Geochemical cycles of bio-essential elements on the early earth and their relationships to origin of life

Resource Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 83-89

  Kakegawa, Takeshi ^a   Noda, Masakazu ^a   Nannri, Hideyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bio essential element; Carbonatization; Hydrothermal flux; Origin of life; Pre biotic

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; CARBON FLUX; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0042384938     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2002.tb00121.x     Document Type: Article

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