Thermal energy and the origin of life

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-189

  Muller, Anthonie W J ^a   Schulze Makuch, Dirk ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Earth; Exobiology; Heat engine; Origin of life; Prebiotic chemistry; Prebiotic environments; Thermal energy; Thermosynthesis

Indexed keywords

PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

EARLY EARTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY; LIGHT; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; REVIEW; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATP SYNTHETASE COMPLEXES; BIOGENESIS; HEAT; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 33745432595     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-005-9003-4     Document Type: Review

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