Layered double hydroxide minerals as possible prebiotic information storage and transfer compounds

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-37

  Greenwell, H Chris ^a,b   Coveney, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anionic clay; Information theory; Layered double hydroxides; RNA World; Terephthalate

Indexed keywords

HYDROXIDE; MINERAL;

CLAY MINERAL; HYDROXIDE; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

HYDROXIDES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MINERALS;

EID: 29244464717     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-005-2068-2     Document Type: Article

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