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ミネラルインクルージョンに閉じ込められたエオアケア生命の要素
T Hassenkam1, M P Andersson1, K N Dalby1
1Nano-Science Center, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark.
Nature
|July 25, 2017
まとめ
古代の炭素は 初期の生命の兆候を示しています 石榴石の結晶内のインクルージョンの赤外線分析は 窒素,酸素,リン酸の存在を示唆し この37億年前の炭素の遺跡の 生物学的起源を支持しています
科学分野:
- 地化学
- 天体生物学
- 古生物学
背景:
- 西グリーンランドのイシュアにある3億7000万年以上のメタセジメント岩は,13Cを欠乏した炭酸化合物を含んでいる.
- 同位体比は 古代の炭素化合物の 生物学的起源を示唆しています
- これまでの研究では 炭素に構造的に結合した他の重要な生物学的要素の証拠が欠けていました
研究 の 目的:
- 石榴石のポルフィロブラスト内の炭酸性インクルージョンの元素組成を調査する.
- 他の生物学的元素 (N,O,P,H) が古代炭素と構造的に関連しているかどうかを判断する.
- 地球上で最も古い 生物学的炭素遺跡の空間的特徴を 提供するためです
主な方法:
- インサイト赤外線吸収スペクトロスコーピーを用いた.
- 分析は,炭酸性含有物内の約 10^-21 m^3 の領域に焦点を当てた.
- この研究では,石榴石のポルフィロブラスト内に装甲されたインクルージョンを調査し,その整合性を保存しました.
主要な成果:
- 吸収スペクトルは,窒素と酸素に結合した炭素を示します.
- 炭素に構造的に結合したフォスファートの存在が示唆されています.
- C-HまたはO-H結合の低いレベルが検出され,熱的に成熟した有機物質と一致しました.
結論:
- この発見は37億年前のイサウのメタセデメントで発見された 炭酸性物質の生物学的起源を裏付けています
- この研究は,地質学的な形成の中でエオアケアの有機残留物の保存のための証拠を提供します.
- これらの結果は 地球の最も古い地質学的記録における 炭素の生物学的起源に関する以前の主張を裏付けています
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