The rapid increase of carbon dioxide concentration in Earth's modern atmosphere is a
matter of major concern. But for the atmosphere of roughly two-and-half billion years ago …

Iron formations (IF) represent an iron-rich rock type that typifies many Archaean and
Proterozoic supracrustal successions and are chemical archives of Precambrian seawater …

Iron formations are economically important sedimentary rocks that are most common in
Precambrian sedimentary successions. Although many aspects of their origin remain …

An Introduction to Organic Geochemistry explores the fate of organic matter of all types,
biogenic and man-made, in the Earth System. investigates the variety of pathways and …

Construction and assembly of the Geologic Time Scale involves:(a) constructing a relative
(chronostratigraphic) standard scale for key periods in the Earth's rock record;(b) identifying …

It has been 10 years since publication of the first edition ofSoils of the Past. In that time the
subject of paleopedology hasgrown rapidly, and established itself within the mainstream …

In the 1830s, iron bacteria were among the first groups of microbes to be recognized for
carrying out a fundamental geological process, namely the oxidation of iron. Due to lingering …

Banded iron-formations (BIFs) occur in the Precambrian geologic record over a wide time
span. Beginning at 3.8 Ga (Isua, West Greenland), they are part of Archean cratons and …

The mineralogy of terrestrial planets evolves as a consequence of a range of physical,
chemical, and biological processes. In pre-stellar molecular clouds, widely dispersed …

The ocean and atmosphere were largely anoxic in the early Precambrian, resulting in an Fe
cycle that was dramatically different than today's. Extremely Fe-rich sedimentary deposits …