Precambrian Sedimentary Environments: A Modern Approach to Ancient Depositional Systems

Wladyslaw Altermann (Editor), Patricia Corcoran (Editor)

ISBN: 978-0-632-06415-1

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464 pages

March 2002, Wiley-Blackwell

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Contains review articles discussing Precambrian conditions and case studies from Precambrian shields and successions of North and South America, Australia, Africa, Europe, Asia and India.
The introductory papers, written by experts on Precambrian environments, treat comprehensively the application of actualism to the Precambrian, the evolution and influence of life on the sedimentary rock record, the genesis of Banded Iron Formations, the Precambrian sulphur cycle and the significance of Precambrian chemical carbonate precipitates.
Detailed case studies include depositional settings and processes in Archean terranes, in Paleoproterozoic sequences, with some emphasis on the lack of vegetation and weathering, and in late Proterozoic sequences, with some emphasis on glacial deposits.
Written for geoscientists interested in Precambrian sedimentary rocks and students of Earth history.