The habitat and nature of early life

Nature

Volumn 409, Issue 6823, 2001, Pages 1083-1091

  Nisbet, E G ^a   Sleep, N H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; LIFE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA;

BIOGENESIS; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; LIFE; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0035931935     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35059210     Document Type: Review

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