Aqueous corrosion of phosphide minerals from iron meteorites: A highly reactive source of prebiotic phosphorus on the surface of the early earth

Astrobiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 515-535

  Pasek, Matthew A ^a   Lauretta, Dante S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraterrestrial delivery of organics; Metal catalysis; Meteorites; Phosphorus; Schreibersite

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; IRON; MINERAL; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CORROSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

BIOGENESIS; CORROSION; EARTH (PLANET); EXOBIOLOGY; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METEOROIDS; MINERALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS; WATER;

EID: 24344451589     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2005.5.515     Document Type: Article

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