Clay minerals and the origin of life / edited by A.G. Cairns-Smith and H. Hartman

Published:: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986.
Physical Description:: xiv, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators:: Cairns-Smith, A. G. (Alexander Graham) and Hartman, H.

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The protoplasm and the gene / H. Kamminga -- The clay hypothesis / H. Hartman -- Scanning electron micrographs / W.D. Keller -- Layer silicate structures / S.W. Bailey -- Cation patterns and information storage / R.F. Giese Jr. -- Interstratified clays / R.C. Reynolds Jr. -- Are interstratified clays aggregates of very thin crystals? / W.J. McHardy -- Long-range forces : flocculation/deflocculation and 'osmotic swelling' / H. van Olphen -- The hydrothermal strategy / D.D. Eberl -- Synthesis by way of hydroxide silica gels / H. Harder -- The role of organic complexing agents / B. Siffert -- The origin of clays on the earth / G.S. Odin -- Precambrian clays / R.C. Reynolds Jr. -- Synthesis of iron-rich clays in environments with little or no oxygen / H. Harder -- Dysoxic environments as models for primordial mineralisation / G. Arrhenius -- Clays on Mars / A. Banin -- Clays and organic matter in meteorites / S. Chang & T.E. Bunch -- Aspects of clay catalysis / T.J. Pinnavaia & M.M. Mortland -- Clay-organic interactions and the origin of life / J.G. Lawless -- The crystal abacus / A.L. Mackay -- The four crystal genes / A.G. Cairns-Smith -- The evolution of evolvability : 'the pedigree principle' / P.S. Braterman -- Stages in the establishment of an evolutionary process / D.P. Bloch.

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0521324084

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Includes index.

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Bibliography: pages 172-187.

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