On the why's and how's of clay minerals' importance in life's emergence
| Autor: | Michael J. Russell, Fabienne Trolard, Olivier Grauby, Barbara Schoepp-Cothenet, Simon Duval, Wolfgang Nitschke, Guilhem Bourrié, Kilian Zuchan, Vasile Heresanu, Elbert Branscomb |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines (BIP ), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [Urbana], University of Illinois System, Environnement Méditerranéen et Modélisation des Agro-Hydrosystèmes (EMMAH), Avignon Université (AU)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille (CINaM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI), Università degli studi di Torino (UNITO), Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin (UNITO) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Earth science
alkaline vent hypothesis [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] Emergence of life 020101 civil engineering Geology 02 engineering and technology engineering.material double layered Fe-oxyhydroxides 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology bioenergetics 0201 civil engineering fougerite Extant taxon 13. Climate action Geochemistry and Petrology Green Rust Green rust engineering Environmental science 0210 nano-technology Clay minerals |
| Zdroj: | Applied Clay Science Applied Clay Science, Elsevier, 2020, 195, pp.105737. ⟨10.1016/j.clay.2020.105737⟩ Applied Clay Science, 2020, 195, pp.105737. ⟨10.1016/j.clay.2020.105737⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0169-1317 |
| Popis: | International audience; A possibly prominent role for Green Rust minerals in life's emergence is inferred from a comparison of their structural, mechano-dynamic and electrochemical properties and of the layout of bioenergetic, i.e. free energy converting processes in extant organisms. From fundamental thermodynamic considerations, the conversion of environmental free energy into the decrease of entropy that defines life is an indispensable ingredient for life to emerge. A specific scenario for life's emergence mediated by Green Rust minerals in the framework of the alkaline hydrothermal vent hypothesis is proposed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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