Thermodynamics, Disequilibrium, Evolution: Far-From-Equilibrium Geological and Chemical Considerations for Origin-Of-Life Research

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The authors wish to thank the Earth-Life Science Institute of the Tokyo Institute of Technology for supporting and hosting the TDE Focus Group meeting on which this publication is based. The Thermodynamics, Disequilibrium, Evolution (TDE) Focus Group is supported by the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI). Parts of this work were carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; LMB and MJR are supported by NAI (Icy Worlds). ES thanks the ORIGINS COST Action (TD1308) for the STSM Reference Number: COST-STSM-TD1308-26973. ES is supported by Agreement ASI/INAF 2015 - 002 - R.O. JHEC acknowledges the financial support of the Spanish MINCINN project FIS2013-48444-C2-2-P. © 2016, all rights reserved.

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  1. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA

    L. M. Barge & M. J. Russell

  2. Icy Worlds Team, NASA Astrobiology Institute, Mountain View, CA, 94043, USA

    L. M. Barge & M. J. Russell

  3. Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA

    E. Branscomb

  4. Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri, Florence, Italy

    J. R. Brucato & E. Simoncini

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    J. H. E. Cartwright

  7. Instituto Carlos I de Física Teórica y Computacional, Universidad de Granada, E-18071, Granada, Spain

    J. H. E. Cartwright

  8. Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

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    S. O. Danielache

  10. Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory, LNLS / CNPEM, Campinas, Brazil

    D. Galante

  11. School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

    T. P. Kee

  12. Observatoire de Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

    Y. Miguel

  13. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0399, USA

    S. Mojzsis

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    K. J. Robinson

  15. Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, USA

    P. Sobron

  16. Impossible Sensing, St. Louis, MO, USA

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Barge, L.M., Branscomb, E., Brucato, J.R. et al. Thermodynamics, Disequilibrium, Evolution: Far-From-Equilibrium Geological and Chemical Considerations for Origin-Of-Life Research. Orig Life Evol Biosph 47, 39–56 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11084-016-9508-z

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Keywords

  • Far-from-equilibrium thermodynamics
  • Life origins
  • Geochemical disequilibrium
  • Hydrothermal vents
  • Early earth
  • Habitability
  • Chemiosmosis
  • Self-organization
  • Laboratory simulation