Biosignatures for Astrobiology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cavalazzi, Barbara (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Westall, Frances (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics,
• Subjects: Astrobiology.; Biochemistry.; Paleontology .; Microbiology.; Mineralogy.; Biology-Philosophy.; Biochemistry, general.; Paleontology.; Philosophy of Biology.

This book aims at providing a brief but broad overview of biosignatures. The topics addressed range from prebiotic signatures in extraterrestrial materials to the signatures characterising extant life as well as fossilised life, biosignatures related to space, and space flight instrumentation to det...