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001 2008019905
003 DLC
005 20090828090314.0
008 080502s2009 enkab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008019905
020 $a9780195176193 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0195176197 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)216938498
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dBAKER$dYDXCP$dOCLCG$dC#P$dBWX$dCDX$dIXA$dVP@$dSHH$dDLC
050 00 $aQE516.5$b.G35 2009
082 00 $a572/.33$222
100 1 $aGaines, Susan M.
245 10 $aEchoes of life :$bwhat fossil molecules reveal about earth history /$cSusan M. Gaines, Geoffrey Eglinton, Jürgen Rullkötter ; scientific illustrations by Florian Rommerskirchen.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2009.
300 $axviii, 355 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 315-339) and index.
505 0 $aMolecular informants: a changing perspective of organic chemistry -- Looking to the rocks: molecular clues to the origin of life -- From the moon to Mars: the search for extraterrestrial life -- Black gold: an alchemist's guide to petroleum -- Deep sea mud: biomarker clues to ancient climates -- More molecules, more mud and the isotopic dimension: ancient environments revealed -- Microbiologists (finally) climb on board -- Weird molecules, inconceivable microbes, and unlikely environmental proxies: marine ecology revised -- Molecular paleontology and biochemical evolution -- Early life revisited -- Thinking molecularly, anything goes: from mummies to oil spills, doubts to new directions.
650 0 $aOrganic geochemistry.
650 0 $aEarth sciences.
700 1 $aEglinton, G.$q(Geoffrey)
700 1 $aRullkötter, J.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0904/2008019905.html