Marine Hydrothermal Systems and the Origin of Life: Report of Scor Working Group 91

By Scor Working Group 91

Research of the origins of life in connection with a marine environment started at the end of the seventies, when the black smokers' in the Pacific were discovered and the Red Sea deep hydrothermal brines were found to be a fruitful environment for abiotic synthesis of life precursors. For a while this research was categorised under the heading chemistry', but in less than a decade the topic became fully integrated into the science of 'oceanography'. The Scientific Committee on Oceanographic Research (SCOR) initiated Working Group 91: Chemical Evolution and Origin of Life in Marine Hydrothermal Systems'. This volume contains the final report of this working group.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792320182
• ISBN13: 9780792320180
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"