[meteorite-list] Did meteorites supply life with a vital spark?

From: Paul H. <inselberg_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 0:40:21 -0400
Message-ID: <20130421004021.P02HJ.54261.imail_at_eastrmwml304>

Origin of Life: Power Behind Primordial Soup Discovered
Science News, Apr. 4, 2013
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130404122234.htm

Meteorites could have been source of life's batteries
by Michael Marshall, New Scientist, no. 2911, p. 13. April 4, 2013
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21829114.800-meteorites-could-have-been-source-of-lifes-batteries.html

The paper is:

Bryant, D. E., D. Greenfield, R. D. Walshaw, B. R.G. Johnson, and
others, 2013, Hydrothermal modification of the Sikhote-Alin
iron meteorite under low pH geothermal environments. A
plausibly prebiotic route to activated phosphorus on the early
Earth. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. vol. 109, pp. 90-112.
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.12.043
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703713000161
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matthew_Pasek/publications/

PDF file at http://www.clairecousins.com/pdf/GCA2013.pdf

Yous,

Paul H.
Received on Sun 21 Apr 2013 12:40:21 AM PDT