Earth's Early Atmosphere and Oceans, and The Origin of Life
This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the chemical nature of the Earth’s early surface environment and how that led to the origin of life,including a detailed discussion of the likely process by which life emerged using as much quantitative
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George H. Shaw
Earth’s Early Atmosphere and Oceans, and the Origin of Life
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George H. Shaw Geology Department Union College Schenectady USA
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Preface
Surface conditions on the Early Archean (and Hadean) Earth were critical to the origin of life. This is not a recent realization, and origin-of-lif
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