@misc{10481/112310,
year = {2011},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/112310},
abstract = {According to the Oparin-Haldane hypothesis, living organisms arose naturally on the
primitive Earth through a process of chemical evolution of organic matter. In this
process the flux of energy through the prebiotic environment transformed simple
molecules into complex bio-organic compounds. Between different environments that
have been proposed as possible sites for the formation of organic molecules in the
primitive Earth, the mineral surfaces have been strongly involved throughout these
process. Importantly, olivine, one of the most abundant silicate minerals on Earth, could
have contributed promoting prebiotic reactions.
This chapter assesses and analyses the latest and hopefully most relevant
information about the possible role that this mineral could have played in the processes
for the origin of life.},
title = {Olivine: Its Role in Chemical Evolution and in the Origin of Life},
author = {Colín-García, María and Sánchez-Román, Mónica},
}