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THE YOUNG EARTH
AN INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEAN GEOLOGY |
| By: |
E.G. Nisbet |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0045500495 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780045500499 |
| Publisher: |
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
23 July, 1987 |
| Edition: |
1987 ed. |
| Pages: |
402 |
| Synopsis: |
'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. |
| Illustrations: |
134 Illustrations, black and white; XVII, 402 p. 134 illus. |
| Publication: |
Netherlands |
| Imprint: |
Kluwer Academic Publishers |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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