Origin and History of the Earth

Wang, Hongzhen; Jahn, Borming; Mei, Shilong

Foreword
KEYNOTE PAPERS
The earth sciences and society: the needs for the 21st century
W.S. Fyfe
Geological environments in China and global change
Liu Tungsheng
Sustaining our life support system
P.J. Cook
Tectonic evolution and uplift of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau
Xiao Xuchang and Li Tingdong
ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE EARTH
Mantle degassing and origin of the atmosphere
Youxue Zhang
Pulsation model of mantle differentiation: evolution, geochronological, geochemical, petrologic and geodynamic implications
Yu.A. Balashov
Geochronology, accretion and tectonic framework of Precambrian continental crust of eastern
China Sun Dazhong, Li Xianhua and Qiu Huaning
Pangaea cycles, earth's rhythms and possible earth expansion
Wang HongzhenLi Xiang, Mei Shilong and Zhang Shihong
On crustal accretion and mantle evolution in Qinling Orogenic Belt
Zhang Benren, Zhang Hongfei, Ling Wenli, Zhao Zhidan, Han Yinwen and Ouyang Jianping
Episodic growth of the continental crust in SE China: Nd isotopic approach
Zhou Xinhua, Hu Shiling, S.L. Goldstein, Li Jiliang and Hao Jie
On the way from plate tectonics to global geodynamics
V.E. Khain
Oxygen isotope fractionation in MgSiO3 and Mg2SiO4 polymorphs: implications for the chemical structure of the mantle and isotopic nonequilibrium in mantle assemblages
Zheng Yongfei
Mesoproterozoic microbiotas of the northern hemisphere and the Meso-Neoproterozoic transition
V.N. Sergeev
Histological study on the Neoproterozoic organism's fossil remains: implications for origin of multicellularity and sexuality
Zhang Yun
Climatic and geodynamic significance of Cenozoic land surfaces and duricrusts of inland Australia
H. Wopfner