Oxidation of water to hydrogen peroxide at the rock-water interface due to stress-activated electric currents in rocks

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 283, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 87-92

  Balk, Melike ^a   Bose, Milton ^b   Ertem, Gözen ^a   Rogoff, Dana A ^c   Rothschild, Lynn J ^a   Freund, Friedemann T ^a,b,c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

early Earth; early life; electric currents; hydrogen peroxide; oxidation; rock battery; rock water interface

Indexed keywords

EARLY EARTH; EARLY LIFE; EARTH'S SURFACE; ELECTRONIC CHARGES; MATRIX; O RADICALS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; STRESS GRADIENT; WATER INTERFACE;

CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN;

ROCKS;

EARLY EARTH; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; OXIDATION; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

EID: 67349198087     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.03.044     Document Type: Article

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