The Precambrian Earth, Volume 12 : Tempos and Events (Developments in Precambrian Geology)
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I highly recommend this book to anybody who is interested in the Precambrian.
THE EGGS, 2004
Book 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.
Also available in paperback, ISBN: 0-444-51509-7
The Precambrian Earth, Volume 12: Tempos and Events (Developments in Precambrian Geology),P.G. Eriksson,W. Altermann,D.R. Nelson,W.U. Mueller,O. Catuneanu,Elsevier Science,0444515062,Earth Sciences - Geology,Geology, Stratigraphic,Geophysics,Paleontology,Precambrian,Science,Science/Mathematics,Geology & the lithosphere,Science / Earth Sciences
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