ENGLISH

Earth's Oldest Rocks

By Martin J. van Kranendonk , R. Hugh Smithies and Vickie C. Bennett (Eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2007
ISBN
978-0-444-52810-0
ISSN
0166-2635
Open Library ID
OL10260456M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
36 MB (37401103 bytes)
Series
Developments in Precambrian Geology 15
Pages
1-1308\1331
Topic
Geology
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-11-09 02:42:13
Горно-геологическая отрасль;Геология

Description

Earth's Oldest Rocks provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of early Earth, from planetary accretion through to development of protocratons with depleted lithospheric keels by c. 3.2 Ga, in a series of papers written by over 50 of the world's leading experts. The book is divided into two chapters on early Earth history, ten chapters on the geology of specific cratons, and two chapters on early Earth analogues and the tectonic framework of early Earth. Individual contributions address topics that range from planetary accretion, a review of Earth meteorites, significance and composition of Hadean protocrust, composition of Archaean mantle and deep crust, all aspects of the geology of Paleoarchean cratons, composition of Archean oceans and hydrothermal environments, evidence and geological settings of early life, early Earth analogues from Venus and New Zealand, and a tectonic framework for early Earth.

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