On the possible role of montmorillonites in prebiotic peptide formation

The Chemistry of Clay‐Organic Reactions

M. M. Mortland · Soil Science Society of America Journal · 1975 · 1.2K citations

Agriculture, Chemistry, Soil Sciences +12

Peptide Formation in the Prebiotic Era: Thermal Condensation of Glycine in Fluctuating Clay Environments

N. Lahav, D. J. White, S. Chang · Science · 1978 · 376 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +17

The possible role of solid surface area in condensation reactions during chemical evolution: Reevaluation

N. Lahav, S. Chang · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 1976 · 177 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +17

A possible role of fluctuating clay-water systems in the production of ordered prebiotic oligomers

N. Lahav, David H. White · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 1980 · 152 citations

Agriculture, Soil Sciences, Soil Chemistry +10

Clay minerals and the origin of life

A. G. Cairns-Smith, Hyman Hartman · 1986 · 146 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +17