reflected in fluctuations of the World Ocean surface level......Page 189
Nature of the planets\' axial revolution and the origin of meteorites......Page 87
Evolution of the Earth-Moon system......Page 93
Effect of ancient ore deposits remobilization (recycling)......Page 429
Moon from Earth Removal Speed......Page 96
Evolution of the Lunar Orbit\'s Position......Page 100
Lunar Geochemistry......Page 101
Evolution of Lunar Magnetism......Page 104
Primordial Earth composition and structure......Page 107
Composition of Primordial Earth......Page 108
Structure of the Primordial Earth......Page 110
Young Earth: energetics and heat regime......Page 113
Pre-geological Earth evolution in katarchaean......Page 115
Catastrophe of Earth in the distant future......Page 118
Late beginning of Earth\'s core separation......Page 120
A scenario of the core separation process......Page 123
Hydrothermal processes on the ocean floor......Page 127
Barodiffusion mechanism of Earth\'s matter differentiation......Page 136
Process of Earth\'s core growth......Page 145
Continental drift evolution in Mesozoic and Cenozoic. Future forecast......Page 150
Empirical evidence of the core separation timing......Page 158
Earth Energetics......Page 165
Earth accretion and gravity differentiation energy......Page 166
Continental crust formation mechanisms in Archaean......Page 249
Energy of Earth\'s tidal slow-down......Page 180
Heat loss by Earth......Page 185
Earth\'s tectonic activity......Page 191
Evolution of average temperature in the convective mantle......Page 194
Emergence of Earth\'s magnetic field: Possible causes......Page 196
Possible causes of Earth\'s tectonic activity......Page 199
Possible mechanisms of lithospheric plate movement......Page 202
Nature of large-scale mantle convection......Page 207
Convection in Earth mantle......Page 219
Results of modeling the mantle\'s chemico-density convection......Page 225
Evolution of Earth\'s tectonic activity......Page 231
General patterns in Earth\'s tectonic evolution......Page 233
Membrane tectonics (critique of \"hot spot\" hypothesis in the mantle)......Page 235
Introduction......Page 244
Evolution of the continental crust......Page 252
Major features of the continental crust composition in Archaean......Page 255
Continental lithosphere formation tectonic regimes in Early Precambrian......Page 261
Subduction processes and the formation of diamond-bearing and affined rocks......Page 404
Early Precambrian geodynamic regimes, their evolution, and location......Page 279
Fundamentals of the theory......Page 288
Formation of the lithospheric plates and origin of mid-oceanic ridges......Page 297
Structure and functioning of the lithospheric plate subduction zones......Page 306
Geodynamics of the plate subduction zones......Page 311
Disintegration of Mesogea and Pangaea formation at the end Paleozoic......Page 377
Earth\'s crust origin......Page 330
Verifying the theory......Page 334
Primordial atmosphere of the young Earth......Page 336
Origin of life on Earth......Page 526
Nitrogen-consuming bacteria effect on the nitrogen\'s partial pressure......Page 343
Evolution of oxygen\'s partial pressure and oxygenizing of the atmosphere......Page 346
Major patterns in generation of the abiogenic methane......Page 350
Absorption of the solar UV radiation by the Earth\'s atmosphere......Page 359
Continental shield evolution in Archaean......Page 365
Supercontinent Monogaea formation in the end Archaean......Page 367
Adiabatic theory of the greenhouse effect: Fundamentals......Page 369
Effect of the continental drift and marine transgressions on the Phanerozoic environments......Page 373
Earth\'s crust ore and lithophilic element concentration mechanisms......Page 387
Earth\'s core separation and the evolution of metallogenic environments......Page 393
Nature of a unique Early Proterozoic ore-formation epoch......Page 396
Effect of the ocean and of Earth\'s climates on the formation of Early Proterozoic sedimentary economic deposits......Page 398
Forecasting Criteria for the Location of the Bedrock Diamond Magmatism......Page 420
Origin of the exogenous economic deposits......Page 434
Tectonics of the lithospheric plates and Earth\'s oil and gas occurrences......Page 436
Adiabatic Theory of the Greenhouse Effect......Page 451
Major features of the present-day Earth\'s atmosphere......Page 453
Consideration of the tropospheric air humidity and cloud cover......Page 466
Consideration of the ``greenhouse´´ gases......Page 467
Intensity of the present-day Earth\'s synoptic activity......Page 470
Effect of the anthropogenic factor on Earth\'s climate......Page 473
Views of American scientists on the role of the greenhouse effect......Page 474
Oceanic effect on carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere......Page 475
Special opinion on the substance of Kyoto protocol......Page 477
Primary degassing of the mantle......Page 481
Formation of the hydrosphere and the oceans......Page 484
Nature of the global marine transgression on the continents......Page 495
Climatic paradox......Page 499
General patterns in Earth\'s climate evolution......Page 503
Origin of glaciation epochs......Page 505
Effect of continental drift on Earth climate......Page 513
Effect of solar activity on climate......Page 518
Climatic epochs of the geological past and future......Page 522
Uniqueness of Earth......Page 525
Effect of geological processes and oxygen accumulation on the evolution of life......Page 530
Effect of glaciations on the life of large mammals......Page 545
Future evolution of life and the death of the biosphere......Page 546
Conclusions......Page 548
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