Earth's early atmosphere and oceans, and the origin of life [electronic resource] / George H. Shaw.
Shaw, George H., 1945- author.
2016
QC869
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Title Earth's early atmosphere and oceans, and the origin of life [electronic resource] / George H. Shaw.
Author Shaw, George H., 1945- author.
ISBN 9783319219721 (electronic book)
3319219723 (electronic book)
9783319219714
3319219715
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21972-1
Published Cham : Springer, [2016]
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-21972-1 doi
Call Number QC869
Dewey Decimal Classification 551.51
Summary This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the chemical nature of the Earth's early surface environment and how that led to the origin of life,including a detailed discussion of the likely process by which life emerged using as much quantitative information as possible. The emergence of life and the prior surface conditions of the Earth have implications for the evolution of Earth's surface environment over the following 2-2.5 billion years. The last part of the book discusses how these changes took place and the evidence from the geologic record that supports this particular version of early and evolving conditions.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed October 12, 2015).
Series SpringerBriefs in earth sciences.
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Preface ; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter-1; Introduction; References; Chapter-2; Accretional History of Earth; 2.1 The Accreting Material; 2.2 Accretional History; References; Chapter-3; Ocean Basin and Continental Evolution; References; Chapter-4; Degassing Processes and Chemistry; References; Chapter-5; The Underlying Chemical Nature of Life; References; Chapter-6; The Miller-Urey Experiment and Prebiotic Chemistry; References; Chapter-7; A Pathway to the First Organism; References; Chapter-8; An Organic Carbon Rich Surface and the Source of Primitive tRNA on Earth; References

Chapter-9Evolution of the Atmosphere During the Hadean and Archean; References; Chapter-10; The Faint Young Sun Problem; References; Chapter-11; The Origin of Oxygenic Photosynthesis and Its Impact on the Atmosphere; 11.1 Earliest Photosynthesis; 11.2 The Geologic Record of Carbon Isotopes in Sedimentary Rocks and the Rise of Oxygen; 11.3 The Ultimate Source of Oxidation; 11.4 A More Realistic (and More Complex) Carbon Budget for the Archean; References; Chapter-12; What Can We Learn from Other Planets?; 12.1 Venus; 12.2 Mars; References; Chapter-13; Summary; References; Index

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