The Proterozoic Biosphere
Subtitle: A Multidisciplinary Study
Contributors: J. William Schopf (Editor); Cornelis Klein (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 26, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1374
ISBN-13: 9780521366151
Subjects: Atmospheric regions; Geology & the lithosphere; Palaeontology; Science/Mathematics; Paleontology (Specific Aspects); Science; Earth Sciences - General; Paleontology; Paleontology--Proterozoic; Science / Earth Sciences; Proterozoic
First sentence: This monographic, two-part work is devoted to multifaceted consideration of the nature and evolutionary development of the Proterozoic biosphere and its environment, that is, of the evolution of life and the interrelated history of the atmosphere, oceans, and surficial planetary environment from the beginning of the Proterozoic Eon of geologic time, 2500 Ma ago, to the beginning of the Phanerozoic, a period spanning more than 40% of all of earth history.