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mods: The Precambrian Earth tempos and events Eriksson, P. G. ScienceDirect (Online service) text bibliography Electronic books. ne Amsterdam Boston Elsevier 2004 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xxiv, 941 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps 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 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. The early earth / editor, D.R. Nelson. Earth's formation and first billion years / D.R. Nelson. The early Precambrian stratigraphic record of large extraterr…