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.
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