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Early Organic Evolution

Implications for Mineral and Energy Resources

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Manfred Schidlowski

    1. IGCP Project 157, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie (Otto-Hahn-Institut), Mainz, Germany

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  2. Stjepko Golubic

    1. Biological Science Center, Boston University, Boston, USA

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  3. Michael M. Kimberley

    1. Dept. of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

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  4. David M. McKirdy

    1. Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

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  5. Philip A. Trudinger

    1. Division of Continental Geology, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, Australia

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Table of contents (43 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
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  3. Precambrian Weathering and Paleosols

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Introduction to Precambrian Weathering and Paleosols

      • M. M. Kimberley, H. D. Holland
      Pages 9-15

    3. How to Find a Precambrian Paleosol

      • Gregory J. Retallack
      Pages 16-30

    4. Experimental Procedures to Simulate Weathering Under Atmospheres Which May Have Characterized the Early Archean

      • Hubert Wiggering, Peter Neumann-Mahlkau, Hans-Joachim Selbach
      Pages 31-40

    5. The Lower Proterozoic Hokkalampi Paleosol in North Karelia, Eastern Finland

      • Jukka S. Marmo
      Pages 41-66

    6. Paleosol and Ore-Forming Processes in the Elliot Lake District of Canada

      • David J. Mossman, Catharine E. G. Farrow
      Pages 67-75

    7. Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Pre-1.65 Ga paleosol under Kombolgie Formation sandstone of the Pine Creek Geosyncline, Northern Territory, Australia

      • A. R. Miller, R. S. Needham, P. G. Stuart-Smith
      Pages 76-105

    8. Carbonaceous High-Alumina Shale in the Transvaal Supergroup: Evidence of Early Proterozoic Karstic Wheathering in a Marine Environment

      • Thomas O. Reimer
      Pages 106-114

    9. Significance of Precambrian Paleosols

      • Michael M. Kimberley
      Pages 115-129

  4. Organic Matter in Precambrian and Early Paleozoic Sediments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Mantle Carbon: Concentration, Mode of Occurrence, and Isotopic Composition

      • Peter Deines
      Pages 133-146

    3. Carbon Cycle and Carbon Isotope Record: Geochemical Impact of Life over 3.8 Ga of Earth History

      • Manfred Schidlowski, Paul Aharon
      Pages 147-175

    4. Precambrian Petroleum: A Decade of Changing Perceptions

      • David M. McKirdy, Scott W. Imbus
      Pages 176-192

    5. Paleontology and Biogeochemical Research: A Powerful Synergy

      • M. F. Glaessner, C. B. Foster
      Pages 193-202

    6. Proterozoic Organic Carbon — Its Preservation and Isotopic Record

      • Harald Strauss, David J. Des Marais, J. M. Hayes, Roger E. Summons
      Pages 203-211

    7. An Assessment of the Precambrian/Cambrian Transition Events on the Basis of Carbon Isotope Records

      • Paul Aharon, T. C. Liew
      Pages 212-223

    8. Stratiform and Globular Organic Matter in the Lower Proterozoic Metasediments at Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada

      • Bartholomew Nagy, David J. Mossman
      Pages 224-231

    9. Organic Carbon Isotopic Composition of Proterozoic Sedimentary Rocks from India: Preliminary Results

      • D. M. Banerjee, M. Deb, H. Strauss
      Pages 232-240
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About this book

This volume is the final outcome of a conference designed to wrap up IOCP Project 157 (" Early Organic Evolution and Mineral and Energy Resources ") after a decade of prolific activity. The picturesque solitude of Maria Laach Abbey in the Eifel Mountains (FRO) provided the appropriate setting for a conclave of some 80 specialists from the various walks of the field who, during the week of Sept. 19 - 23, 1988, strived hard to define the state of the art in the principal segments of this Earth Science frontier. The following pages contain the essence of the conference transactions, giv­ ing a vivid cross-section of the activities pursued by IOCP Project 157 during its final years. The coverage of topics is not necessarily complete, but rather eclec­ tic in part. With regard to single papers dealing with modern analogues of ancient processes, the book title might even be considered a grave misnomer. Neverthe­ less, all contributions relate to the subject in the widest sense, and the reader should be reminded that much of the heterogeneity reflected by the volume de­ rives from the fact that it is primarily a research report from a highly inter­ disciplinary field rather than a textbook.

Editors and Affiliations

  • IGCP Project 157, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie (Otto-Hahn-Institut), Mainz, Germany

    Manfred Schidlowski

  • Biological Science Center, Boston University, Boston, USA

    Stjepko Golubic

  • Dept. of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA

    Michael M. Kimberley

  • Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

    David M. McKirdy

  • Division of Continental Geology, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, Australia

    Philip A. Trudinger

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Early Organic Evolution

  • Book Subtitle: Implications for Mineral and Energy Resources

  • Editors: Manfred Schidlowski, Stjepko Golubic, Michael M. Kimberley, David M. McKirdy, Philip A. Trudinger

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76884-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-76886-6Published: 22 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-76884-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 555

  • Topics: Geology, Mineralogy, Mineral Resources, Biochemistry, general, Organic Chemistry

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