Beschreibung:
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.
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. Synthesis.