Edited by
Martin van Kranendonk, Geological Survey of Western Australia, East Perth
and Australian Centre for Astrobiology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Hugh Smithies, Australian National University, Canberra
Vickie Bennett, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
Description
Earth’s Oldest Rocks provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of early Earth, from planetary accretion through
to development of protocratons with depleted lithospheric keels by c. 3.2 Ga, in a series of papers written by over 50 of the world's
leading experts. The book is divided into two chapters on early Earth history, ten chapters on the geology of specific cratons, and two
chapters on early Earth analogues and the tectonic framework of early Earth. Individual contributions address topics that range from
planetary accretion, a review of Earth meteorites, significance and composition of Hadean protocrust, composition of Archaean mantle
and deep crust, all aspects of the geology of Paleoarchean cratons, composition of Archean oceans and hydrothermal environments, evidence
and geological settings of early life, early Earth analogues from Venus and New Zealand, and a tectonic framework for early Earth.
Included in series
Developments in Precambrian Geology
Audience:
Researchers and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in geology, Precambrian geology, tectonics, geochemistry and petrology, geochronology, and economic geology.
