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The Young Earth

An introduction to Archaean geology

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  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. E. G. Nisbet

    1. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages iii-xvii
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  2. Background concepts and field evidence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

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      Pages 3-11

    3. Geochronology and other uses of isotopic analysis

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      Pages 12-35

    4. Archaean terrains: the available geological evidence

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      Pages 36-97

  3. Reconstructing the Archaean Earth

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. The beginnings of life

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      Pages 101-145

    3. Archaean continents

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      Pages 146-197

    4. Archaean volcanism

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      Pages 198-248

    5. Mineral deposits in Archaean rocks

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      Pages 249-305

    6. Models of the early Earth

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      Pages 306-354

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 355-402
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About this book

'What are we going to do with a parcel of old stones?' wrote the director of an African museum a century and a half ago, when one of my ancestors presented him with a splendid collection of fossils of mammal-like reptiles. Old stones, however intriguing, are difficult to interpret, dusty, and do not fit well in the neatly ordered contents of a house of learning. Archaean geology, which is the study of the Earth's history in the period from after 9 the end of planetary accretion (4.5-4.4 x 10 years ago) up to the beginning 9 of the Proterozoic (2.5 x 10 years ago) is much the same - a parcel of old stones seemingly impossible to understand. Yet these stones contain the history of our origins: they can tell us a story that is interesting not just to the geologist (for whom this book is primarily written) but instead addresses the human condition in general.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

    E. G. Nisbet

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Young Earth

  • Book Subtitle: An introduction to Archaean geology

  • Authors: E. G. Nisbet

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6489-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: E. G. Nisbet 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-04-550049-9Published: 23 July 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-6489-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 402

  • Number of Illustrations: 134 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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