Biogenesis and early life on earth and Europa: Favored by an alkaline ocean?

Astrobiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 123-130

  Kempe, Stephan ^a   Kazmierczak, Jozef ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Biogenesis; Europa; Lake van; Ocean chemistry; Soda ocean

Indexed keywords

ALKALI;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; FREEZING; SEA;

ALKALIES; EARTH (PLANET); FREEZING; JUPITER; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 0036490962     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110702753621394     Document Type: Article

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