Proceedings of the 30th International Geological Congress. 1. Origin and history of the earthHung-chen Wang, Hongzhen Wang, Borming Jahn, Shih-jung Mei VSP, 1997 - 213 pages This book deals with the different aspects of the symposia, ranging from, in the original order of the sessions, early history of the earth, continental accretion, coremantle differentiation, biological evolution, palaeoclimate, to interaction between the lithosphere and the hydro-atmo-biosphere. |
Contents
Geological environments in China and global change | 15 |
Tectonic evolution and uplift of the QinghaiTibet plateau | 47 |
Mantle degassing and origin of the atmosphere | 61 |
evolution geochronological | 79 |
Geochronology accretion and tectonic framework of Precambrian | 97 |
Pangaea cycles earths rhythms and possible earth expansion | 111 |
On crustal accretion and mantle evolution in Qinling Orogenic Belt | 129 |
Mesoproterozoic microbiotas of the northern hemisphere and | 177 |
Climatic and geodynamic significance of Cenozoic land surfaces | 201 |
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Origin and History of the Earth: Proceedings of the 30th International ... Hongzhen Wang,Borming Jahn,Shilong Mei No preview available - 1997 |
Common terms and phrases
2¹Ne/22Ne ratios accretion Acta Archaean assemblages atmosphere basalts basement Beijing belts Cenozoic Chinese with English climate continental crust Craton crustal growth cyanobacteria depleted mantle domains Doushantuo early earth expansion Earth Planet eclogites END(T English abstract eukaryote ɛNd(T Figure formation fossils geochemical Geol geological global gneisses Gondwana granites granitoids Group isotopic ratios lithosphere loess Loihi Loihi mantle lower mantle magmatism mantle mantle degassing mantle-derived metabasaltic metamorphic MgSiO mineral monsoon MORB multicellular Nd isotope Nd model ages Neoproterozoic noble gas ocean ophiolite orogenic oxygen isotope fractionation palaeomagnetic Palaeoproterozoic Palaeozoic Pangaea Phanerozoic Planet plate tectonics polymorphic Precambrian Proterozoic pyroxene Qinghai-Tibet plateau Qinling radiogenic region rocks sediments sequence silcretes Sinica Sm-Nd Sm-Nd isochron Sm-Nd isotopic South China South Qinling SSD model structure subduction surface tectonic evolution terrane U-Pb uplift upper mantle Wang Xe isotopic xenoliths Yangtze Zhang zircon zone