Early Earth: Physical, Chemical and Biological Development

This volume contains a series of papers on a wide range of aspects of the early development of the Earth in the first 2000 Ma of Earth's history, including geophysics, structure and tectonics, atmosphere, origin of life, biosphere, deep mantle geochemistry, early oceans, microbial ecology, the aim being to facilitate discussion and understanding of this area of research.

The book is divided into three parts: (1) Geophysical and Petrological Constraints on Archaean Lithosphere: These papers ...