PAPERS PRESENTED TO IMPACTS AND THE ORIGIN, EVOLUTION, AND EXTINCTION OF LIFE A RUBEY COLLOQUIUM February 9 & 10, 2002 Department of Earth and Space Sciences University…
1.LETTER doi:10.1038/nature13539 Widespread mixing and burial of Earth’s Hadean crust by asteroid impacts S. Marchi1 , W. F. Bottke1 , L. T. Elkins-Tanton2 {, M. Bierhaus3…
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Slide 1 Early Earth History Key Reference: Nisbet and Sleep, The habitat and nature of early life, Nature, 409, 1083-1091, 2001. Solar system began about 4.6 Gy ago Started…
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