Essays about: "exobiology"

Found 1 essay containing the word exobiology.

  1. 1. Early life and its implications for astrobiology : a case study from Bitter Springs Chert, Australia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Sigeman; [2013]
    Keywords : FTIR; XRF; SEM; microfossil; stromatolites; Amadeus Basin; Bitter Springs; origin of life; microorganisms; exobiology; early life; astrobiology; tidigt liv; astrobiologi; exobiologi; mikroorganismer; livets ursprung; stromatoliter; mikrofossil; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Early life research faces additional challenges than those of the study of later life forms. Due to the de-materialization of the earliest rocks, valuable information about the early Earth is forever lost. Furthermore, early life was small and morphologically basic, effectuating abiotic pseudofossils to infiltrate the fossil record. READ MORE