Earliest life on earth habitats, environments and methods of detection
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Dordrecht ;London ;New York
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Springer
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c2011
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xvi, 316 p. , ill. )some col.(, maps )some col.( , 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.[ -- 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 -- 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.