Geochemical constraints on the origin of organic compounds in hydrothermal systems
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A mesophilic LUCA may still be compatible with a hydrothermal origin of life.
“However, they may still be compatible with a hydrothermal origin of life (e.g.Russell et al. 1988;Wächtershäuser 1988;Shock 1990;Pace 1991;Russell and Hall 1997;Schwartzman and Lineweaver 2004;Wächtershäuser 2006;Ooka et al. 2018), as discussed earlier in this article, considering that the first and last universal common ancestor(s) may have been very different.”
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- Authors
- Shock, E. L.
- Affiliations
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Shock, Everett L.
- ORCID
- Shock, Everett L.
- Venue
- Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere
- Published
- 1990-05
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 3-4
- Pages
- 331-367
- ISSN
- 0169-6149 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-0875
- OpenAlex
- W1996742086
- Cited by
- 299
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 10
- FWCI
- 10.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geochemistry and Petrology › Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Keywords
- hydrothermal systems, metastable equilibrium, kinetic barriers, hydrous pyrolysis, redox reactions, CO2 reduction, N2 reduction, hydrogen fugacity, seafloor hydrothermal systems
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