{"product_id":"the-precambrian-earth-p-g-eriksson-9780444515063","title":"The Precambrian Earth: Tempos and Events","description":"In this book the editors strive to cover all primary (i.e. non-applied) topics in Precambrian geology in a non-partisan way, by using a large team of international authors to present their datasets and highly divergent viewpoints. \u003cp\u003eThe chapters address: celestial origins of Earth and succeeding extraterrestrial impact events; generation of continental crust and the greenstone-granite debate; the interaction of mantle plumes and plate tectonics over Precambrian time; Precambrian volcanism, emphasising komatiite research; evolution and models for Earth's hydrosphere and atmosphere; evolution of life and its influence on Precambrian ocean chemistry and chemical sedimentation; sedimentation through Precambrian time; the application of sequence stratigraphy to the Precambrian rock record. Each topic is introduced and a non-partisan closing commentary provided at the end of each chapter. The final chapter blends the major geological events and rates at which important processes occurred into a synthesis, which postulates a number of \"event clusters\" in the Precambrian when significant changes occurred in many natural systems and geological environments. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso available in paperback, ISBN: 0-444-51509-7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e P. G. Eriksson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0444515062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780444515063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Elsevier Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 6.72w x 1.58d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"P. G. Eriksson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48991748817151,"sku":"9780444515063","price":310.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-precambrian-earth-p-g-eriksson-9780444515063","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}