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Title Planetary conditions at the Hadean and Archean transition : possible scenarios for the origin of life / Julio Valdivia-Silva ... [and others]
Published New York : Nova Science Publisher's, Incorporated, c2011

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Description 1 online resource
Series Earth sciences in the 21st century
Space science, exploration and policies
Earth sciences in the 21st century series.
Space science, exploration and policies series.
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [63]-85) and index
Notes English
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Subject Life -- Origin.
Molecular evolution.
Planets -- Origin.
Planets -- Surfaces.
Geology, Stratigraphic -- Archaean.
Evolution, Molecular
Origin of Life
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
Archaean Geologic Period
Geology, Stratigraphic
Life -- Origin
Molecular evolution
Planets -- Origin
Planets -- Surfaces
SUBJECT Earth (Planet) -- Surface. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040450
Subject Earth (Planet)
Form Electronic book
Author Valdivia-Silva, Julio
LC no. 2019713688
ISBN 9781620814888
1620814889