Reduction and activation of phosphate on the primitive earth

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 405-410

  de Graaf, R M ^a   Schwartz, Alan W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apatite; Electrical discharge; Origin of life; Phosphorous acid; Polyphosphates; Prebiotic chemistry

Indexed keywords

METHANE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; WATER;

EARLY EARTH; PHOSPHATE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY;

EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRICITY; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; METHANE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; WATER;

EID: 0033821767     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006700512902     Document Type: Article

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