| Young Earth: An Introduction to Archean Geology 1987 Edition Contributor(s): Nisbet, Euan G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0045500495 ISBN-13: 9780045500499 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1987 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology - Non-classifiable |
| Dewey: 551.712 |
| LCCN: 86032098 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.30 lbs) 402 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'What are we going to do with a parcel of old stones?' wrote the director of an African museum a century and a half ago, when one of my ancestors presented him with a splendid collection of fossils of mammal-like reptiles. Old stones, however intriguing, are difficult to interpret, dusty, and do not fit well in the neatly ordered contents of a house of learning. Archaean geology, which is the study of the Earth's history in the period from after 9 the end of planetary accretion (4.5-4.4 x 10 years ago) up to the beginning 9 of the Proterozoic (2.5 x 10 years ago) is much the same - a parcel of old stones seemingly impossible to understand. Yet these stones contain the history of our origins: they can tell us a story that is interesting not just to the geologist (for whom this book is primarily written) but instead addresses the human condition in general. |