Phosphate immobilization by oxide precursors: Implications on phosphate availability before life on earth

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-52

  Monte, Marisa B M ^a   Duarte, Ana C P ^a   Bonapace, José A P ^b   Do Amaral Jr , Manoel R ^b   Vieyra, Adalberto ^b   De Souza Barros, Fernando ^b  

^a CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIA MINERAL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Iron oxide precursors; Orthophosphate; Phosphorus capture mechanisms; Prebiotic anoxic scenarios; Pyrophosphate

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATE; PYROPHOSPHATE;

DESORPTION; EARLY EARTH; IMMOBILIZATION; IRON OXIDE; PHOSPHATE; SORPTION;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; PH; TIME; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIOGENESIS; DIPHOSPHATES; ELECTROPHORESIS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHATES; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0041974635     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023974424070     Document Type: Article

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