Review of the nine requirements for the birthplace of life and the nuclear geyser model. The only possible site for the birthplace of life on Hadean Earth
- 1. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo (Japan)
- 2. RIKEN, Wako, Saitama (Japan)
Description
Several models of the birthplace of life have long been proposed and discussed. However, those discussions are chaotic. To test the birthplace models, we introduce nine requirements that must be met for the emergence of life. These requirements are: (1) energy source (ionizing radiation and thermal energy), (2) supplies of nutrients such as phosphorus and potassium, (3) supplies of main life constituent elements (C, H, O, and N), (4) condensed reducing gas, (5) dry wet cycle, (6) Na poor water, (7) clean lacustrine environment, (8) diversified surface environment, and (9) cyclic nature. Based on these nine requirements, most proposed birthplaces, such as the mid-oceanic ridge hydrothermal system, do not meet the requirements for life to emerge. The only possible site is a nuclear geyser system. Under the Hadean surface environment, sites satisfying the nine requirements are extremely limited because it is significantly difficult to meet the nine requirements, including extrinsic conditions. This difficulty to fulfill all the requirements indicates that only one site is the birthplace of life on Hadean Earth. (author)
Availability note (English)
Available from https://doi.org/10.5026/jgeography.128.513Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Japanese)
- 地球生命誕生場に必要な9条件と生命誕生場としての自然原子炉間欠泉モデルの再考.生命誕生場は冥王代の地球表層の1か所
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Chigaku Zasshi (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 128
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- 雑誌名:地学雑誌
- Journal Page Range
- p. 513-548
- ISSN
- 1884-0884
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Japan
- Country of Input or Organization
- Japan
- INIS RN
- 51044378
- Subject category
- S58: GEOSCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- CARBON 13; EARTH MANTLE; EARTH PLANET; ECOSYSTEMS; GEYSERS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MARS PLANET; METEORITES; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NUTRIENTS; PROTEINS; ZIRCON
- Descriptors DEC
- CARBON ISOTOPES; ENERGY SYSTEMS; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; HOT SPRINGS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MINERALS; NUCLEI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANETS; RADIATIONS; RADIOACTIVITY; SILICATE MINERALS; STABLE ISOTOPES; THERMAL SPRINGS; WATER SPRINGS
Optional Information
- Notes
- 103 refs., 20 figs., 1 tab.