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Compelling Evidence of Fossils and Microbialites on Ancient Mars

Author : Vincenzo Rizzo

Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Page : 315 pages

File Size : 13,89 MB

Release : 2024-07-23

Category : Science

ISBN : 1036408280

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This book offers an amazing collection of analyzed images from the Red Planet, extremely suggestive of ancestral life on Mars. The book evidences possible remnants of microbial life, and, even further, complex and repetitive structures, analyzed in detail and reminescent of life forms and traits of terrestrial fossils resembling skeletal microalgae and more. This work is a presentation of primary importance for astrobiologists, precambrian micropaleontologists, and lovers of space exploration.





Astrobiology

Author : Gerda Horneck

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 415 pages

File Size : 18,54 MB

Release : 2012-12-06

Category : Science

ISBN : 364259381X

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This book bridges a gap in the literature by bringing together leading specialists from different backgrounds. It addresses the specific need for a readable book on this very interdisciplinary and new topic at research level.



The Rise of Animals

Author : Mikhail A. Fedonkin

Publisher : JHU Press

Page : 352 pages

File Size : 33,91 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Science

ISBN : 9780801886799

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An essential resource for paleontologists, biologists, geologists, and teachers, The Rise of Animals is the best single reference on one of earth's most significant events.



Perspectives in Astrobiology

Author : Richard B. Hoover

Publisher : IOS Press

Page : 232 pages

File Size : 31,60 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Electronic books

ISBN : 1586035126

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Cosmic Horizons

Author : Steven Soter

Publisher :

Page : 253 pages

File Size : 26,15 MB

Release : 2001

Category : Science

ISBN : 9781565846029

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Leading scientists offer a collection of essays that furnish illuminating explanations of recent discoveries in modern astrophysics--from the Big Bang to black holes--the possibility of life on other worlds, and the emerging technologies that make such research possible, accompanied by incisive profiles of such key figures as Carl Sagan and Georges Lemaetre. Original.



Mysteries of Mars

Author : Fabio Vittorio De Blasio

Publisher : Springer

Page : 200 pages

File Size : 47,95 MB

Release : 2018-09-28

Category : Science

ISBN : 3319747843

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This book introduces the reader to the wonders of Mars, covering all aspects from our past perceptions of the planet through to the latest knowledge on its history, its surface processes such as impact cratering, volcano formation, and glaciation, and its atmosphere and climate. In addition, a series of ten intriguing open issues are considered in a more advanced way. These include such thought-provoking questions as What turned off the planet’s magnetic field?, Why are the northern and southern hemispheres so different?, What was the fate of the once abundant water?, and Is there, or was there, life on Mars? Numerous original figures, unavailable elsewhere, reproduce details of images from Viking, CTX, MOC, HiRISE, THEMIS, and HRSC. The book will appeal especially to general readers interested in planetary sciences, astronomy, astrogeology, and space exploration and to students of Earth Sciences and Natural and Environmental Sciences. The higher-level material on the remaining mysteries of Mars will also be of interest to astrogeologists and other researchers.



The History and Sedimentology of Ancient Reef Systems

Author : George D. Stanley Jr.

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 468 pages

File Size : 24,11 MB

Release : 2013-11-11

Category : Science

ISBN : 1461512190

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From the Preface: The chapters of this book contain contributions from an international group of specialists. They address some important themes in both modern and ancient reef systems. Some chapters contain `snapshots' of reefs of particular intervals, while others touch on relevant themes of both modern and ancient reefs - themes that weave their way through reefs of all ages. This book opens and sets the stage with an introduction to both modern and ancient reefs and reef ecosystems. This chapter is also intended as a basic introduction for students, general geologists, and professionals or others who may be unfamiliar with reefs and reef ecosystems. The chapter addresses the living coral reef ecosystem, stressing among other relevant factors, the importance of ecological and physical interactions between the organisms and their environment. The chapter also addresses mass extinction and provides a general overview of the history of reefs.



Microbial Mats

Author : Joseph Seckbach

Publisher : Springer

Page : 606 pages

File Size : 15,66 MB

Release : 2012-09-05

Category : Science

ISBN : 9789400732414

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This book provides information about microbial mats, from early fossils to modern mats located in marine and terrestrial environments. Microbial mats – layered biofilms containing different types of cells – are most complex systems in which representatives of various groups of organisms are found together. Among them are cyanobacteria and eukaryotic phototrophs, aerobic heterotrophic and chemoautotrophic bacteria, protozoa, anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria, and other types of microorganisms. These mats are perfect models for biogeochemical processes, such as the cycles of chemical elements, in which a variety of microorganisms cooperate and interact in complex ways. They are often found under extreme conditions and their study contributes to our understanding of extremophilic life. Moreover, microbial mats are models for Precambrian stromatolites; the study of modern microbial mats may provide information on the processes that may have occurred on Earth when prokaryotic life began to spread.



Advances in Stromatolite Geobiology

Author : Joachim Reitner

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 553 pages

File Size : 50,41 MB

Release : 2010-10-22

Category : Science

ISBN : 3642104142

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Stromatolites are the most intriguing geobiological structures of the entire earth history since the beginning of the fossil record in the Archaean. Stromatolites and microbialites are interpreted as biosedimentological remains of biofilms and microbial mats. These structures are important environmental and evolutionary archives which give us information about ancient habitats, biodiversity, and evolution of complex benthic ecosystems. However, many geobiological aspects of these structures are still unknown or only poorly understood. The present proceedings highlight the new ideas and information on the formation and environmental setting of stromatolites presented at the occasion of the Kalkowsky Symposium 2008, held in Göttingen, Germany.