The Earth Through Time, 10th Edition
by Harold L. Levin
CHAPTER 8—EARTH’S FORMATIVE STAGES AND THE
ARCHEAN EON
Web Links
Welcome to the Planets
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
A collection of images of the planets from NASA's planetary exploration program.
National Space Science Data Center
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
NASA's National Space Science Data Center with links to pages with fact sheets
and images of planets, miscellaneous solar system objects, sun, astronomical
objects, and more.
Views of the Solar System
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm
An overview of the Solar System by Calvin J. Hamilton.
Hadean
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/precambrian/hadean.html
An introduction to Hadean from the University of California Museum of
Paleontology.
Archaean
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/precambrian/archaean.html
An introduction to Archean from the University of California Museum of
Paleontology.
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World's Oldest Rocks Suggest Early Earth Was Habitable
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/11/1128_021128_earth_crust.html
An article from National Geographic news on the oldest rocks and information
gleaned from their zircon grains.
Earth's First 3.7 Billion Years
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/edu/dees/courses/v1001/first3bill.html
A lecture from a course entitled "Dinosaurs and the History of Life" by Paul Olsen
at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University.
Voyageurs National Park
http://nature.nps.gov/geology/parks/voya/index.cfm#geology
Overview of the geology of this national park, which is the subject of discussion
in this chapter.
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