Author | Nisbet, E. G. author |
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Title | The Young Earth [electronic resource] : An introduction to Archaean geology / by E. G. Nisbet |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1987 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6489-4 |
Descript | XVII, 402 p. 134 illus. online resource |
I Background: Concepts and field evidence -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geochronology and other uses of isotopic analysis -- 3 Archaean terrains: the available geological evidence -- II Reconstructing the Archaean Earth -- 4 The beginnings of life -- 5 Archaean continents -- 6 Archaean volcanism -- 7 Mineral deposits in Archaean rocks -- 8 Models of the early Earth -- Glossary of geological terms for non-geologists -- References -- Author Index