Michael J. Russell & Allan J. Hall
University
of Glasgow
May 2011
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Russell, M.J. and Smythe,
D.K. 1983.
Origin of the Oslo graben in relation to the Hercynian-Alleghenian orogony
and lithospheric rifting in the North Atlantic. Tectonophysics, 94. 457-472. (pdf=1.1Mb)
Boyce, A.J., Coleman, M.L.
& Russell, M.J. 1983.
Formation of fossil hydrothermal chimneys and mounds from Silvermines,
Ireland. Nature, 306. 545-550. (pdf=690Kb)
Mills, H., Halliday, A.N.,
Ashton, J.H., Anderson, I.K. & Russell, M.J. 1987.
Origin of a giant orebody at Navan, Ireland. Nature, 327. 223-225. (pdf=430Kb)
Russell, M.J., Hall, A.J.,
Cairns-Smith, A.G. & Braterman, P.S. 1988.
Submarine hot springs and the origin of life, Nature, 336. 117. (pdf=150Kb)
Russell, M.J., Hall, A.J., & Turner, D. 1989.
In vitro growth of iron sulphide chimneys: possible culture chambers for origin-of-life experiments. Terra Nova, 1. 238-241. (pdf=0.5Mb)
Russell, M.J., Daniel, R.M. and Hall, A.J. 1993.
On the emergence of life via catalytic iron sulphide membranes. Terra Nova 5, 343-347. (pdf=0.5Mb)
Macleod, G., McKeown, C.,
Hall, A.J. & Russell, M.J. 1994.
Hydrothermal and oceanic pH conditions at 4Ga relevant to the origin of
life. Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 24. 19-41. (pdf=1.1Mb)
Russell, M.J., Daniel, R.M.,
Hall, A.J. & Sherringham, J. 1994.
A hydrothermally precipitated catalytic iron sulphide membrane as a first
step toward life. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 39. 231-243. (pdf=1.8Mb)
Russell, M.J. and Hall, A.J. 1997
The emergence of life
from iron monosulphide bubbles at a submarine hydrothermal redox and pH
front. J. Geol. Soc. London, 154, pt 3, 377-402.
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by The Geological Society of London.
Russell, M.J., Ingham, J.K.,
Zedef, V., Maktav, D., Sunar, F., Hall, A.J. & Fallick, A.E. 1999.
Search for signs of ancient life on Mars: Expectations from hydromagnesite
microbialites, Salda Lake, Turkey. J. Geol. Soc. Lond., 156. 869-888. (pdf=1Mb)
Zedef. V., Russell, M.J.,
Hall, A.J. & Fallick, A.E. 2000.
Genesis of Vein-Stockwork and Sedimentary Magnesite and Hydromagnesite
Deposits in the Ultramafic Terranes of Southwestern Turkey: A Stable Isotope
Study. Economic Geology, 95. 429-446. pdf=1.9Mb)
Russell, M.J. and Hall, A.J. 2002.
From Geochemistry to
Biochemistry: Chemiosmotic coupling and transition element clusters in
the onset of life and photosynthesis. The Geochemical News. 113,
6-12.
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short newsletter is contained in the file. Copyright and all rights therein
are retained by The Geochemical Society.
Russell, M.J., Hall, A.J.
& Mellersh, A.R. 2003.
On the dissipation of thermal and chemical energies on the early Earth:
The onsets of hydrothermal convection, chemiosmosis, genetically regulated
metabolism and oxygenic photosynthesis. In R. Ikan (ed.) Natural and Laboratory-Simulated
Thermal Geochemical Processes. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic. 325-388. (pdf=5.8Mb)
Martin, W. and Russell, M.J.
2003.
On the origin of cells:
An hypothesis for the evolutionary transitions from abiotic geochemistry
to chemoautotrophic prokaryotes, and from prokaryotes to nucleated cells.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 358,
59-85.
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Boyce, A.J., Little, C.T.S. & Russell,
M.J. 2003.
A new fossil vent biota
in the Ballynoe barite deposit, Silvermines, Ireland: evidence for intracratonic
sea-floor hydrothermal activity about 352 Ma. Economic Geology,
98. 649-656.
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Russell,
M.J. 2003.
The importance of being
alkaline. Science, 302. 580-581. (pdf=1.9Mb)
Russell, M.J. and Martin,
W. 2004..
The rocky roots of the acetyl coenzyme-A pathway. Trends in Biochemical
Science, 24. 358-363. (pdf=370Kb)
Russell, M.J., Hall, A.J., Boyce, A.J.
& Fallick, A.E. 2005.
On hydrothermal convection systems and the emergence of life. Economic Geology, 100. 419-438.
(Invited Centenary Paper) (pdf=3.9Mb)
Milner-White, E.J. and Russell, M.J. 2005.
Sites for phosphates and iron-sulfur thiolates in the first membranes: 3 to 6 residue
anion-binding motifs (nests). Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 35. 19-37.
(pdf=230Kb)
Russell, M.J. 2006.
First life. American Scientist, 94, 32-39. (Invited paper) (2.5Mb)
Russell, M.J. and Hall, A.J.
2006.
The onset and early evolution of life. In S.E. Kesler & H. Ohmoto
(eds.) Evolution of Early Earth’s Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, and Biosphere—Constraints
from Ore Deposits. Geological Society of America, Memoir 198.
1-32.(pdf=3.3Mb)
Martin, W., & Russell M.J. 2007.
On the origin of biochemistry at an alkaline hydrothermal vent. Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society of London (Ser.B) 362, 1887-1925.(pdf=1.6Mb)
Russell, M.J. 2007a.
The full corrected paper: The alkaline solution to the emergence of life: Energy, entropy and early evolution. Acta Biotheoretica, 55, 133-179. (pdf= 2.5 Mb)
Russell, M.J. 2007b. The published erratum (pdf=0.5Mb)
Martin, W., Baross, J., Kelley, D. & Russell, M.J. 2008.
Hydrothermal vents and the origin of life. Nature Reviews, Microbiology. 6, 805-814. (pdf=0.5Mb)
Milner-White, E.J., & Russell, M.J. 2008, Predicting peptide and protein conformations in early evolution. Biology Direct 3, 3: doi:10.1186/1745-6150-3-3 (pdf=0.5Mb)
Russell, M.J., Allen, J.F., & Milner-White, E.J. 2008.
Inorganic complexes enabled the onset of life and oxygenic photosynthesis. In Energy from the Sun: 14th International Congress on Photosynthesis, J.F. Allen, E.Gantt, J.H. Golbeck, B. Osmond (eds).
Springer. 1193-1198. (pdf=0.4Mb)
Milner-White, E.J. & Russell, M.J. 2010.
Polyphosphate-Peptide Synergy and the Organic Takeover at the Emergence of Life
Journal of Cosmology, 10, 3217-3229. (pdf = 1.4 Mb)
Nitschke, W. & Russell, M.J. 2010.
Just Like the Universe the Emergence of Life had High Enthalpy and Low Entropy Beginnings
Journal of Cosmology, 10, 3200-3216. (pdf = 1.8 Mb)
Russell, M.J. & Kanik, I. 2010.
Why Does Life Start, What Does It Do, Where Will It Be, And How Might We Find It?
Journal of Cosmology, 5, 1008-1039. (pdf = 2.8 Mb)
Yung, Y.L, Russell, M.J. & Parkinson, C.D. 2010.
The Search for Life on Mars.
Journal of Cosmology, 5, 1121-1130. (pdf = 1.5 Mb)
Professor
Michael J. Russell,
Scottish Universities
Environmental Research Centre, East Kilbride, Scotland
New Address:
Planetary Science and Life Detection
Section 3220, MS: 183-601
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA
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