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Format: 1 online resource (486 pages)

ISBN: 1-281-77838-9 , 9786611778385 , 0-08-086906-8

Series Statement: Developments in Precambrian geology ; 7

Content: Selection of papers from the IGCP Project 157 and 160 meeting at the Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 11-14 Jan. 1982

Note: "Compilation of papers based on the presentations of participants at, or contributed by authors unable to attend, the IGCP Projects 157 and 160 meeting at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, January 11-14, 1982." , Front Cover; Developments and Interactions of the Precambrian Atmosphere, Lithosphere and Biosphere; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; Preface; Chapter 1. Oxygen and ozone in the early Earth's atmosphere; Chapter 2. Photochemistry of methane in the Earth's early atmosphere; Chapter 3. Proterozoic aeolian quartz arenites from the Hornby Bay Group, Northwest Territories, Canada: implications for Precambrian aeolian processes; Chapter 4. Precambrian atmospheric oxygen and banded iron formations: a delayed ocean model; Chapter 5. Tectonic systems and the deposition of iron-formation , Chapter 6. Archaean chemical weathering at three localities on the Canadian Shield; Chapter 7. Pedogenetic and diagenetic fabrics in the Upper Proterozoic Sarnyéré formation; Chapter 8. Rare earth elements in the early Archaean Isua iron-formation, West Greenland; Chapter 9. Primitive Earth environments: organic syntheses and the origin and early evolution of life; Chapter 10. Natural nuclear reactors and ionizing radiation in the Precambrian; Chapter 11. Evolutionary connections of biological kingdoms based on protein and nucleic acid sequence evidence , Chapter 12. Evolution of photoautotrophy and early atmospheric oxygen levels; Chapter 13. Further sulphur and carbon isotope studies of late Archaean iron-formations of the Canadian shield and the rise of sulfate reducing bacteria; Chapter 14. Filamentous fossil bacteria from the Archaean of Western Australia; Chapter 15. Pseudo-oolites in rocks of the Ulundi Formation, lower part of the Archaen Fig Tree Group (South Africa); Chapter 16. Sedimentary geology and stromatolites of the Middle Proterozoic Belt Supergroup, Glacier National Park, Montana , Chapter 17. The emergence of Metazoa in the early history of life; Chapter 18. Distinctive microbial structures and the pre-Phanerozoic fossil record; Chapter 19. Fine structure of the stratified microbial community at Laguna Figueroa, Baja California, Mexico.I, Methods of in situ study of the laminated sediments; Chapter 20. Stromatolites -the challenge of a term in space and time; Chapter 21. Stratiform copper deposits and interactions with co-existing atmospheres,hydrospheres, biospheres and lithospheres; Chapter 22. Origin and distribution of gold in the Huronian Supergroup, Canada -The case for Witwatersrand-type paleoplacers , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-444-42240-4

Language: English