Perspectives in Amino Acid and Protein Geochemistry [Hardcover]

Glenn A. Goodfriend (Editor), Matthew Collins (Editor), Marilyn Fogel (Editor), Stephen Macko (Editor), John F. Wehmiller (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 22, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0195135075 | ISBN-13: 978-0195135077

Amino Acids are not only the essential constituents of all living organisms, they also provide vital clues about life in the past. This book of contributed papers updates the science of amino acid geochemistry and replaces a classic but now outdated work, The Biogeochemistry of Amino Acids (out of print). The new book will have a wider focus than its predecessor, covering preservation of ancient proteins and amino acids, diagenesis of proteins and amino acids through geologic time and on short time scales (relevant to the preservation of museum materials), stable isotope geochemistry of proteins and amino acids, amino acid racemization, the origin of life, the stability of amino acids at hgh temperatures and pressures, and extraterrestrial amino acids. The primary audience for this book will be academics and graduate students in geochemistry, organic chemistry, archaeology, geochronology, and stratigraphy, although it will also be of interest to workers in forensic science.

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About the Author

Glenn A. Goodfriend, Research Associate Professor Department of Geology, George Washington University. Matthew Collins, Research Associate and Lecturer Postgraduate Institute in Fossil Fuels and Environmental Geochemistry, University of Newcastle. Marilyn Fogel, Senior Scientist, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (March 22, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195135075
• ISBN-13: 978-0195135077
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,519,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)