Biochemical evolution II: Origin of life in tubular microstructures on weathered feldspar surfaces

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 95, Issue 26, 1998, Pages 15173-15176

  Parsons, Ian ^a   Lee, Martin R ^a   Smith, Joseph V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological evolution; Mineral surfaces

Indexed keywords

APATITE; METAL; MINERAL; OXIDE; PHOSPHORUS; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SOIL MICROFLORA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0032442460     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.26.15173     Document Type: Article

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