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Echoes of life : what fossil molecules reveal about earth history /

Fossil Molecules in Geologic Time. 1. Molecular Informants: a changing perspective of organic chemistry. 2. Looking to the Rocks: immortal molecules and life's first vestiges. 3. From the Moon to Mars: the search for extraterrestrial life. 4. Black Gold: an alchemist's guide to petroleum....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Gaines, Susan M. (Autor), Eglinton, G. (Geoffrey) (Autor), Rullkötter, J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Molecular informants: a changing perspective of organic chemistry
  • Looking to the rocks: molecular clues to the origin of life
  • From the moon to Mars: the search for extraterrestrial life
  • Black gold: an alchemist's guide to petroleum
  • Deep sea mud: biomarker clues to ancient climates
  • More molecules, more mud and the isotopic dimension: ancient environments revealed
  • Microbiologists (finally) climb on board
  • Weird molecules, inconceivable microbes, and unlikely environmental proxies: marine ecology revised
  • Molecular paleontology and biochemical evolution
  • Early life revisited
  • Thinking molecularly, anything goes: from mummies to oil spills, doubts to new directions.