
The Precambrian Earth
Tempos and Events
Elsevier (Publisher)
Published on 9. March 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
968 pages
978-0-444-51509-4 (ISBN)
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Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"I highly recommend this book to anybody who is interested in the Precambrian, and certainly every general science and earth and planetary sciences library should have a copy." THE EGGS, 2004
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations (some col.), maps
Dimensions
Height: 286 mm
Width: 221 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-444-51509-4 (9780444515094)
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Editor
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Ludwigs-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Geological Survey of Western Australia, East Perth, WA, Australia
Sciences de la Terre, Universite du Quebec, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Content
1. The Early Earth. 2. Generation of Continental Crust. 3. Tectonism and Mantle Plumes through Time. 4. Precambrian Volcanism: an independent Variable through Time. 5. Evolution of the Hydrosphere and Atmosphere. 6. Evolution of Life and Precambrian Bio-Geology. 7. Sedimentation through Time. 8. Sequence Stratigraphy and the Precambrian. 9. Synthesis.