Martin J. van Kranendonk, R. Hugh Smithies and Vickie C. Bennett (Eds.)978-0-444-52810-0
Table of contents :
Content:
Dedication
Page v
Contents
Pages xiii-xvi
Preface: Aims, Scope, and Outline of the Book
Pages xvii-xxi
Martin J. Van Kranendonk, R. Hugh Smithies, Vickie C. Bennett
Chapter 1.1 Overview and History of Investigation of Early Earth Rocks Review Article
Pages 3-7
Brian Windley
Chapter 1.2 The Distribution of Paleoarchean Crust Review Article
Pages 9-18
Kent Condie
Chapter 2.1 The Formation of the Earth and Moon Review Article
Pages 21-30
Stuart Ross Taylor
Chapter 2.2 Early Solar System Materials, Processes, and Chronology Review Article
Pages 31-59
Alex W.R. Bevan
Chapter 2.3 Dynamics of the Hadean and Archaean Mantle Review Article
Pages 61-73
Geoffrey F. Davies
Chapter 2.4 The Enigma of the Terrestrial Protocrust: Evidence for Its Former Existence and the Importance of Its Complete Disappearance Review Article
Pages 75-89
Balz S. Kamber
Chapter 2.5 The Oldest Terrestrial Mineral Record: A Review of 4400 to 4000 Ma Detrital Zircons from Jack Hills, Western Australia Review Article
Pages 91-111
Aaron J. Cavosie, John W. Valley, Simon A. Wilde
Chapter 2.6 Evidence of Pre-3100 Ma Crust in the Youanmi and South West Terranes, and Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, of the Yilgarn Craton Review Article
Pages 113-123
Stephen Wyche
Chapter 3.1 The Early Archean Acasta Gneiss Complex: Geological, Geochronological and Isotopic Studies and Implications for Early Crustal Evolution Review Article
Pages 127-147
Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Tsuyoshi Komiya, Shigenori Maruyama
Chapter 3.2 Ancient Antarctica: The Archaean of the East Antarctic Shield Review Article
Pages 149-186
Simon L. Harley, Nigel M. Kelly
Chapter 3.3 The Itsaq Gneiss Complex of Southern West Greenland and the Construction of Eoarchaean Crust at Convergent Plate Boundaries Review Article
Pages 187-218
Allen P. Nutman, Clark R.L. Friend, Kenji Horie, Hiroshi Hidaka
Chapter 3.4 The Geology of the 3.8 Ga Nuvvuagittuq (Porpoise Cove) Greenstone Belt, Northeastern Superior Province, Canada Review Article
Pages 219-250
Jonathan O’Neil, Charles Maurice, Ross K. Stevenson, Jeff Larocque, Christophe Cloquet, Jean David, Don Francis
Chapter 3.5 Eoarchean Rocks and Zircons in the North China Craton Review Article
Pages 251-273
Dunyi Y. Liu, Y.S. Wan, J.S. Wu, S.A. Wilde, H.Y. Zhou, C.Y. Dong, X.Y. Yin
Chapter 3.6 The Narryer Terrane, Western Australia: A Review Review Article
Pages 275-304
Simon A. Wilde, Catherine Spaggiari
Chapter 4.1 Paleoarchean Development of a Continental Nucleus: the East Pilbara Terrane of the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia Review Article
Pages 307-337
Martin J. Van Kranendonk, R. Hugh Smithies, Arthur H. Hickman, David C. Champion
Chapter 4.2 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 Protocontinent Review Article
Pages 339-367
R. Hugh Smithies, David C. Champion, Martin J. Van Kranendonk
Chapter 4.3 Geochemistry of Paleoarchean Granites of the East Pilbara Terrane, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia: Implications for Early Archean Crustal Growth Review Article
Pages 369-409
David C. Champion, R. Hugh Smithies
Chapter 4.4 Paleoarchean Mineral Deposits of the Pilbara Craton: Genesis, Tectonic Environment and Comparisons with Younger Deposits Review Article
Pages 411-450
David L. Huston, Peter Morant, Franco Pirajno, Brendan Cummins, Darcy Baker, Terrence P. Mernagh
Chapter 5.1 An Overview of the Pre-Mesoarchean Rocks of the Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa Review Article
Pages 453-463
Marc Poujol
Chapter 5.2 The Ancient Gneiss Complex of Swaziland and Environs: Record of Early Archean Crustal Evolution in Southern Africa Review Article
Pages 465-480
Alfred Kröner
Chapter 5.3 An Overview of the Geology of the Barberton Greenstone Belt and Vicinity: Implications for Early Crustal Development Review Article
Pages 481-526
Donald R. Lowe, Gary R. Byerly
Chapter 5.4 Volcanology of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa: Inflation and Evolution of Flow Fields Review Article
Pages 527-570
Jesse C. Dann, Timothy L. Grove
Chapter 5.5 Silicified Basalts, Bedded Cherts and Other Sea Floor Alteration Phenomena of the 3.4 Ga Nondweni Greenstone Belt, South Africa Review Article
Pages 571-605
Axel Hofmann, Allan H. Wilson
Chapter 5.6 TTG Plutons of the Barberton Granitoid-Greenstone Terrain, South Africa Review Article
Pages 607-667
Jean-François Moyen, Gary Stevens, Alexander F.M. Kisters, Richard W. Belcher
Chapter 5.7 Metamorphism in the Barberton Granite Greenstone Terrain: A Record of Paleoarchean Accretion Review Article
Pages 669-698
Gary Stevens, Jean-Francois Moyen
Chapter 5.8 Tectono-Metamorphic Controls on Archean Gold Mineralization in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa: An Example from the New Consort Gold Mine Review Article
Pages 699-727
Annika Dziggel, Alexander Otto, Alexander F.M. Kisters, F. Michael Meyer
Chapter 6.1 Paleoarchean Gneisses in the Minnesota River Valley and Northern Michigan, USA Review Article
Pages 731-750
Marion E. Bickford, Joseph L. Wooden, Robert L. Bauer, Mark D. Schmitz
Chapter 6.2 The Assean Lake Complex: Ancient Crust at the Northwestern Margin of the Superior Craton, Manitoba, Canada Review Article
Pages 751-773
Christian O. Böhm, Russell P. Hartlaub, Larry M. Heaman
Chapter 6.3 Oldest Rocks of the Wyoming Craton Review Article
Pages 775-791
Kevin R. Chamberlain, Paul A. Mueller
Chapter 6.4 The Oldest Rock Assemblages of the Siberian Craton Review Article
Pages 793-838
Oleg M. Rosen, O.M. Turkina
Chapter 7.1 Searching for Earth’s Earliest Life in Southern West Greenland – History, Current Status, and Future Prospects Review Article
Pages 841-853
Martin J. Whitehouse, Christopher M. Fedo
Chapter 7.2 A Review of the Evidence for Putative Paleoarchean Life in the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia Review Article
Pages 855-877
Martin J. Van Kranendonk
Chapter 7.3 Stable Carbon and Sulfur Isotope Geochemistry of the ca. 3490 Ma Dresser Formation Hydrothermal Deposit, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia Review Article
Pages 879-896
Yuichiro Ueno
Chapter 7.4 Organic Geochemistry of Archaean Carbonaceous Cherts from the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia Review Article
Pages 897-921
Craig P. Marshall
Chapter 7.5 Sulphur on the Early Earth Review Article
Pages 923-970
Stephen J. Mojzsis
Chapter 7.6 The Marine Carbonate and Chert Isotope Records and Their Implications for Tectonics, Life and Climate on the Early Earth Review Article
Pages 971-983
Graham A. Shields
Chapter 8.1 Venus: A Thin-Lithosphere Analog for Early Earth? Review Article
Pages 987-1012
Vicki L. Hansen
Chapter 8.2 The Earliest Subcontinental Lithospheric Mantle Review Article
Pages 1013-1035
W.L. Griffin, S.Y. O’Reilly
Chapter 8.3 Ancient to Modern Earth: The Role of Mantle Plumes in the Making of Continental Crust Review Article
Pages 1037-1064
Franco Pirajno
Chapter 8.4 Eo- to Mesoarchean Terranes of the Superior Province and Their Tectonic Context Review Article
Pages 1065-1085
John A. Percival
Chapter 8.5 Early Archean Asteroid Impacts on Earth: Stratigraphic and Isotopic Age Correlations and Possible Geodynamic Consequences Review Article
Pages 1087-1103
Andrew Glikson
Chapter 8.6 Tectonics of Early Earth Review Article
Pages 1105-1116
Martin J. Van Kranendonk
References
Pages 1117-1290
Subject Index
Pages 1291-1307
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