Marine Hydrothermal Systems and the Origin of Life 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 w...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1992, 1992
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1992 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | III, 250 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9789401127417 |