Marine Hydrothermal Systems and the Origin of Life [electronic resource] : Report of SCOR Working Group 91 /

Research of the origins of life in connection with a marine environment started at the end of the seventies, when the `black smokers' in the Pacific were discovered and the Red Sea deep hydrothermal brines were found to be a fruitful environment for abiotic synthesis of life precursors. For a while this research was categorised under the heading `chemistry', but in less than a decade the topic became fully integrated into the science of 'oceanography'. The Scientific Committee on Oceanographic Research (SCOR) initiated Working Group 91: Chemical Evolution and Origin of Life in Marine Hydrothermal Systems'. This volume contains the final report of this working group.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Holm, N. G. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Texto biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1992
Subjects:Earth sciences., Geochemistry., Oceanography., Biochemistry., Earth Sciences., Biochemistry, general.,
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2741-7
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