Author: Hunter
Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd
Keywords: precambrian, geology, developments, hemisphere, southern
Number of Pages: 908
Published: 1981-04
List price: $259.00
ISBN-10: 0444418628
ISBN-13: 9780444418623

Author: T.M. Kusky
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: precambrian, developments, geology, volume, rocks, ophiolites, related
Number of Pages: 772
Published: 2004-12-27
List price: $211.00
ISBN-10: 0444509232
ISBN-13: 9780444509239

Recent developments have shown that many full and partial ophiolites are preserved in Precambrian cratons. This book provides a comprehensive description and discussion of the field aspects, geochemistry, geochronology and structure of the best of these ophiolites. It also presents syntheses of the characteristics of ophiolites of different ages, and an analysis of what the characteristics of these ophiolites mean for the thermal and chemical evolution of the earth.This title emphasizes new studies of Precambrian Geology that have documented ophiolites, ophiolitic fragments, and ophiolitic mel

Authors:P.G. Eriksson, Wladyslaw Altermann, D.R. Nelson, W.U.
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: precambrian, developments, geology, events, tempos, earth, volume
Number of Pages: 966
Published: 2004-03-23
List price: $98.00
ISBN-10: 0444515097
ISBN-13: 9780444515094

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

Authors:Martti Lehtinen, Pekka A. Nurmi, O.T. Ramo,
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: precambrian, geology, developments, finland, volume
Number of Pages: 750
Published: 2006-01-20
List price: $249.00
ISBN-10: 044451421X
ISBN-13: 9780444514219

Focusing on the Precambrian in the central part of the Fennoscandian Shield, the book combines the results from modern geological and geophysical research into a detailed petrologic, lithologic, and structural synthesis and interpretation of the Archean and Proterozoic of Finland. It will be of value to anyone interested in the evolution of the shield in particular and in Precambrian geology in general.

Authors:B. Nagy, etc.,
Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd
Keywords: developments, precambrian, geology, papers, collected, lithosphere, interactions, atmosphere, biosphere
Number of Pages: 488
Published: 1983-11
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0444422404
ISBN-13: 9780444422408

Authors:D.V. Rundqvist, F.P. Mitrofanov,
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: ussr, geology, precambrian
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 1993-02-01
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 0444893806
ISBN-13: 9780444893802

This volume draws together and generalises new geological, geochronological, petrological and geophysical material for the two fundamental continental geostructures within the USSR - ancient cratons and Phanerozoic fold belts. It provides a complete Precambrian history for each tectonic province or "geoblock", with emphasis on the early Precambrian as opposed to the late. The characteristics of lithological-structural complexes and their correlations are presented in detail. Analysis of the sedimentary, magmatic and metamorphic processes is provided, paying special attention to the sequence of

Author: S.M. Naqvi
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: resources, economic, crust, continental, precambrian
Number of Pages: 690
Published: 1990-09-01
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 044488310X
ISBN-13: 9780444883100

Since 1964, the time when the Upper Mantle Project was started, the Precambrian continental crust has been studied in considerable detail in many areas. Multidisciplinary studies, using modern tools and techniques have resulted in increasing levels of accuracy. The Precambrian continental crust has been subjected to several thermal events and multiple episodes of deformation. These events have obliterated the scenario produced by early events and present-day efforts are directed towards evaluating the cause-effect processes of each event. How far back the known geological processes of the Ph