Hydrothermal systems as environments for the emergence of life

CIBA Foundation Symposia

Volumn , Issue 202, 1996, Pages 40-60

  Shock, Everett L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; MINERAL; SEA WATER;

ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; HEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

BIOGENESIS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; EARTH (PLANET); ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MARS; METHANE; MINERALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEAWATER; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0030323920     PISSN: 03005208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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