The fuel cell model of abiogenesis: A new approach to origin-of-life simulations

Astrobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 254-270

  Barge, Laura M ^a,b   Kee, Terence P ^c   Doloboff, Ivria J ^a   Hampton, Joshua M P ^c   Ismail, Mohammed ^c   Pourkashanian, Mohamed ^c   Zeytounian, John ^d   Baum, Marc M ^e   Moss, John A ^e   Lin, Chung Kuang ^a   Kidd, Richard D ^a   Kanik, Isik ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OAK CREST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Bioenergetics; Iron sulfides; Origin of life; Prebiotic chemistry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOGENESIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); ENERGY METABOLISM; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANETS;

EID: 84896374812     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2014.1140     Document Type: Article

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