Magnesium silicate chimneys at the Strytan hydrothermal field, Iceland, as analogues for prebiotic chemistry at alkaline submarine hydrothermal vents on the early Earth ...

• Main Authors: Gutiérrez-Ariza, Carlos, Barge, Laura M., Ding, Yang, Cardoso, Silvana S. S., McGlynn, Shawn Erin, Nakamura, Ryuhei, Giovanelli, Donato, Price, Roy, Lee, Hye Eun, Huertas, F. Javier, Sainz-Díaz, C. Ignacio, Cartwright, Julyan H. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: figshare 2024
• Subjects: Biophysics; Biochemistry; Physiology; FOS: Biological sciences; Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified; Ecology; Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified; Inorganic Chemistry; FOS: Chemical sciences; Mental Health; The Chimney; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.7099414.v1; https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Magnesium_silicate_chimneys_at_the_Strytan_hydrothermal_field_Iceland_as_analogues_for_prebiotic_chemistry_at_alkaline_submarine_hydrothermal_vents_on_the_early_Earth/7099414/1

Abstract The Strytan Hydrothermal Field (SHF) in basaltic terrain in Iceland is one of the extant alkaline submarine hydrothermal vent systems favoured as analogues for where life on Earth may have begun. To test this hypothesis we analyse the composition, structure, and mineralogy of samples from h...