Biomolecule formation by oceanic impacts on early Earth
Biomolecule formation by oceanic impacts on early Earth
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Impacts of extraterrestrial objects were frequent on the early Earth. Shock experiments suggest that the impact of the most common type of meteorites into sea water could have synthesized the organic molecules that served as the building blocks of life.
Intense impacts of extraterrestrial objects melted the embryonic Earth, forming an inorganic...
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Biomolecule formation by oceanic impacts on early Earth
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_20346803
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_20346803
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1752-0894
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1752-0908
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10.1038/ngeo383
