Mineral Radioactivity in Sands as a Mechanism for Fixation of Organic Carbon on the Early Earth

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere

• Publication date

  2004-12-01

• Fields of study

  Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Environmental Science, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1023/B:ORIG.0000043132.23966.a1PMID 15570707
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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