13 An Overview of Exoplanet Biosignatures

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. DEDICATION V
3. PREFACE VII
4. TABLE OF CONTENTS IX
5. 1 Host Stars and How Their Compositions Influence Exoplanets 1
6. 2 Chemistry in Protoplanetary Disks 27
7. 3 Planet Formation—Observational Constraints, Physical Processes, and Compositional Patterns 55
8. 4 Meteorites and Planet Formation 113
9. 5 The Evolution and Delivery of Rocky Extra-Solar Materials to White Dwarfs 141
10. 6 The Chemistry of Extra-solar Materials from White Dwarf Planetary Systems 171
11. 7 Exoplanet Mineralogy 199
12. 8 From Stars to Diverse Mantles, Melts, Crusts, and Atmospheres of Rocky Exoplanets 259
13. 9 Some Tectonic Concepts Relevant to the Study of Rocky Exoplanets 301
14. 10 A Framework for the Origin and Deep Cycles of Volatiles in Rocky Exoplanets 323
15. 11 Exoplanet Magnetic Fields 375
16. 12 Transiting Exoplanet Atmospheres in the Era of JWST 411
17. 13 An Overview of Exoplanet Biosignatures 465
18. 14 The Early Earth as an Analogue for Exoplanetary Biogeochemistry 515
19. 15 Exoplanet Geology: What Can We Learn from Current and Future Observations? 559