Earth's Early Atmosphere and Oceans, and The Origin of Life /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Shaw, George H. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Accretional history of Earth
  • Processes of degassing
  • Atmospheric processing of degassed volatiles
  • Early Archean “geography”
  • Degassing processes
  • Prebiotic chemistry – why we should pay attention to this
  • Eigen’s hypercycle and the emergence of life
  • How the carbon-rich surface is key to emergence of life
  • Evolution of Earth starting with a carbon-rich surface
  • Implications of this model
  • Conclusions.