Initial indications of abiotic formation of hydrocarbons in the Rainbow ultramafic hydrothermal system, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Holm, Nils G ^a   Charlou, Jean Luc ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Geothermal systems; Hydrocarbons; Life origin; Magnetite; Peridotites; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGNETITE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PERIDOTITE; SERPENTINIZATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034813015     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00397-1     Document Type: Article

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