Evolution of Archean Crust and Early Life

Preface; Y. Dilek and H. Furnes

Precambrian Greenstone Belts Host Different Ophiolite Types; H. Furnes; M. de Wit & Y. Dilek

The Plume to Plate Transition: Hadean and Archean Crustal Evolution in the Northern Wyoming Province, U.S.A.; P. A. Mueller et al

The Archaean Karelia and Belomorian Provinces, Fennoscandian Shield; P. Hölttä et al

Archaean elements of the basement outliers west of the Scandinavian Caledonides in Northern Norway: architecture, evolution and possible correlation with Fennoscandia; S.G. Bergh et al

A review of the geodynamic significance of hornblende-bearing ultramafic rocks in the Mesoarchean Fiskenæsset Complex, SW Greenland; Ali Polat

The Precambrian Geology of the North China Craton: A review and update of the key issues; S. A. Wilde

How to Make a Continent: Thirty-five Years of TTG Research Kent; C. Condie

Recycling of lead at Neoarchean continental margins; J. Halla

Crustal evolution and deformation in a non-plate-tectonic Archaean Earth: Comparisons with Venus; L. Harris & Jean H Bédard

Accreted turbidite fans and remnant ocean basins in Phanerozoic orogens: A template for a significant Precambrian crustal growth and recycling process; D. A. Foster et al

Biogenicity of Earth's Earliest Fossils; J. William Schopf et al

In situ morphologic, elemental and isotopic analysis of Archean life; D. Wacey

Archaean soils, lakes and springs: looking for signs of life; A. T. Brasier

Rare earth elements in stromatolites - Evidence that modern terrestrial stromatolites fractionate rare earth elements during incorporation from ambient waters; K. H. Johannesson et al

From the book reviews:

"The book's 14 chapters focus on the origins of Archean greenstone belts. ... The volume is richly illustrated with both color and black-and-white maps, photographs, and diagrams. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers/faculty." (J. T. Andrews, Choice, Vol. 52 (1), September, 2014)