Marine Hydrothermal Systems and the Origin of Life: Report of SCOR Working Group 91

Holm, N.G.

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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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 1992-11-30

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780792320180

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-2741-7

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 250