Screen LibraryComets and the origin and evolution of life
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Springer-Verlag,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Advances in astrobiology and biogeophysics |
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| Carrier Form: | xvi, 346 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
3540330860 9783540330868 |
| Index Number: | Q693 |
| CLC: |
Q693 P185.811 |
| Call Number: | Q693/C732/2nd.ed. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Comets and the origin and evolution of life / J. Oró, A. Lazcano, P. Ehrenfreund -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Comets and the origin on life : an idea with a long history -- 1.3. Chemical evolution of cometary nuclei -- 1.4. The collisional history of the early Solar System -- 1.5. A cometary origin for the terrestrial volatiles? -- 1.6. Comets and prebiotic synthesis -- 1.7. Cometary collisions and biological evolution -- References -- 2. The origin of the atmosphere and of the oceans / A. Delsemme -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Hypothesis of the volcanic origin -- 2.2.1. The missing primary atmosphere -- 2.2.2. The origin of the Solar System -- 2.3. Existence of accretion disks -- 2.4. Numerical models for a protosolar accretion disk -- 2.5. The chondrites as clues on planetary formation -- 2.6. From dust to planets -- 2.7. Temperature history f the Earth's material -- 2.8. Thermochemical equilibrium in solar nebula -- 2.9. Discussion : was the Earth outgassed? -- 2.10. Formation of the giant planets -- 2.11. Orbital diffusion of comets -- 2.12. Chronology -- 2.13. Chronology discussion -- 2.14. Observational confirmations -- 2.14.1. Cratering record -- 2.14.2. Geochemistry -- 2.14.3. Geochemical model -- 2.14.4. Noble gases -- 2.14.5. Deuterium -- 2.15. Nature of the early atmosphere -- 2.16. Prebiotic organic syntheses -- 2.17. Summary -- 2.17.1. Verified predictions of the model -- 2.17.2. Unverified predictions of the model -- 2.18. Conclusion -- References -- 3. Cometary micrometeorites in planetology, exobiology, and early climatology / M. Maurette -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Dark micrometeorites in blue ices : relationships with hydrous-carbonaceous chondrites -- 3.3. Formation of the Earth's atmosphere : previous scenarios -- 3.3.1. Volcanism, nebular gases, and comets -- 3.3.2. A wrong neon in the giant asteroid? -- 3.4. The micrometeoritic "purity" of the Earth's atmosphere -- 3.4.1. Concentrations of volatiles in Antarctic micrometeorites -- 3.4.2. The micrometeoritic "purity" of the Earth's atmosphere -- 3.5. Formation of the post-lunar Earth's atmosphere -- 3.5.1. An accretion formula born with the Moon -- 3.5.2. Total amounts of micrometeoritic volatiles in the post-lunar atmosphere -- 3.6. Micrometeoritic siderophile elements in planetology -- 3.6.1. Micrometeoritic iridium in the Earth's mantle -- 3.6.2. A difficult extrapolation to the Moon and Mars -- 3.7. Micrometeoritic sulfur and ferrihydrite in exobiology -- 3.7.1. Micrometeoritic sulfur and the "worlds" of iron sulfides and thioesters -- 3.7.2. Ferrihydrite in unmelted and melted micrometeorites -- 3.8. A post-lunar micrometeoritic greenhouse effect? -- 3.9. Controversies about the parent bodies of micrometeorites -- 3.10. From prospects to unsolved problems -- References -- 4. Macromolecules : from star-forming regions of comets to the origins of life / W.F. Huebner, Lewis E. Snyder -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Interstellar ices -- 4.3. Laboratory simulations -- 4.4. Observations from massive star-forming regions -- 4.4.1. Current research on macromolecules in HMCs and comets -- 4.4.2. Sgr B2(N-LMH) -- 4.4.3. Other sources -- 4.4.4. Comets -- 4.5. Summary and prognosis -- References -- 5. Impact delivery of prebiotic organic matter to planetary surfaces / E. Pierazzo, C.F. Chyba -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Sources of organic material -- 5.3. Hydrocode simulations -- 5.4. Earth : significant delivery -- 5.5. Mars : balancing factors -- 5.6. Europa : impactor loss -- 5.7. Amino acids on the Moon : impact delivery? -- 5.8. Summary and conclusions -- References -- 6. Comets and prebiotic organic molecules on early Earth / C.F. Chyba, K.P. Hand -- 6.1. The uninhabitable habitable zone -- 6.1.1. The habitable zone and liquid water -- 6.1.2. Are the Earth's oceans extraterrestrial? -- 6.1.3. D/H ratios and noble gas evidence -- 6.2. The time window for the origin of life -- 6.2.1. Frustration of the origin of life -- 6.2.2. Microfossils and stromatolites -- 6.2.3. Molecular biomarkers -- 6.2.4. Carbon isotope fractionation -- 6.3. Endogenous production of prebiotic organic molecules -- 6.3.1. Nature of the early atmosphere -- 6.3.2. Energy sources and atmospheric organic production -- 6.3.3. Organic production at hydrothermal vents -- 6.4. The lunar cratering record -- 6.4.1. A terminal lunar cataclysm? -- 6.4.2. Implications for the mass flux on early Earth -- 6.5. Impact delivery of intact exogenous organics -- 6.5.1. Interplanetary dust particles and micrometeorites -- 6.5.2. Interstellar dust -- 6.5.3. Meteorites -- 6.5.4. Catastrophic airbursts -- 6.5.5. Big impacts -- 6.6. Atmospheric shock synthesis of organic molecules -- 6.6.1. Shocks form meteors -- 6.6.2. Shock from airburst -- 6.6.3. Shock from giant impact plumes -- 6.7. Postimpact recombination -- 6.8. Amino acids at the K/T boundary -- 6.9. An inventory of organic production on early Earth -- 6.10. Organic sinks and concentrations -- 6.11. Prebiotic organics on the |