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Laboratory analysis of Red Sea Atlantis II Deep brine solutions revealed a significant thiocyanate concentration (2.4 × 10−5M) Amino acid analysis revealed large quantities of glycine (about 1 micromole per liter) and no other dissolved free amino acids. This brine and the underlying sediment constitute a reducing, acidic, clay rich, anhydrous to hydrous gradient system that can vary in temperature from 1100°C underlying magma to 63°C water. Since these conditions occur along a sea floor spreading zone there may be an important link between the origin and evolution of the Earth’s crust and chemical evolution.
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Ingmanson, D.E., Dowler, M.J. (1981). Chemical Evolution and Plate Tectonics. In: Wolman, Y. (eds) Origin of Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8420-2_17
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