Archean evolution of the Pilbara Craton and Fortescue Basin / Arthur H. Hickman.
Hickman, Arthur H. (Arthur Hugh), 1947- author.
2023
QE653.3
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Title Archean evolution of the Pilbara Craton and Fortescue Basin / Arthur H. Hickman.
Author Hickman, Arthur H. (Arthur Hugh), 1947- author.
ISBN 9783031180071 (electronic bk.)
3031180070 (electronic bk.)
9783031180057
3031180054
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18007-1
Published Cham : Springer, [2023]
Copyright ©2023
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xlv, 465 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-18007-1 doi
Call Number QE653.3
Dewey Decimal Classification 551.7/12
Summary One of todays major geoscientific controversies centres on the origin of the Archean granitegreenstone terranes. Is the geology of these scattered remnants of our planets early crust consistent with the theory that modern-style plate-tectonic processes operated from the early Archean, or does it indicate that tectonic and magmatic processes were different in the Archean? Earth has clearly evolved since its initial formation, so at what stage did its processes of crustal growth first resemble those of today? The logical place to seek answers to these intriguing and important questions is within the best-preserved early Archean crust. The Pilbara region of northwest Australia is internationally famous for its abundant and exceptionally well-preserved fossil evidence of early life. However, until recently the area has received much less recognition for the key evidence it provides on early Archean crustal evolution. This book presents and interprets this evidence through a new stage-by-stage account of the development of the Pilbaras geological record between 3.53 and 2.63 Ga. The Archean Pilbara crust represents one fragment of Earths oldest known supercontinent Vaalbara, which also included the Kaapvaal Craton of southern Africa. Recognition of Vaalbara expands the background database for both these areas, allowing us to more fully understand each of them. .
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Series Modern approaches in solid earth sciences ; v. 24.
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Chapter 1. Overview Of The Pilbara Craton
Chapter 2. Eoarchean And Early Paleoarchean Crust Of The Pilbara Craton
Chapter 3. Warrawoona Large Igneous Province, 35303427 Ma
Chapter 4. Strelley Pool Formation: Continental Sedimentation Between Paleoarchean Lips
Chapter 5. Kelly Large Igneous Province, 33503315 Ma
Chapter 6. Paleoarchean Continental Breakup Of The Pilbara Craton
Chapter 7. Mesoarchean Rift And Marginal Basins Of The Pilbara Craton
Chapter 8. Mesoarchean Subduction In The Pilbara Craton
Chapter 9. Mesoarchean Basin Evolution Inland Of Magmatic Arcs
Chapter 10. Orogenies, Cratonization And Post-Orogenic Granites
Chapter 11. Mineralization In The Northern Pilbara
Chapter 12. Fortescue Group: The Neoarchean Breakup Of The Pilbara Craton.

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