Did life originate from a global chemical reactor?

Geobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 101-126

  Stueken E E ^a   Anderson, R E ^a,b   Bowman, J S ^a,b   Brazelton, W J ^a,b   Colangelo Lillis, J ^a,b,c   Goldman, A D ^a,d   Som, S M ^a,e,f   Baross, J A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BLUE MARBLE SPACE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (United States)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIODIVERSITY; EARTH; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; GLOBAL CHANGE; HADEAN; LIFE HISTORY; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL PROCESSES; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 84873569285     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12025     Document Type: Review

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