{"product_id":"9780080542591","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\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso available in paperback, ISBN: 0-444-51509-7\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elsevier Science","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148535251184,"sku":"9780080542591","price":290.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780080542591_p0.jpg?v=1763637660","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780080542591","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}