A terrestrial hot spring setting for the origin of life

该项目旨在测试陆地温泉场可能是生命起源的地点的提议，而不是目前喜欢的深海喷口地点。该项目将涉及对共同构成古代到现代温泉系统的岩石、流体和分子的综合和多学科研究，以及使用早期地球材料进行生前有机化学实验。结果将被用来建立地球生命起源的背景，并帮助寻找火星上的生命。

This project aims to test the proposal that a terrestrial hot spring field could have been the setting for the origin of life, in preference over the currently favoured site at deep sea vents. The project will involve an integrated, and multi-disciplinary study of the rocks, fluids, and molecules that together make up ancient to modern hot spring systems, and experiments on prebiotic organic chemistry using early Earth materials. Results will be used to develop a terrestrial origin of life setting and assist in the search for life on Mars.