Modeling Free Energy Availability from Hadean Hydrothermal Systems to the First Metabolism

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 529-532

  Simoncini, E ^a   Russell, M J ^b   Kleidon, A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disequilibrium; Emergence of Life; Free energy generation; Hydrothermal systems; Metabolism; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; EMERGENCE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HADEAN; HEAT FLUX; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METABOLISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; ENTROPY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT;

BIOGENESIS; EARTH (PLANET); ENTROPY; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EXOBIOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84857914994     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-011-9251-4     Document Type: Article

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