A reassessment of prebiotic organic synthesis in neutral planetary atmospheres

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-115

  Cleaves, H James ^a   Chalmers, John H ^b   Lazcano, Antonio ^c   Miller, Stanley L ^d   Bada, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric discharge; Miller Urey experiment; Neutral atmosphere; Prebiotic synthesis; Primitive Earth environment

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; WATER;

AMINO ACID; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; ELECTRIC FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROLYSIS; NITRATE; NITRITE; OXIDATION; PALEOATMOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEA;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH (PLANET); METHANE; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WATER;

EID: 41049092507     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-007-9120-3     Document Type: Article

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