Biosignatures for Astrobiology
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...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2019.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019. |
| Series: | Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96175-0 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chemical Biosignatures at the Origins
- Organic Matter in Interplanetary Dusts and Meteorites
- Biosignatures of Cellular Components and Metabolic Activity
- The Deep Subseafloor and Biosignatures
- A Systematic Way to Life Detection – Combining Field, Lab and Space Research in Low Earth Orbit
- Mineralogical Identification of Traces of Life
- Biosignatures in Deep Time
- The Search for Biosignatures in Martian Meteorite Allan Hills 84001
- Role of Mineral Surfaces in Prebiotic Processes and Space-like Conditions
- Photochemistry and Photoreactions of Organic Molecules in Space
- Exoplanetary Biosignatures for Astrobiology
- The Enigma of Methane on Mars
- Detection of Biosignatures Using Raman Spectroscopy
- Searching for Signs of Life on Other Planets: Mars a Case Study
- The History and Philosophy of Biosignatures.