Earliest Life on Earth: Habitats, Environments and Methods of Detection

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Golding, Suzanne D. (Editor), Glikson, Miryam (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geobiology.; Evolutionary biology.; Astrophysics.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Evolutionary Biology.

This volume integrates the latest findings on earliest life forms, identified and characterised in some of the oldest rocks on Earth. New material from prominent researchers in the field is presented and evaluated in the context of previous work. Emphasis is placed on the integration of analytical m...