3.2 b.y. of organic compound formation near sea-floor hot springs

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 791-794

  De Ronde, Cornel E J ^a,c   Ebbesen, Thomas W ^b,d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HOT SPRINGS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORE DEPOSITS;

COMPOUND FORMATION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSITS; HYDROTHERMAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; PELAGIC SEDIMENTS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS; MARINE BIOTA; ORGANIC CONTENT; ORGANIC MATERIALS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; HOT SPRINGS;

HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; SEAFLOOR; SHALE; THERMAL SPRING; ARCHAEAN; HYDROTHERMAL VENTING; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PRECAMBRIAN LIFE;

EID: 0030426425     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0791:BYOOCF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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