How life began on Earth: A status report

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-15

  Bada, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Metabolist theory; Origin of life; Pre RNA World; Prebiotic soup

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; EVOLUTION; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PRECAMBRIAN;

EID: 4544340102     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.07.036     Document Type: Article

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