The Precambrian Earth: Tempos and Events
P.G. Eriksson, W. Altermann, D.R. Nelson, W.U. Mueller and O. Catuneanu (Eds.)
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.
ক্যাটাগোরিগুলো:
সাল:
2004
সংস্করণ:
1
প্রকাশক:
Elsevier, Academic Press
ভাষা:
english
পৃষ্ঠা:
1
ISBN 10:
0444515097
ISBN 13:
9780444515094
বইয়ের সিরিজ:
Developments in Precambrian Geology 12
ফাইল:
PDF, 61.85 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2004