Evolution of Archean Crust and Early Life
This book presents an integrated approach to the study of the evolution of the Archean lithosphere, biosphere and atmosphere, and as such it is a unique contribution to our understanding of the early Earth and life. The structural and geochemical mak
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Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences VOLUME 7 Series Editors Yildirim Dilek, Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA Franco Pirajno, Geological Survey of Western Australia, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia M.J.R Wortel, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Yildirim Dilek • Harald Furnes Editors
Evolution of Archean Crust and Early Life
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Editors Yildirim Dilek Dept. of Geology & Environmental Earth Science Miami University Oxford Ohio USA
Harald Furnes Department of Earth Science & Centre for Geobiology University of Bergen Bergen Norway
Responsible Series Editor: Y. Dilek
ISSN 1876-1682 ISSN 1876-1690 (electronic) ISBN 978-94-007-7615-9 (eBook) ISBN 978-94-007-7614-2 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-7615-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2013954958 © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 Chapter 9 is published with kind permission of Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on micro films or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibi lity for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Credit cover figure: bubaone/istockphoto.com Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The geological, geochemical and geodyn