CRUSTAL EVOLUTION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA: 3.8 BILLION YEARS OF EARTH HISTORY

xv, 523pp. Illustrated in B/W with 182 figures, maps, and geological structural profiles. Publisher's original illustrated pictorial hardcovers as issued without dust jacket. The covers show visible scuffing and shelf edge wear to extremities. The binding remains firm, rigid and completely square. The internal text block is clean, bright, and unaffected.

Sourced directly from the inner peer circle of the original research team, this copy features a significant, presentation inscription on the front leaf from primary co-author and legendary structural geologist Professor Laurence "Laurie" A.J. Tankard to a prominent fellow peer: "Dear Barend, I'm sure that the 'Golden Proterozoic' will continue to remind you of the geology and good fellowship we shared on the Wits. Regards, Laurie." Tankard was explicitly responsible for drafting the core chapters detailing these early Precambrian and Proterozoic sedimentary basins.

The definitive, highly comprehensive academic overview tracking the structural, tectonic, and stratigraphic development of the subcontinent.