✦ LIBER ✦
Advances in Science of China V.1 Earth Sciences, edited by Tu Guangzhi, J. Wiley, New York and Science Press, Beijing, 1986. No of pages: 598. Price: £57.50 (Paperback).
✍ Scribed by B. F. Windley
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 186 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0072-1050
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✦ Synopsis
Few geology books that tackle their subject in a chronological sequence devote space to each era in proportion to their real time duration. Since Preston Cloud has spent most of his research life in the Precambrian, it comes as no surprise that the bulk of this book concerns these ancient times. Indeed, a main aim of the book is 'to put more history into the first 85 per cent of geologic time, to bring that into more appropriate balance with the conventional last 15 per cent'. However, there is more to this