Keywords:
Physical geology.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (486 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780080869063
Series Statement:
Issn Series ; v.Volume 7
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=404169
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Developments and Interactions of the Precambrian Atmosphere, Lithosphere and Biosphere -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Preface -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Oxygen and ozone in the early Earth's atmosphere -- Chapter 2. Photochemistry of methane in the Earth's early atmosphere -- Chapter 3. Proterozoic aeolian quartz arenites from the Hornby Bay Group, Northwest Territories, Canada: implications for Precambrian aeolian processes -- Chapter 4. Precambrian atmospheric oxygen and banded iron formations: a delayed ocean model -- Chapter 5. Tectonic systems and the deposition of iron-formation -- Chapter 6. Archaean chemical weathering at three localities on the Canadian Shield -- Chapter 7. Pedogenetic and diagenetic fabrics in the Upper Proterozoic Sarnyéré formation -- Chapter 8. Rare earth elements in the early Archaean Isua iron-formation, West Greenland -- Chapter 9. Primitive Earth environments: organic syntheses and the origin and early evolution of life -- Chapter 10. Natural nuclear reactors and ionizing radiation in the Precambrian -- Chapter 11. Evolutionary connections of biological kingdoms based on protein and nucleic acid sequence evidence -- Chapter 12. Evolution of photoautotrophy and early atmospheric oxygen levels -- Chapter 13. Further sulphur and carbon isotope studies of late Archaean iron-formations of the Canadian shield and the rise of sulfate reducing bacteria -- Chapter 14. Filamentous fossil bacteria from the Archaean of Western Australia -- Chapter 15. Pseudo-oolites in rocks of the Ulundi Formation, lower part of the Archaen Fig Tree Group (South Africa) -- Chapter 16. Sedimentary geology and stromatolites of the Middle Proterozoic Belt Supergroup, Glacier National Park, Montana -- Chapter 17. The emergence of Metazoa in the early history of life.
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Chapter 18. Distinctive microbial structures and the pre-Phanerozoic fossil record -- Chapter 19. Fine structure of the stratified microbial community at Laguna Figueroa, Baja California, Mexico.I, Methods of in situ study of the laminated sediments -- Chapter 20. Stromatolites -the challenge of a term in space and time -- Chapter 21. Stratiform copper deposits and interactions with co-existing atmospheres,hydrospheres, biospheres and lithospheres -- Chapter 22. Origin and distribution of gold in the Huronian Supergroup, Canada -The case for Witwatersrand-type paleoplacers.
