The Archaean: Geological and Geochemical Windows into the Early Earth
Determinations of the age of the Earth as 4.54 ± 0.05 billion years (Ga) leave large part of its earliest history unknown. Isotopic and geochemical signatures in rocks as old as ~4.0 Ga indicate an evolutionary trend from mafic-ultramafic crust to tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite (TTG)-dominated m...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014 |
| Series: | Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Field features of Archaean greenstone terrains
- Archaean Volcanism
- Archaean Plutonism
- Asteroid and comet impacts.-Archaean sedimentation
- Early life forms
- Secular geochemical trends
- Global Archaean tectonics
- Archaean crustal evolution – a synthesis