Astrobiology and Cuatro Ciénegas Basin as an Analog of Early Earth
Astrobiology not only investigates how early life took hold of our planet but also life on other planets – both in our Solar System and beyond – and their potential for habitability. The book take readers from the scars on planetary surfaces made by space rocks to the history of the Solar System nar...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2020.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2020. |
| Series: | Cuatro Ciénegas Basin: An Endangered Hyperdiverse Oasis,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46087-7 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Chapter 1. What is astrobiology?
- Chapter 2. Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences in Mexico
- Chapter 3. Was LUCA a Hyperthermophilic Prokaryote? The Impact-Bottleneck Hypothesis Revisited
- Chapter 4. Stromatolites, Biosignatures, and Astrobiological Implications
- Chapter 5. The global distribution of modern microbialites: not so uncommon after all
- Chapter 6. The importance of the rare biosphere for astrobiological studies and the diversification and resilience of life on Earth
- Chapter 7. Bacterial communities from deep-hydrothermal systems: the southern Gulf of California as an example of primeval environments
- Chapter 8. Andean Microbial Ecosystems: traces in hypersaline lakes about life origin
- Chapter 9. Stromatolites in crater-lake Alchichica and Bacalar lagoon
- Chapter 10. The origin and early evolution of life on Earth: A laboratory in the School of Science
- Chapter 11. Cuatro Ciénegas as an Archaean Astrobiology Park
- Index.