Hadean Earth

by Harrison, T. Mark

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Title Statements

Full title :Hadean Earth / by T. Mark Harrison.

Summary

This book consolidates the latest research on the Hadean Eon - the first 500 million years of Earth history - which has permitted hypotheses of early Earth evolution to be tested, including geophysical models that include the possibility of plate tectonic-like behavior. These new observations challenge the longstanding Hadean paradigm - based on no observational evidence - of a desiccated, lifeless, continent-free wasteland in which surface petrogenesis was largely due to extraterrestrial impacts. The eon was termed "Hadean" to reflect such a hellish environment. That view began to be challenged in 2001 as results of geochemical analyses of greater than 4 billion year old zircons from Australia emerged. These data were consistent with the zircons forming in a world much more similar to today than long thought and interpreted to indicate that sediment cycling was occurring in the presence of liquid water. This new view leaves open the possibility that life could have emerged shortly after Earth accretion. The epistemic limitations under which the old paradigm persisted are closely examined. The book is principally designed as a monograph but has the potential to be used as a text for advanced graduate courses on early Earth evolution.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:copyright 2020

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer International Publishing
Place of Publication:Cham
Language:eng
Publication Date:copyright 2020

The Physical Object

Description:1 vol.(XVI-291 p.) : : ill. ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783030466862, 3030466868
oclc:on1196894765
LC Classification:QE514-516.5
Dewey Decimal:551.9

Subjects

Cosmologie -- Hadéen cosmology Geochemistry Géochimie -- Hadéen Geology, Structural geophysics Géophysique -- Hadéen Minéralogie -- Hadéen mineralogy STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY Tectonique -- Hadéen