A quantitative evaluation of the iron-sulfur world and its relevance to life's origins

Astrobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-272

  Ross, David S ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocatalysis; Iron sulfur; Kinetic simulation

Indexed keywords

IRON; SULFUR;

BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; KINETICS;

BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRON; KINETICS; SULFUR;

EID: 42049117324     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2007.0199     Document Type: Conference Paper

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