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

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...

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Published in:	Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
Main Authors:	Carlos Gutiérrez-Ariza, Laura M. Barge, Yang Ding, Silvana S. S. Cardoso, Shawn Erin McGlynn, Ryuhei Nakamura, Donato Giovanelli, Roy Price, Hye Eun Lee, F. Javier Huertas, C. Ignacio Sainz-Díaz, Julyan H. E. Cartwright
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2024-02-01
Subjects:	Alkaline submarine hydrothermal vents Strytan hydrothermal field Prebiotic chemistry Origin of life
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-023-00603-w