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The Precambrian Earth : Tempos and Events, Hardback Book

The Precambrian Earth : Tempos and Events Hardback

Edited by P.G. (University of Pretoria, South Africa) Eriksson, Wladyslaw (Ludwigs-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany) Altermann, D.R. (Geological Survey of Western Australia, East Perth, WA, Australia) Nelson, W.U. (Sciences de la Terre, Universite du Quebec, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada) Mueller, O. (Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Albert Catuneanu, Octavian (Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) Catuneanu

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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

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