Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Thomas, Paul J. (Editor ), Hicks, Roland D. (Editor ), Chyba, Christopher F. (Editor ), McKay, Christopher P. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:2nd ed. 2006.
Colección:Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics,
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life
  • The Origin of the Atmosphere and of the Oceans
  • Cometary Micrometeorites in Planetology, Exobiology, and Early Climatology
  • Macromolecules: From Star-Forming Regions to Comets to the Origins of Life
  • Impact Delivery of Prebiotic Organic Matter to Planetary Surfaces
  • Comets and Prebiotic Organic Molecules on Early Earth
  • Impacts and the Early Evolution of Life
  • Extraterrestrial Impact Episodes and Archaean to Early Proterozoic (3.8–2.4 Ga) Habitats of Life
  • The Contemporary Hazard of Comet Impacts
  • The Conditions for Liquid Water in Cometary Nuclei
  • Spacecraft Missions to Comets
  • Interstellar and Cometary Dust in Relation to the Origin of Life.