Evidence for metastable equilibrium between hydrocarbons under hydrothermal conditions

Nature

Volumn 370, Issue 6487, 1994, Pages 285-287

  Seewald, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHANE; ETHYLENE; HYDROCARBON; MINERAL; NATURAL GAS; OIL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

HYDROCARBON GENERATION; HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; MATURATION; METASTABLE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 0028163681     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/370285a0     Document Type: Article

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