Prebiotic synthesis at impact craters: the role of Fe-clays and iron meteorites
Language English Country Great Britain, England Media print
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
31417990
DOI
10.1039/c9cc04627e
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Amino Acids chemistry MeSH
- Evolution, Chemical MeSH
- Clay chemistry MeSH
- Catalysis MeSH
- Meteoroids * MeSH
- Extraterrestrial Environment chemistry MeSH
- Urea chemistry MeSH
- Origin of Life MeSH
- Silicates chemistry MeSH
- Iron chemistry MeSH
- Earth, Planet MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Amino Acids MeSH
- basalt MeSH Browser
- Clay MeSH
- Urea MeSH
- Silicates MeSH
- Smectite MeSH Browser
- Iron MeSH
Besides delivering plausible prebiotic feedstock molecules and high-energy initiators, extraterrestrial impacts could also affect the process of abiogenesis by altering the early Earth's geological environment in which primitive life was conceived. We show that iron-rich smectites formed by reprocessing of basalts due to the residual post-impact heat could catalyze the synthesis and accumulation of important prebiotic building blocks such as nucleobases, amino acids and urea.
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