Stability of hydrocarbons at deep Earth pressures and temperatures

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 6843-6846

  Spanua, Leonardo ^a   Donadio, Davide ^a,b   Hohl, Detlef ^c   Schwegler, Eric ^d   Galli, Giulia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Earth interior; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN; METHANE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERIZATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79955555849     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1014804108     Document Type: Article

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