Marine Hydrothermal Systems and the Origin of Life: Report of Scor Working Group 91 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789401052160)

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.


Author: N. G. Holm
ISBN-10: 9401052166
ISBN-13: 9789401052160
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 10/18/2012
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d