Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9463133 | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | 2005 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
Inasmuch as chlorine is a common element throughout the galaxy and follows the water during atmospheric outgassing, it is likely that early oceans on other worlds are also probably so saline that evolution beyond the microbial stage is inhibited unless long-lived continental cratons develop.
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Authors
L. Paul Knauth,