From Suns to Life: A Chronological Approach to the History of Life on Earth: 8. A Synthetic Interdisciplinary ``Chronological Frieze'': an Attempt

D. Despois (1, 2, 3) , M. Gargaud (1, 2, 3)

1 L3AB - Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux
2 OASU - Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers
3 LAB - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac]

This chapter introduces the chronological and interdisciplinary ‘‘frieze'' which presents the main events relevant (in our opinion) to the problem of the emergence of life on Earth. This selection of events is directly connected to the previous chapters of this book.

Mots clés: Origin of life; chronology; time scales; hadean; archean; proterozoic

Domaines: Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique [astro-ph.CO]; Astrophysique [astro-ph]

D. Despois, M. Gargaud. From Suns to Life: A Chronological Approach to the History of Life on Earth: 8. A Synthetic Interdisciplinary ``Chronological Frieze'': an Attempt. Earth, Moon, and Planets, 2006, 98 (1-4), pp.291-297. ⟨10.1007/s11038-006-9092-8⟩. ⟨hal-00120110⟩