Abiogenic formation of alkanes in the earth's crust as a minor source for global hydrocarbon reservoirs

Nature

Volumn 416, Issue 6880, 2002, Pages 522-524

  Sherwood Lollar, B ^a   Westgate, T D ^a   Ward, J A ^a   Slater, G F ^a   Lacrampe Couloume, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; EARTH (PLANET); POLYMERIZATION; PYROLYSIS;

BACTERIOGENESIS;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN;

ALKANE; CRUST; HYDROCARBON; METHANE; SOURCE ROCK;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ISOTOPE LABELING; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RESERVOIR; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGENESIS;

CANADA;

EID: 0037041469     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/416522a     Document Type: Article

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