Origins of life - Buried beginnings

被引：7

作者：

Chyba, C

机构：

[1] SETI Inst, Mt View, CA 94404 USA

[2] Stanford Univ, Dept Geol & Environm Sci, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

来源：

NATURE | 1998年 / 395卷 / 6700期

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D O I：

10.1038/26357

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Did life begin on Earth near the surface, where sunlight can be harvested? Or at subsurface hydrothermal systems? Contributions from both environments might have been required, according to a study that shows how ammonia could have been produced in large quantities at hydrothermal vents.

引用

页码：329 / 330

页数：2

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