The abiotic formation of hydrocarbons from dissolved CO2 under hydrothermal conditions with cobalt-bearing magnetite

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-125

  Ji, Fuwu ^a,b,c   Zhou, Huaiyang ^a,c   Yang, Qunhui ^a,c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic; Anderson Schulz Flory distribution; Cobalt bearing magnetite; Hydrocarbon; Hydrothermal condition

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COBALT; HYDROCARBON; WATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; COBALT; DISSOLVED GAS; HYDROCARBON; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGNETITE; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; MAGNETISM; PRESSURE; SYNTHESIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; COBALT; HEAT; HYDROCARBONS; MAGNETICS; PRESSURE; WATER;

EID: 41049102339     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-008-9124-7     Document Type: Article

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