Planetary conditions at the Hadean and Archean transition : possible scenarios for the origin of life /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Valdivia-Silva, Julio
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publisher's, Incorporated, c2011.
Colección:Earth sciences in the 21st century series.
Space science, exploration and policies series.
Temas:
From 2 to 5 billion years ago
Life > Origin.
Molecular evolution.
Planets > Origin.
Planets > Surfaces.
Geology, Stratigraphic > Archaean.
Evolution, Molecular
Vie > Origines.
Évolution moléculaire.
Planètes > Origines.
Planètes > Surfaces.
Stratigraphie > Archéen.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Archaean Geologic Period.
Geology, Stratigraphic.
Earth (Planet) > Surface.
Terre > Surface.
Earth (Planet)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • PLANETARY CONDITIONS AT THE HADEAN AND ARCHEAN TRANSITION: POSSIBLE SCENARIOS FOR THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
  • PLANETARY CONDITIONS AT THE HADEAN AND ARCHEAN TRANSITION: POSSIBLE SCENARIOS FOR THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
  • LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 2: HADEAN EARTH
  • 2.1. TEMPORAL LIMITS
  • 2.2. MAGMA OCEAN
  • 2.3. LATE HEAVY BOMBARDMENT
  • 2.4. REDOX STATE OF THE PRIMITIVE MANTLE
  • 2.5. PRIMITIVE LITHOSPHERE
  • 2.6. PLATE TECTONICS AND MINERAL EVOLUTION
  • Chapter 3: GEOPHYSICAL ASPECTS OF EARTH'S PRIMITIVE OUTER LAYERS
  • 3.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 3.2. THE YOUNG FAINT SUN PARADOX
  • 3.3. THE EARTH'S EARLY MAGNETOSPHERE
  • 3.4. COSMIC RAYS AND THE EARLY EARTH
  • 3.5. HYDROSPHERE
  • 3.6. ATMOSPHERE
  • Chapter 4: THE CHEMICAL APPROACH TO THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
  • 4.1. THE HETEROTROPHIC HYPOTHESIS
  • 4.2. AUTOTROPHIC HYPOTHESIS
  • 4.3. ENERGY AND MATTER ON EARLY EARTH
  • 4.3.1. Energy Sources of Early Earth
  • 4.3.2. Organic Matter Sources
  • 4.4. STABILITY OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN THE PRIMITIVE EARTH
  • 4.5. CHEMICAL COMPONENTS IN CONTEMPORARY LIFE
  • 4.6. PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY
  • 4.6.1. The Oparin-Haldane Hypothesis
  • 4.6.2. Simulated Experiments
  • 4.6.3. RNA World
  • 4.6.4. Thioester World
  • 4.6.5. Pre-Rna World
  • 4.6.6. Clay Theory
  • 4.6.7. Thermal Vents
  • 4.7. THE OPTICAL ACTIVITY PROBLEM
  • 4.8. REMARKS
  • Chapter 5: PRE-CELLULAR SYSTEMS AND FIRST ORGANISMS
  • 5.1. EARLIEST FOSSILS AND PALEONTOLOGY
  • Chapter 6: DISCUSSION
  • REFLECTIONS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENT ENERGY SOURCES
  • WHEN AND WHERE LIFE ORIGINATED ON EARTH?
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX.

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