Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 511 g
Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 511 g
ISBN: 978-94-007-8970-8
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Audience
This volume will be valuable to researchers and graduate students in biogeosciences, geochemistry, paleontology and geology interested in the origin of life on earth.
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Preface
Contributors
Dedication to John F. Lindsay
Introduction; Miryam Glikson and Suzanne D. Golding
Part I: Submarine hot springs and venting environments - cradle of life
Earliest seafloor hydrothermal systems on Earth: Comparison with modern analogues; Suzanne D. Golding et al
Archean hydrothermal systems in the Barberton Greenstone Belt and their significance as a habitat for early life; Axel Hofmann
Birth of biomolecules from the warm wet sheets of clays near spreading centres; Lynda.B. Williams et al
Part II: Evidence and record of earliest life on Earth
Towards a null hypothesis for stromatolites; Martin D. Brasier
Trace element geochemistry as a tool for interpreting microbialites; Gregory E. Webb and Balz S. Kamber
A modern perspective on ancient life: microbial mats in sandy marine settings from the Archean Era to today; Nora Noffke
Early life record from nitrogen isotopes; Daniele L. Pinti and Ko Hashizume
Part III: Distinguishing biological from abiotically synthesized organic matter in the early archean
Integration of observational and analytical methodologies to characterize organic matter in early Archean rocks: distinguishing biological from abiotically synthesized carbonaceous matter structures; Miryam Glikson et al
Bugs or gunk? Nanoscale methods for assessing the biogenicity of ancient microfossils and organic matter; Bradley T. De Gregorio et al
What can carbon isotopes tell us about sources of reduced carbon in rocks from the early Earth; Thomas M. McCollom
Index