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Earth's Oldest Rocks, Second Edition, is the only single reference source for geological research of early Earth. This new edition is an up-to-date collection of scientific articles on all aspects of the early history of the Earth, from planetary accretion at 4.567 billion years ago (Ga), to the onset of modern-style plate tectonics at 3.2 Ga. Since the first edition was published, significant new advances have been made in our understanding of events and processes on early Earth that correspond with new advances in technology. The book includes contributions from over 100 authors, all of whom are experts in their respective fields.The research in this reference concentrates on what is directly gleaned from the existing rock record to understand how our planet formed and evolved during the planetary accretion phase, formation of the first crust, the changing dynamics of the mantle and style of tectonics, life's foothold and early development, and mineral deposits. It is an ideal resource for academics, students and the general public alike.- Advances in early Earth research since 2007 based primarily on evidence gleaned directly from the rock record- More than 50% of the chapters in this edition are new and the rest of the chapters are revised from the first edition, with more than 700 pages of new material- Comprehensive reviews of areas of ancient lithosphere from all over the world, and of crust-forming processes- New chapters on early solar system materials, composition of the ancient atmosphere-hydrosphere, and overviews of the oldest evidence of life on Earth, and modeling of early Earth tectonics
Table of Contents
Section 1: Getting started1. Early solar system materials, processes, and chronology2. Origin of the Earth and the Late Heavy Bombardment3. Early Earth atmosphere and oceansSection 2: Overviews of Early Earth processes4. Modelling early Earth tectonics: The case for stagnant lid behaviour in Early Earth5. The earliest subcontinental lithospheric mantle6. Distribution and geochemistry of komatiites and basalts through the Archean7. The formation of tonalites-trondjhemites-granodiorites and of the early continental crust 8. Early Archean asteroid impacts on Earth: Stratigraphic and isotopic age correlations and possible geodynamic consequences9. Palaeoarchean (3.6-3.2Ga) mineral systems in the context of continental crust building and the role of mantle plumes10. Origin of Paleoarchean sulfate depositsSection 3: The most ancient remnants11. Earth's Oldest Rocks and Minerals12. The oldest terrestrial mineral record: Thirty years of research on Hadean zircon from Jack Hills, Western Australia13. Evidence of Hadean to Paleoarchean crust in the Youanmi and Southwest terranes, and Eastern Goldfields Superterrane of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia14. Hadean to Paleoarchean rocks and zircons in China15. The Acasta Gneiss Complex16. The Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt: A glimpse of Earth's earliest crust17. The 3.9-3.6 Ga Itsaq Gneiss Complex of Greenland: Quasi-uniformitarian geodynamics towards the end of Earth's first billion years18. The Narryer Terrane, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: review and recent developmentsSection 4: Well-preserved granitoid-greenstone terrains19. Paleoarchean development of a continental nucleus: The East Pilbara Terrane of the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia20. The oldest well-preserved felsic volcanic rocks on Earth: Geochemical clues to the early evolution of the Pilbara Supergroup and implications for the growth of a Paleoarchean protocontinent21. Geochemistry of Paleoarchean granites of the East Pilbara Terrane, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia: implications for early Archean crustal growth22. Palaeoarchaean mineral deposits of the Pilbara Craton: genesis, tectonic environment and comparisons with younger deposits23. Early Archean crustal evolution in southern Africa - an updated record of the Ancient Gneiss Complex of Swaziland24. Geology of the Barberton Greenstone Belt - A unique record of crustal development, surface processes, and early life 3.55 to 3.2 Ga25. TTG plutons of the Barberton granitoid-greenstone terrain, southern Africa26. Tectono-metamorphic controls on Archaean gold mineralisation in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa: An example from the New Consort gold mineSection 5: Filling the gaps27. Paleoarchean gneisses in the Minnesota River Valley and northern Michigan, USA28. The Assean Lake Complex: Ancient crust at the northwestern margin of the Superior Craton, Manitoba, Canada29. Oldest rocks of the Wyoming Craton30. Early crustal evolution as recorded in the granitoids of the Singhbhum and western Dharwar cratons, India31. Palaeoarchaean crustal evolution of the Bundelkhand Craton, north-central India32. Paleoarchean rocks in the Fennoscandian Shield33. Archean crustal evolution in the Ukrainian shield 34. The Palaeoarchaean record of the Zimbabwe Craton35. Ancient Antarctica: The Archean of the East Antarctic ShieldSection 6: Life36. Implications of carbonate and chert isotope records for the early Earth37. Archean cherts: formation processes and paleo-environments38. The significance of carbonaceous matter to understanding life processes on early Earth39. Eoarchean Life from the Isua supracrustal belt (Greenland)40. Depositional setting of the fossiliferous, c. 3480 Ma Dresser Formation, Pilbara Craton: A review41. Early Archean (pre-3.0 Ga) cellularly-preserved microfossils and microfossil-like structures from the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia - A review42. Traces of early Life from the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa
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