TY - JOUR
T1 - Glaciers, volcanic islands and the origin of life
AU - Schwartz, Alan W.
AU - Henderson-Sellers, Ann
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - Current models for the timing and extent of early continental crust formation, as well as for the climate of the primitive Earth, lead to the suggestion that the earliest, stable, terrestrial locales may have been volcanic islands which were partially glaciated. Recent experimental results on the synthesis of biologically important molecules in ice, suggest that such glaciated, volcanic islands would have provided uniquely favorable sites for the earliest stages of chemical evolution.
AB - Current models for the timing and extent of early continental crust formation, as well as for the climate of the primitive Earth, lead to the suggestion that the earliest, stable, terrestrial locales may have been volcanic islands which were partially glaciated. Recent experimental results on the synthesis of biologically important molecules in ice, suggest that such glaciated, volcanic islands would have provided uniquely favorable sites for the earliest stages of chemical evolution.
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U2 - 10.1016/0301-9268(83)90047-5
DO - 10.1016/0301-9268(83)90047-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0021082224
VL - 22
SP - 167
EP - 174
JO - Precambrian Research
JF - Precambrian Research
SN - 0301-9268
IS - 3-4
ER -