Oxygen free period in the history of Earth and life in it
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https://doi.org/10.15587/2313-8416.2016.72712Keywords:
original atmosphere, archaebacteria, panspermia, hydrosphere, protocells, bioelements, Precambrian microfossils, hydrothermae, photosynthesisAbstract
The development of Earth in the context of its formation as also emergence of the original atmosphere and hydrosphere are presented in the article. Main stages of the atmosphere evolution have occurred in the Archaean. The mechanisms of life origin, their impact on environmental development and changes are described as well. A brief description of the most ancient sediments composed by the archaebacteria and cyanobacteria is considered.
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