Organic sulfur compounds resulting from the interaction of iron sulfide, hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide in an anaerobic aqueous environment

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-150

  Heinen, Wolfgang ^a,b   Lauwers, Anne Marie ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEUTERIUM; FERROUS ION; FERROUS SULFIDE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN SULPHIDE; IRON SULPHIDE; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; PH; SYNTHESIS; TIME;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEUTERIUM; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HEAT; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0030478259     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01809852     Document Type: Article

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