Radioactivity as a significant energy source in prebiotic synthesis

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 3-13

  Garzón, León ^a   Garzón, M Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continental crust; Ionization; Radioactivity; Radon; Voids

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; EARLY EARTH; ORIGIN OF LIFE; RADIOACTIVITY;

ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; RADIATION;

BIOGENESIS; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; RADIATION; URANIUM;

EID: 0035104616     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006664230212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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