Table of Contents

Contributing Authors. Introduction (K.C. Condie). 1. Archean komatiites (N.T. Arndt). 2. Archean volcanic patterns (P.C. Thurston). 3. Greenstones through time (K.C. Condie). 4. Archean greenstone-related sedimentary rocks (D.R. Lowe). 5. Archean synrift and stable-shelf sedimentary successions (K.A. Eriksson, C.M. Fedo). 6. Archean grey gneisses and the genesis of continental crust (H. Martin). 7. Archean granite plutons (P.J. Sylvester). 8. Archean anorthosites (L.D. Aswal, J.S. Myers). 9. Archean high-grade metamorphism (J.A. Percival). 10. Archean and early Proterozoic evolution of the Siberian craton: a preliminary assessment (O.M. Rosen et al.). 11. Archean mineralization (D.I. Groves, M.E. Barley). 12. The Archean atmosphere: its composition and fate (D.J. Des Marais). Reference Index. Subject Index