In the coming years and decades, advanced space-and ground-based observatories will allow an unprecedented opportunity to probe the atmospheres and surfaces of potentially …
The origin of life is a fascinating, unresolved problem whose deciphering would have important scientific, epistemological and social implications. Over time, philosophers and …
KJ Zahnle, R Lupu, DC Catling… - The Planetary Science …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The origin of life on Earth seems to demand a highly reduced early atmosphere, rich in CH 4, H 2, and NH 3, but geological evidence suggests that Earth's mantle has always been …
Abstract The Archean era (4 to 2.5 billion years ago, Ga) yielded rocks that include the oldest conclusive traces of life as well as many controversial occurrences. Carbonaceous …
Magmatic outgassing of volatiles from Earth's interior probably played a critical part in determining the composition of the earliest atmosphere, more than 4,000 million years (Myr) …
Exchange between a magma ocean and vapor produced Earth's earliest atmosphere. Its speciation depends on the oxygen fugacity (f O2) set by the Fe3+/Fe2+ ratio of the magma …
PM Vignais, B Billoud - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
If the atmosphere of the early Earth was hydrogen-rich, 1 it is reasonable to think that hydrogenases, the enzymes enabling cells to use molecular hydrogen, were probably …
Abstract Sediment-hosted Pb-Zn deposits can be divided into two major subtypes. The first subtype is clastic-dominated lead-zinc (CD Pb-Zn) ores, which are hosted in shale …
F Westall, A Brack - Space Science Reviews, 2018 - Springer
Liquid water is essential for life as we know it, ie carbon-based life. Although other compound-solvent pairs that could exist in very specific physical environments could be …