The Environmental Roots of Life on the Hadean Earth (In Planetary Astrobiology, 2020)

• Eva Stueken
• John Baross
• Rika Anderson

Full Citation:
Baross, J.A., Anderson, R.E., and Stüeken, E.E. (2020). The Environmental Roots Of Life On The Hadean Earth. In Planetary Astrobiology (V. S. Meadows et al., eds.), pp. 325-354. Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, DOI: 10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816540068-ch003.

Abstract:
The origin of life is perhaps the most perplexing unanswered question in science. The main reason for this perplexity is the overlap of four critical components to life’s origin: when and where life emerged, how it formed, and what the earliest life forms looked like. Each of these components has their own set of questions that cross multiple disciplines. For example, insights into the question of when and where life began are predicated on the early Archaean rock record, which is limited due to metamorphism and erosion. With time, continued study of the rock record will reveal more about the...

URL:
https://doi.org/10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816540068