Earliest life on earth : habitats, environments and methods of detection / Suzanne D. Golding, Miryam Glikson, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Golding, Suzanne D.

Glikson, Miryam, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleontology--Precambrian.

Paleontology.

Life--Origin.

Life.

Paleoecology.

Hydrothermal vent ecology.

Evolutionary paleobiology.

Organic geochemistry.

Stromatolites.

Geology, Stratigraphic--Precambrian.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

Fossils.

Habitat (Ecology).

Physical Description:

xvi, 316 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; London ; New York : Springer, [2010]

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789048187935

9048187931

OCLC:

503649605