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Earth's earliest biosphere : its origin and evolution / edited by J. William Schopf.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1983.
Description
xxv, 543 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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Lewis Library - Stacks
QE724 .E27 1983
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Paleontology
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Precambrian
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Schopf, J. William, 1941-
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Notes
Includes index.
Bibliographic references
Bibliography: p. [464]-531.
Contents
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Early biogeologic history: the emergence of a paradigm / Preston Cloud
The nature of the Earth prior to the oldest known rock record: the hadean Earth / David J. Stevenson
The early Earth and the archean rock record / W. Gary Ernst
Prebiotic organic synthesis and the origin of life / Sherwood Chang, David DesMarais, Ruth Mack, Stanley L. Miller, and Gary E. Strathearn
Precambrian organic geochemistry, preservation of the record / J. M. Hayes, Isaac R. Kaplan, and Kim W. Wedeking
Biochemical evolution of anaerobic energy conversion: the transition from fermentation to anoxygenic photosynthesis / Howard Gest and J. William Schopf
Isotopic inferences of ancient biochemistries: carbon, sulfur, hydrogen, and nitrogen / Manfred Schindlowski, J. M. Hayes, and Isaac R. Kaplan
Archean stromatolites: evidence of the Earth's earliest benthos / Malcolm R. Walter
Archean microfossils: new evidence of ancient microbes / J. William Schopf and Malcolm R. Walter
Geologic evolution of the archean-early proterozoic Earth / Jàn Veizer - Environmental evolution of the archean-early proterozoic Earth / James C. G. Walker, Cornelius Klein, Manfred Schidlowski, J. William Schopf, David J. Stevenson, and Malcolm R. Walter
Geochemical evidence bearing on the origin of aerobiosis, a speculative hypothesis / J. M. Hayes
Biological and biochemical effects of the development of an aerobic environment / David J. Chapman and J. William Schopf
Early proterozoic microfossils / Hans J. Hofmann and J. William Schopf
Evolution of Earth's earliest ecosystems: recent progress and unsolved problems / J. William Schopf, J. M. Hayes, and Malcolm R. Walter
Appendix I
Geographic and geologic data for processed rock samples / Malcolm R. Walter, Hans J. Hofmann, and J. William Schopf
Appendix II
Flow chart and processing procedure for rock samples / J. William Schopf, J. M. Hayes, Udo Matzigkeit, Malcolm R. Walter, and Kim W. Wedeking
Appendix III
Processing procedure for abiotic samples and calculation of model atmospheric compositions / David DesMarais and Sherwood Chang
Appendix IV
Procedures of organic geochemical analysis / Kim W. Wedeking, J. M. Hayes, and Udo Matzigkeit
Glossary I
Technical terms / J. William Schopf
Glossary II
Terms used to describe biological energy conservations, electron transport processes, interactions of cellular systems with molecular oxygen, and carbon nutrition / David J. Chapman and Howard Gest.
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ISBN
0691083231 ((alk. paper))
9780691083230 ((alk. paper))
0691023751 ((pbk.))
9780691023755 ((pbk.))
LCCN
82061383
OCLC
9280890
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