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Micrometeorites and the Mysteries of Our Origins M. Maurette

Micrometeorites and the Mysteries of Our Origins By M. Maurette

Micrometeorites and the Mysteries of Our Origins by M. Maurette

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Gives the first a coherent and comprehensive account of how meteorites may have brought the seeds of life to Earth.

Embedds specific results within a broader framework that considers the creation and evolution of the Early Earth.

Micrometeorites and the Mysteries of Our Origins Summary

Micrometeorites and the Mysteries of Our Origins by M. Maurette

Gives the first a coherent and comprehensive account of how meteorites may have brought the seeds of life to Earth.

Embedds specific results within a broader framework that considers the creation and evolution of the Early Earth.

Provides experienced researchers with a modern and compact reference, as well as a source of material for lectures in this field.

Table of Contents

Staging the Cosmic Theater.- Solar System Bodies and Primitiveness.- The Power of Wetherill's Friend, Jupiter.- The Earth-Moon System in a Gigantic Cosmic Firing Range.- A Microscopic Suspect for the Formation of the Earth's Atmosphere.- Primitive Extraterrestrial Matter on the Earth.- The Space Collector Earth.- Classification of Meteorites and Micrometeorites.- The Major Contribution of Micrometeorites to the Delivery of Hydrous-Carbonaceous Material to the Earth.- Formation of the Post-Lunar Earth's Atmosphere.- The Inadequacy of Previous Scenarios.- A Prime Suspect for the Formation of the Atmosphere.- Formation of the Post-lunar Atmosphere.- The Mysterious Fate of Early Micrometeoritic Oxygen.- Exobiology with Unmelted Micrometeorites.- The Birth of Life on the Early Earth.- Microscopic Chondritic Chemical Reactors.- Radiation Reprocessing of Organics by Energetic Ions in Space.- Micrometeorite Ashes in Exobiology and Early Climatology.- First Hints.- Micrometeorite and Minimeteorite Ashes in Prebiotic Chemistry.- Micrometeorites in the Post-lunar Greenhouse Effect.- Micrometeorites in Comparative Planetology.- Micrometeoritic Iridium in the Earth's Mantle with the Hartmann Conjuncture.- Micrometeoritic Neon on the Earth.- The Micrometeoritic Purity of the Atmosphere and Early Earth's Processes.- Extrapolation of EMMA to the Moon and Mars.- Parent Bodies of Micrometeorites and Early Solar System Processes.- The Hunt for Micrometeorites Parent Bodies.- No Consensus About the Early History of the Lunar Impact Flux.- Micrometeorites and Early Solar System Processes.- Challenges Ahead.- Relationships with CM-type Chondrites.- The Enigmatic Differences between Stratospheric and Antarctic Micrometeorites.- The World of Hidden Biases: From Collection to Sample Processing.- Stardust Attacks in Bob Laboratory for Space Sciences.- Challenges Still to Be Appropriately Addressed.- Science and Fiction.- Summary.- Epilogue: The Birth of Micrometeoritics.

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NPB9783540258162
9783540258162
3540258167
Micrometeorites and the Mysteries of Our Origins by M. Maurette
M. Maurette
Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics
New
Hardback
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
2006-04-04
330
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