The Precambrian Earth: tempos and events

by Altermann, Wladyslaw Catuneanu, Octavian Eriksson, Patrik G. Mueller, Wulf U. Nelson, David R.

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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, emphas…

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  • Full title :The Precambrian Earth : tempos and events / edited by P.G. Eriksson, W. Altermann, D.R. Nelson, W.U. Mueller, O. 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.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2004.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Elsevier
  • Place of Publication:Amsterdam
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2004.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (online resource (xxiv, 941 s.)) : : illustrations, kart.

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocn939255971
  • Dewey Decimal:551.71

Table of Contents

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. Towards a Synthesis.

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Subjects

Continental crust Croûte continentale From 570 million to 5 billion years ago Geology, Stratigraphic Geology, Stratigraphic -- Precambrian Historisk geologi Paléontologie -- Précambrien paleontology Paleontology -- Precambrian plate tectonics Precambrian Geologic Period Prekambrium Stratigraphie -- Précambrien Tectonique des plaques Volcanism

Writers

Altermann, Wladyslaw Catuneanu, Octavian Eriksson, Patrik G. Mueller, Wulf U. Nelson, David R.

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