Natural radioactivity and chemical evolution on the early earth: prebiotic chemistry and oxygenation

B Ershov - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
It is generally recognized that the evolution of the early Earth was affected by an external
energy source: radiation from the early Sun. The hypothesis about the important role of …

The green method in water management: electron beam treatment

AV Ponomarev, BG Ershov - Environmental Science & Technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
During the prebiotic era, radiolytic transformations in the oceans played a key role in
purifying water from toxic impurities and, thus, played a role in the formation of the aquatic …

Radiolysis of the magnesium phosphate cement on γ-irradiation

GL Bykov, VA Ershov, BG Ershov - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
The effect of γ-radiation on the chemical transformations and stability of the phosphate
cement (MgHPO 4· 3H 2 O) was studied. It was shown that exposure to 60 Co γ-radiation is …

Radiation-induced oxidation of iron in the ocean of the early Earth

BG Ershov - Precambrian Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Radiation-chemical mechanism of bivalent iron oxidation in the World Ocean is suggested
and substantiated. The decay of primordial radioactive isotopes 40 K, 235 U, 238 U, and 232 …

Important role of seawater radiolysis of the World Ocean in the chemical evolution of the early Earth

BG Ershov - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
It is generally recognized that the evolution of early Earth was affected by an external energy
source: radiation from the early Sun. We also propose and substantiate the hypothesis of …

Radiation-chemical decomposition of seawater: The appearance and accumulation of oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere

BG Ershov - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
The paper addresses the role of natural radioactivity in the origin of the Earth's oxygen
atmosphere. The statement is substantiated that oxygen appeared in the hydrosphere and …

Natural radioactivity and formation of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere: Decay of radioactive 40K and radiolysis of ocean water

BG Ershov - Precambrian Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The important role of radioactivity in the conversion of primary hydro-and atmosphere is
substantiated considering the decay of 40 K isotope in seawater. By now, the total energy …