Transition metal sulfides and the origins of metabolism

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue , 2004, Pages 569-599

  Cody, George D ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal metabolism; Prebiotic chemistry; Sulfides

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; METABOLISM; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

PYRRHOTITE; REACTIVE QUALITIES; TRANSITION METAL SULFIDES;

TRANSITION METALS;

BIOGENIC MINERAL; CATALYSIS; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; SULFIDE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

EID: 3042639896     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.32.101802.120225     Document Type: Review

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