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The Archaean : geological and geochemical windows into the early earth / Andrew Y. Glikson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glikson, A. Y., author.
- Series:
- Modern approaches in solid earth sciences ; v. 9.
- Modern approaches in solid earth sciences, 1876-1682 ; volume 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geology, Stratigraphic--Archaean.
- Geology, Stratigraphic.
- Geochemistry.
- Impact craters.
- Asteroids--Collisions with Earth.
- Asteroids.
- Magmatism.
- Catastrophes (Geology).
- Earth (Planet)--Age.
- Earth (Planet).
- Age.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 238 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland ; New York : Springer, [2014]
- Contents:
- The moon and the late heavy bombardment (LHB)
- Hadean and early Archaean high grade metamorphic terrains
- Early Archaean mafic-ultramafic crustal relics
- The tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG) suite and Archaean island continents
- Isotopic temporal trends of early crustal evolution
- Geochemical trends of Archaean magmatism
- Pre-3.2 Ga evolution and asteroid impacts of the Barberton greenstone belt, Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa
- Evolution and pre-3.2 Ga asteroid impact clusters : Pilbara Craton, Western Australia
- Post-3.2 Ga granite-greenstone systems
- Post 3.2 Ga basins and asteroid impact units
- The early atmosphere and Archaean life
- Uniformitarian theories and catastrophic events through timre
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-224) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783319079073
- 3319079077
- OCLC:
- 881021495
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