Silica Precipitation in a Wet–Dry Cycling Hot Spring Simulation Chamber

Terrestrial hot springs have emerged as strong contenders for sites that could have facilitated the origin of life. Cycling between wet and dry conditions is a key feature of these systems, which can produce both structural and chemical complexity within protocellular material. Silica precipitation...

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Main Authors: Andrew Gangidine, Jeff R. Havig, Jeffrey S. Hannon, Andrew D. Czaja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-01-01
Series:Life
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/10/1/3