This book presents an integrated approach to the study of the evolution of the Archaean lithosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. It features process-oriented and data-rich chapters that detail the most recent knowledge and information on the Archean Earth.

Earth-systems approach (lithosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere-atmosphere) in a truly interdisciplinary fashion to studying the evolution of crust and life in the early Earth Process-oriented and data-rich chapters, reflecting the most recent knowledge and information on the Archean Earth Attractive to researchers, faculty and students both in the academia and industry (particularly those in the mining, ore deposit and mineralization resource assessment) Most recent and state-of-the art collection of data and information on the structure and architecture of Archean crust, its distribution around the world, and the current theories and working hypotheses on the evolution of Archean crust and the Earth Strong interest of diverse scientific communities and even of the public in the book topic, regarding the ruling theories and controversies about the evolution of the early Earth and life in deep time Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt

Preface.- Precambrian Greenstone Belts Host Different Ophiolite Types.- The Plume to Plate Transition: Hadean and Archean Crustal Evolution in the Northern Wyoming Province, U.S.A.- Archaean elements of the basement outliers west of the Scandinavian Caledonides in Northern Norway: architecture, evolution and possible correlation with Fennoscandia.- A review of the geodynamic significance of hornblende-bearing ultramafic rocks in the Mesoarchean Fiskenæsset Complex, SW Greenland.- The Precambrian Geology of the North China Craton: A review and update of the key issues.- How to Make a Continent: Thirty-five Years of TTG Research Kent.- Recycling of lead at Neoarchean continental margins.- Crustal evolution and deformation in a non-plate-tectonic Archaean Earth: Comparisons with Venus.- Accreted turbidite fans and remnant ocean basins in Phanerozoic orogens: A template for a significant Precambrian crustal growth and recycling process.- Biogenicity of Earth's Earliest Fossils.- In situ morphologic, elemental and isotopic analysis of Archean life.- Archaean soils, lakes and springs: looking for signs of life.- Rare earth elements in stromatolites Evidence that modern terrestrial stromatolites fractionate rare earth elements during incorporation from ambient waters.