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The Precambrian Earth

Tempos and Events

  • 1st Edition - March 4, 2004
  • Editors: P.G. Eriksson, Wladyslaw Altermann, D.R. Nelson, W.U. Mueller, O. Catuneanu, Octavian Catuneanu
  • Language: English
  • Paperback ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 1 5 0 9 - 4
  • Hardback ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 1 5 0 6 - 3
  • eBook ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 5 1 7 1 - 5
  • eBook ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 4 2 5 9 - 1

In this book the editors strive to cover all primary (i.e. non-applied) topics in Precambrian geology in a non-partisan way, by using a large team of international authors to… Read more

The Precambrian Earth

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In this book the editors strive to cover all primary (i.e. non-applied) topics in Precambrian geology in a non-partisan way, by using a large team of international authors to present their datasets and highly divergent viewpoints.

The chapters address: celestial origins of Earth and succeeding extraterrestrial impact events; generation of continental crust and the greenstone-granite debate; the interaction of mantle plumes and plate tectonics over Precambrian time; Precambrian volcanism, emphasising komatiite research; evolution and models for Earth's hydrosphere and atmosphere; evolution of life and its influence on Precambrian ocean chemistry and chemical sedimentation; sedimentation through Precambrian time; the application of sequence stratigraphy to the Precambrian rock record. Each topic is introduced and a non-partisan closing commentary provided at the end of each chapter. The final chapter blends the major geological events and rates at which important processes occurred into a synthesis, which postulates a number of "event clusters" in the Precambrian when significant changes occurred in many natural systems and geological environments.

Also available in paperback, ISBN: 0-444-51509-7