Chemical Evolution of the Early Precambrian

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CONTRIBUTORS, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, Pages ix-x
PREFACE, Page xi
1 - ORIGIN OF THE ATMOSPHERE: HISTORY OF THE RELEASE OF VOLATILES FROM THE SOLID EARTH, Pages 1-11, James C.G. Walker
2 - EARLY PRECAMBRIAN WEATHERING AND SEDIMENTATION: AN IMPRESSIONISTIC VIEW, Pages 13-23, RAYMOND SIEVER
3 - VERY OLD (> 3100 MILLION YEARS) ROCKS IN NORTH AMERICA, Pages 25-26, R. HURST, J. FARHAT, G. WETHERILL
4 - THREE ARGUMENTS FOR CONTINUAL EVOLUTION OF SIAL THROUGHOUT GEOLOGIC TIME, Pages 27-39, JOHN J.W. ROGERS
5 - ARCHEAN GEOLOGY AND EVIDENCE OF ANCIENT LIFE IN THE SLAVE STRUCTURAL PROVINCE, CANADA, Pages 41-54, JOHN B. HENDERSON
6 - CARBON CONTENTS OF EARLY PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS, Pages 55-60, CARLETON B. MOORE, DONNA WELCH
7 - CONDENSED PHOSPHATES FROM ABIOTIC SYSTEMS IN NATURE, Pages 61-67, E.J. GRIFFITH
8 - HYDROCARBONS AND FATTY ACIDS IN OIL SHALE OF PERMIAN IRATI FORMATION, BRAZIL, Pages 69-79, D.W. NOONER, J. ORO
9 - THE STABLE ISOTOPES OF HYDROGEN IN PRECAMBRIAN ORGANIC MATTER, Pages 81-86, THOMAS C. HOERING
10 - EVOLUTION OF THE TERRESTRIAL OXYGEN BUDGET, Pages 87-99, MANFRED SCHIDLOWSKI, RUDOLF EICHMAN
11 - EVIDENCES OF ARCHEAN LIFE, Pages 101-105, J. WILLIAM SCHOPF
12 - EARLIEST EVIDENCE OF FOSSIL EUCARYOTES, Pages 107-109, J. WILLIAM SCHOPF
13 - PALEOBIOLOGY OF STROMATOLITES, Pages 111-131, STANLEY M. AWRAMIK
14 - NATURAL MECHANISMS OF PROTECTION OF A BLUE-GREEN ALGA AGAINST ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, Pages 133-141, MITCHELL RAMBLER, LYNN MARGULIS, ELSO S. BARGHOORN
15 - KAKABEKIA, A REVIEW OF ITS PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES AND THEIR RELATION TO ITS POSSIBLE ANCIENT AFFINITIES, Pages 143-154, BARBARA Z. SIEGEL
16 - A DISCUSSION OF BIOGENICITY CRITERIA IN A GEOLOGICAL CONTEXT WITH EXAMPLES FROM A VERY OLD GREENSTONE BELT, A LATE PRECAMBRIAN DEFORMED ZONE, AND TECTONIZED PHANEROZOIC ROCKS, Pages 155-170, M.D. MUIR, P.R. GRANT, G.M. BLISS, W.L. DIVER, D.O. HALL
17 - SYNTHETIC ORGANIC MICROSTRUCTURES AS MODEL SYSTEMS FOR EARLY PROTOBIONTS, Pages 171-179, CLAIRE FOLSOME
18 - COMPARISON OF LABORATORY SILICIFIED BLUE-GREEN ALGAE WITH PRECAMBRIAN MICROORGANISMS, Pages 181-183, S. FRANCIS, L. MARGULIS, W. CALDWELL, ELSO S. BARGHOORN
19 - EOASTRION AND THE METALLOGENIUM PROBLEM, Pages 185-186, ELSO S. BARGHOORN
20 - EVOLUTION OF MITOSIS AND THE LATE APPEARANCE OF METAZOA, METAPHYTA, AND FUNGI, Pages 187-189, L. MARGULIS
21 - IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS AND SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASES IN THE EVOLUTION OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA AND ALGAE, Pages 191-210, D.O. HALL, J. LUMSDEN, E. TEL-OR
22 - LOW OXYGEN LEVELS AND THE PALMITOYL CoA DESATURASE OF YEAST: RELATION TO PRIMITIVE BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION, Pages 211-214, NANCY SYMMES WHITAKER, HAROLD P. KLEIN
Subject Index, Pages 215-221