The rocky road to organics needs drying

How complex organics form in a prebiotic world remains a missing key to establish where life emerged. The authors present a road to abiotic organic synthesis and diversification in hydrothermal contexts involving magmatism and rock hydration.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Muriel Andreani, Gilles Montagnac, Clémentine Fellah, Jihua Hao, Flore Vandier, Isabelle Daniel, Céline Pisapia, Jules Galipaud, Marvin D. Lilley, Gretchen L. Früh Green, Stéphane Borensztajn, Bénédicte Ménez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36038-6