Early Life on Earth : A Practical Guide - Wacey, David; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Investigating Life in Early Archean Rocks -- Setting the Scene: Milestones in the Search for Early Life on Earth -- What Can We Expect to Find in the Earliest Rock Record? -- The Difficulties of Decoding Early Life -- Establishing the Criteria for Early Life on Earth -- Fulfilling the Criteria for Early Life on Earth -- Techniques for Investigating Early Life on Earth -- An Atlas of Claims for Early Archean Life -- > 3,700 Ma Isua Supracrustal Belt and Akilia Island, S.W. Greenland -- ˜3,490 Ma Dresser Formation, East Pilbara, Western Australia -- ~3,470 Ma Mount Ada Basalt, East Pilbara, Western Australia -- ~3,460 Ma Apex Basalt, East Pilbara, Western Australia -- ~3,450 Ma, Hoogenoeg Formation, Barberton, South Africa -- ~3,450 Ma, Panorama Formation, East Pilbara, Western Australia -- ˜3,426-3,350 Ma, Strelley Pool Formation, East Pilbara, Western Australia -- ?3,416-3,334 Ma, Kromberg Formation, Barberton, South Africa -- ~3,350 Ma, Euro Basalt, East Pilbara, Western Australia -- ~3,250 Ma, Fig Tree Group, Barberton, South Africa -- ~3,240 Ma, Kangaroo Caves Formation, East Pilbara, Western Australia -- ~3,200 Ma, Moodies Group, Barberton, South Africa -- ~3,200 Ma, Dixon Island Formation, Cleaverville Greenstone Belt, West Pilbara, Western Australia -- ~3,000 Ma, Cleaverville Formation, Cleaverville Greenstone Belt, West Pilbara, Western Australia -- ~3,000 Ma, Farrel Quartzite, East Pilbara, Western Australia -- THE IMPOSTERS: Younger Biological Contaminants and Non-Biological Artefacts -- Erratum to.
Keywords: Geobiology; Astrobiology; Paleontology .; Biochemistry; Geochemistry; Biogeosciences; Astrobiology; Paleontology; Biochemistry, general; Geochemistry