Origin of life on earth: Self-organizing vesicle-like structures in cordierite-rocks from Soto (Argentina)

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-10

  Lucido, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Argentina; Cordierite rocks; Self organization; Structural characters

Indexed keywords

CORDIERITE ROCK; ORIGIN OF LIFE; SELF ORGANIZATION; VESICLE;

ARGENTINA, CORDOBO PROVINCE, SOTO, ORCOYANA;

EID: 0030801447     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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