Hydrocarbon crystals as protoorganisms and biological systems predecessors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3441, Issue , 1998, Pages 234-246

  Yushkin, Nikolai P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Crystallization of life; Hydrocarbon crystals; Kerite; Prebiological evolution; Protoorganism

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ATOMS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALS; HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS PREDECESSORS; CRYSTALLIZATION OF LIFE; HYDROCARBON CRYSTALS; PROTOORGANISMS; SUPERMOLECULAR ORDERING;

MICROORGANISMS;

EID: 0006607273     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319842     Document Type: Conference Paper

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