Early Life on Earth - A Practical Guide (Paperback, 2009 ed.)

When did life first appear on Earth and what form did it take? The answer to this intriguing and fundamentally important question lies somewhere within the early Archean rock record. The young Earth was, however, a very different place to that we know today and numerous pitfalls await our interpretation of these most ancient rocks. The first half of this practical guide equips the reader with the background knowledge to successfully evaluate new potentially biological finds from the Archean rock record. Successive steps are covered, from locating promising samples in the field, through standard petrography and evaluation of antiquity and biogenicity criteria, to the latest state of the art geochemical techniques. The second half of the guide uniquely brings together all the materials that have been claimed to comprise the earliest fossil record into an easily accessible, fully illustrated format. This will be a handbook that every Archean geologist, palaeobiologist and astrobiologist will wish to have in their backpack or on their lab-bench.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Topics in Geobiology, 31
Release date:	November 2014
First published:	2009
Authors:	David Wacey
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	274
Edition:	2009 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9400789333
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Biogeography Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Biochemistry > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Geochemistry Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Palaeontology > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal > UFOs Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal > Extraterrestrial beings Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal > Extraterrestrial beings Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal > UFOs
LSN:	9400789335
Barcode:	9789400789333

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