I've seen Jack Szostak talk about these processes
http://molbio.mgh.harvard.edu/szostakweb/
and never once heard the phrase "air bubbles!" Wave action, yes. Rainfall and evaporation, yes. Thanks for providing a missing link. Click on replicating vesicles for more at his lab page.
I wrote a column about another possible aspect of this beginning of life process involving the surfaces of crystals.
https://steemit.com/science/@plotbot2015/igms-plotbot-column-8-rock-gods
You have my attention. Some really rich, useful info there. I've followed you.
Thanks. I am enjoying this series of posts, more than the fictional stuff, actually. In tone it reminds me a bit of Neil Gaiman's American Gods.