Pumice from the similar to 3460 Ma Apex Basalt, Western Australia: A natural laboratory for the early biosphere
It has recently been hypothesised that pumice, a low-density vesicular volcanic rock, could have acted as a natural floating laboratory for the accumulation and concentration of chemical reactants needed for the origin of life. To test the plausibility of his hypothesis, we here turn to the earliest...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2013
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