INDEX 747 Precambrian (continued] preservation 3:419 reef environments 3:427f Silurian 3:426f, 4:191 Archaean atmospheric composition 4:351 Australia 1:208, 1:209 f banded iron formations (BIFs) 4:351 banded ironstone formations (BIFs) 5:40 biodiversity 1:261 chert 4:351, 4:368 Earth origins 4:3 64f East European Craton 2:38, 2:42f, 2:43f, 2:44f, 2:45f, 2:47f eukaryotes 4:357 general discussion 4:350 Global Standard Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) 5:511 f Indian Sub-Continent 3:287 International Stratigraphic Chart (ICS) 5:517f microorganisms l:280f North American continental interior 4:23f planetary comparisons 1:427f prokaryotes 4:368 sedimentary rocks 4:351 stromatolites attributes l:289t biosediments 1:285, 1:287 columnar stromatolites 1:291 f conical stromatolites l:291f domical stromatolites l:290f early biosphere 4:367, 4:367f physical properties l:286f tektites 5:454 banded iron formations (BIFs) 5:39 biodiversity 1:261 China 1:347f chronostratigraphy 4:25f climate 4:351 Cnidarians 2:321, 2:323f early biosphere biogeochemistry 4:366 evolution 4:3 64f stromatolites 4:367 early life forms 4:352, 4:364f, 4:365f earth origins 4:350 East European Craton 2:34 Ediacaran 4:371-381 background information 4:371 biodiversity 1:261 bioturbation 4:378 Cambrian radiation patterns 4:171 Cambrian Substrate Revolution 4:380 carbon isotopic ratios 4:379 Cnidarians 2:321, 2:323f eukaryotes 4:362-363 extinction events 4:379 fossil lichens 2:441 general discussion 4:350 geological events banded iron formations (BIFs) 4:372 carbonates 4:372 continent formation 4:371 glaciation 4:372 marine transgressions 4:372 glossary information 4:380 palaeobiological events death mask hypothesis 4:374 Ediacarans 4:373, 4:376t, 4:378f eukaryotes 4:372-373 general discussion 4:372 metacellularity 4:373, 4:376t shelly fossils 4:373, 4:373f stromatolites 4:373, 4:377 Pan-African orogeny 4:378 predators 4:379 sedimentary structures 4:376, 4:379f strontium isotopic ratios 4:378 eukaryotes 4:354-363 algae 4:356f, 4:358, 4:359f Archaean eukaryotes 4:357 atmospheric evolution 1:202, 1:203 biodiversity 1:261 biomineralization 4:359-360 carbonaceous compression 4:357, 4:358,4:360 general discussion 4:354 heterotrophy 4:360 Mesoproterozoic eukaryotes 4:356f, 4:357 Neoproterozoic eukaryotes early animals 4:360 early Neoproterozoic 4:358, 4:359f Ediacaran 4:362-363 general discussion 4:358 late Neoproterozoic 4:360, 4:361f, 4:362f middle Neoproterozoic 4:360 Vendian 4:372-373 Palaeoproterozoic eukaryotes 4:356f, 4:357 phylogenetic relationships 4:355f testate amoeba 4:360 tree of life 1:203f, 4:365f evolutionary radiations 2:165-166 fossil lichens 2:441 glacial/interglacial periods 3:347f Global Standard Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) 5:511 f Hadean Earth origins 1:427-429, 4:364f microorganisms l:280f planetary comparisons 1:427f Indian Sub-Continent 3:285, 3:287f International Stratigraphic Chart (ICS) 5:517f Kazakhstan 1:164 kimberlites 3:253f Kyrgyzstan 1:167 Laurentia 4:8, 4:9, 4:352-354, 4:353f major outcrops 4:351 New Zealand 4:5f North American chronostratigraphy 4:25f, 4:26f, 4:32f North American continental nucleus 4:8-21 Acasta Gneisses, Canada 1:427-429, 4:10f,4:13f, 4:15f, 4:350 Archaean cratons 4:9f, 4:12, 4:13f, 4:16, 4:23f basement gneisses 4:1 Of Canadian Shield 4:8-9, 4:10f, 4:1 If Churchill-Superior Boundary Zone 4:19 f craton foundation 4:22 crustal aggregation 4:14f crustal provinces 4:23f Grenville orogeny 4:19 Hearne craton 4:16, 4:17f Laurentia 4:8, 4:9, 4:19 mantle keel 4:8-9 erogenic events 4:16, 4:17 Rae craton 4:16 Rodinia breakup 4:8 Sask craton 4:16 Slave craton 4:10f9 4:11 f, 4:12, 4:13f, 4:16,4:18f structure 4:9f, 4:12, 4:13f, 4:14f Superior craton 4:11 f, 4:12, 4:13 f, 4:16, 4:17f, 4:19f tectonic map 4:9f tectonic processes 4:9 Wyoming craton 4:12, 4:16 orogenic events 4:352 palaeogeography 4:352, 4:353f porifera (Porifera) 2:408-417 Precambrian-Cambrian boundary 2:165-166 prokaryotes 4:363-370 biochemical evidence 4:365 biogenicity criteria 4:369 filamentous microbes 4:367f, 4:368 fossil evidence 4:352 general discussion 4:354 origins 4:3 64f phylogenetic relationships 4:355f silicified microbiotas 4:367f, 4:368 stromatolites 4:367, 4:367f sulphate-reducing bacteria 4:366 tree of life 4:3 65f Proterozoic Argentina l:156f biospheric evolution 4:364f limestones 4:351 microorganisms l:280f planetary comparisons 1:427f polarity-bias superchrons 3:331f subdivisions 4:350 sea-level changes 4:26f shields 5:173, 5:173f South-east Asia 1:183 f, 1:185f southern Cordillera 4:48 stromatolites 1:430, l:431f subdivisions 4:350 terranes 4:352 time-scale scaling concepts 5:516f Vendian 4:371-381 background information 4:371 bioturbation 4:378 Cambrian Substrate Revolution 4:380 carbon isotopic ratios 4:379