Mackinawite and greigite in ancient alkaline hydrothermal chimneys: Identifying potential key catalysts for emergent life

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 430, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-114

  White, Lauren M ^a,b   Bhartia, Rohit ^a   Stucky, Galen D ^a,c   Kanik, Isik ^a   Russell, Michael J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Greigite; Hydrothermal; Iron sulfide; Mackinawite; Origin of life; Vent

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHIMNEYS; HOT SPRINGS; IRON; MOLECULES; ORGANIC MINERALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SUBMARINES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE; VENTS;

GREIGITES; HYDROTHERMAL; IRON SULFIDE; MACKINAWITE; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

ALKALINITY; CATALYSIS; EARLY EARTH; GREIGITE; HADEAN; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IRON SULFIDE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MACKINAWITE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84940041137     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.013     Document Type: Article

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