The Young Earth - An introduction to Archaean geology (Paperback, 1987 ed.)

'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.

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	July 1987
First published:	1987
Authors:	Euan G. Nisbet
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	402
Edition:	1987 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-04-550049-9
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Historical geology Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Palaeontology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-04-550049-5
Barcode:	9780045500499

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